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Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Undergraduate Newsletter
POINTS OF INTEREST
Spring 2013
schedule of
classes available
on page 11.
New Credit Office
staff member.
Consider the five-
year Master’s
degree Program
GRE not required.
BACHELOR OF ARTS, LABOR STUDIES AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Fall 2012
We Study Work.
We Value Justice.
Inside this issue:
Credit Office Staff 3
Career Dates 5
The Carey Library 7
Learning Centers 7
Faculty Updates 10
Spring Courses 11
Student Op-ed 16
greater skills that come with internships and field work provide students with the tools to perform more effectively in their future positions. Moreover, professional development creates networking opportunities for students and potential employers while strengthening the relation-ship between Rutgers University and the community. The Labor Studies department has developed an extensive database of internship contacts and works actively to match students with those sites. The department’s contacts include government agencies, nonprofit organizations, corporations, issue advocacy organizations, legal organizations, educational institutions, and financial organizations, among others. Labor Studies majors may participate in up to two three-credit internships. One of those internships may be a teaching internship with SMLR. For more information about internship or employment placement, contact the Director of Student Services, Sattik Deb. [email protected] *Visit smlr.rutgers.edu; roll over [LSER] on the tool bar
and click on [Internships and Career Services] **The link can be accessed at the bottom of the Internship
& Career Services page.
The Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations recently revamped its Internship and Career Services website to better serve students as a comprehensive resource for internship seekers. Categorized
internship listings, internship request forms, and other resources are available on the website (http://smlr.rutgers.edu/labor-and-employment-relations/Internships*). Additionally, Career Services has launched a portal called Career Knight (https://smlr-rutgers-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php**), that can be accessed through the website. Career Knight is an enhanced job posting system of internships and employment. Labor Studies students now have access to a university-wide portal and also an SMLR-dedicated portal. Internships and professional development are important components of students’ progress towards becoming active and knowledgeable contributors to the workforce and society. Increased knowledge and
SMLR CONNECTS LABOR STUDIES STUDENTS WITH INTERNSHIPS
Employment Placement Program Underway
Employment Law Available During the Winter Session
SMLR will be offering Employment Law during Winter session this year (37:575:315), taught by James Cooney. Because winter-session is so short, this 3-credit class meets 5 nights a week from 6:00-8:35 from 12/21,12/26-12/28, 1/2 -1/18. We strongly recommend that students do not work full-time while taking this class. Employment Law is a required class in the BS program in Labor and Employment Relations and an elective in the BA degree in Labor Studies and Employment Relations. However, all students can benefit from knowing their rights at work
MARICA Z MERCADO JASMIN MINAYA MEGAN M NASHED lATIFAT M OBAIJINMIM VINCENT J O’DONNELL RIVA PALLAN ALESSANDRAJ PALUMBO JINWOOD PARK DHRUVITA D PATEL SEAN PIHA ZOIS POURNARAS JENNIFER M QUINN REBECCA RIVERA DAVID M ROBERTS FCHANELLE C SHAW FELICIAN SHELBURNE STEPHEN B SHIMKO 3RD DENISE A SOLAR KENNY A STURMAN MARISSA A SUAREZ QUADRIA TANKARD SOOSOO N TAULELEI ASHLEY TOLIFERO JULIA L VICKERS LISA A WARD JOHN G WARREN WAYNE WARREN REBECCA L ZAGHA
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JONATHAN S ALLEN TANYA ALVARADO WILLIAM F ALVAREZ CARINA P AYBAR JENNIFER S BARNES NICOLAS D BIDDLE MARVIN T BOOKER JR NATAHT R BOURDEAU DONTE M BOYER THOMAS J BROPHY KAYLA CAPADOCIA GRECORY A CARAFELLO JANATHAN A CARRERA ZACK D CERRA HASAN A CHEEMA JINFENG CHEN BRIAN CHENG JOSEPH DANIELE EDWARD DAVILA JILLIAN EAGEN JONATHAN FREENY PAULA J. GIVSON MATTHEW GOOD MAN TYREE GRAHAM JOSPEH M GRANICK KHASEEM A GREENE AZIA M HASAN LAURA HENRIQUEZ ZUZANA HREBIKOVA ABUBAKAR IBRAHIM IAISHIA S JACOBS FALLON B JOSOVSKY LEQUAN JEFERSON BRANDON G JONES CHRISTINE L JOSE FAISAL KAID GEZA KENNA III JOSHUA L KIGLER MIKAYLA R KRAEMER JOHNNY LAINE KAITLIN LALLY ELIZABETH LAMARTINE CARLA A LARA JUSTIN C LEE PETER LESCHAK RUTH H LORA KAREN M MACLAUGHLIN BRYAN MANCHENO DAVE M MARCUS DANIEL B MARIANO GINAM MAROTTA ERIC MATES VANESSA MAZUR ROBERT MCALLISTER DAVID L MCCURDY
SMLR GRADUATES OVER ONE HUNDRED UNDERGRADUATES IN OCTOBER AND
JANUARY
Congratulations new alumni (Oct) and
future graduates (Jan)
RUTGERS UNITED STUDENTS
AGAINST WORKSHOPS (USAS) Rutgers’s USAS chapter is part of a national, student-led organization that has advocated for global labor rights since its founding in 1997. As the fall 2012 semester begins, USAS plans to develop campus-wide support for workers at P.T. Kizone, an Adidas factory in Indonesia, which shut down in April 2011. Since that time, almost 3,000 workers have struggled to obtain 1.8 million dollars in legally-mandated severance pay, which the company refuses to pay. The Rutgers chapter will host the USAS northeastern regional organizers conference on November 3-4. This organizing “boot camp” will allow student activists from colleges and universities around the east coast to discuss such issues as effective coalition building, media communication, and solidarity actions. Last year’s meetings drew students from 64 different institutions, leading to new networks and friendships. Details of the gathering will be announced shortly—so please get involved with this historic gathering. Teach-ins are also planned around campus to bring attention to the conditions of Pakistani textile workers, especially to the recent factory fire in Karachi, in which three hundred workers were burned to death. Rutgers USAS will also continue its lobbying efforts to have Rutgers University disaffiliate with the Fair Labor Association in favor of the Worker’s Rights Consortium. Rutgers USAS has weekly meetings, Wednesday at 9:30pm at Scott Hall, Room 220. All students are encouraged to attend. If you are interested in joining, please email [email protected].
Consider the Joint Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree
NO GRE REQUIRED FOR RUTGERS GRADUATES!
Whether you are graduating this January or down the road, it is not too late to apply to the joint Bachelor’s and Master’s of Labor and Employment Relations (MLER) program. Students who complete the Labor Studies major and are accepted into the graduate program:
May waive up to nine credits of graduate work.
Can start their graduate work as undergraduate students by taking up to two graduate-level courses
Graduate with a Master’s degree after just one additional year of full- time study rather than 2-3 years.
Increase your marketability as a new or emerging professional and qualify for higher-level management positions. Contact director of student services, Sattik Deb, [email protected], about your interest in the MLER program.
Academic Program Office Has a New Administrator
Advising and Credit Program Office Hours
PAULA VOOS
Director of Academic Programs
(848) 932-1748
Professor Voos is available to speak to students whenever she is in her office (room 140). Mornings are typically the best time to call or drop in. You can also make an ap-pointment to meet with her.
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Carey Library
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of a red-tailed
hawk at SMLR.
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The Labor Studies & Employment Relations Academic Program office is open until 7:30 PM Monday through Thursday. We are located at the Labor Education Center on the Cook/Douglass Campus (50 Labor Center Way).
AMY MARCHITTO
Student Advisor
(848) 932-8559
Amy provides academic ad-vising to our undergraduate students. She has walk-in hours Monday through Thursday after 4:00 pm. She is available by appointment the rest of the week.
SATTIK DEB
Director of Student Services
(848) 932-0303
Sattik is responsible for graduate student advising, admissions counseling, coordinating graduate admissions, student recruitment, and coordinating the internship and job placement program.
Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Major in Labor Studies & Employment Relations
Declare Labor Studies as your major and take advantage of the services offered to our majors: specialized academic advising, access to classes open only to majors, access to internship and job opportunities, teaching assistantships, and updates through our list serv.
With flexible scheduling opportunities, and a broad multi-disciplinary, student-centered approach, a Labor Studies degree might be the right choice for you. The major consists of 36 credits in Labor Studies. In place of six of these credits, students may substitute related courses from other departments.
Barbara Konopka, who has worked at Rutgers for the past 15 years, joined the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations’ Academic Program Office staff in June 2012. Barbara comes to us from the Graduate School of Education, where she spent the last 11 years. Barbara provides administra-tive support to the department. She said she enjoys interacting with students, scheduling appointments , and updating student records.
NICHOLAS ABBOTT ROSEANN AELLIS SUMMAYYA AHMED HIJIRA ALI BENJAMIN ALTER WILLIAM ALVAREZ WONDER AMEDZO LATONYA ANDREWS KENNETH BAGLEY BARTOL TREVOR JOANA BELFIORE GREGORY BIMBIRAS JOSEPH BLACKWELL ANNA BOSTED KALEEMAH BOWLES YAA BREFO ALEXANDER BRIUKHAN AMANDA BUCHANAN ALEXIS BURKE HEATHER CALDERONE JANICE CAMPOS MICHAEL CARTWRIGHT DIEGO CHICA CYHNTHIA CHURCH JOSEPH D’ANGIOLILLO SARAH DIFRANCESCO JENNIFER DOUGHERTY ANGIE DUMOND NICOLE EVANS BOSSUET EXANTUS DONA FANARA KEVIN FARRELL REBECCA FARRUGIA DAWN FERGUSON ERIC FISCHER YASNIBEL FRIAS DENNIS FRIMPONG RENEE FROTTON VINCENT GARRRETT CARL GAYNOR BRIDGET GOLDSMITH ADRIAN GRANT JOHN GUZAUSKAS ELIZABETH HARTMAN PHILIP HARTMAN JOSEPH HENLEY MIGUEL HERNANDEZ PATRICIA HERSH SARAH HOCHBERG KELSEA HOLTON BRUCE HOWARD JADINE HUNT
JAKE JAJALLA RASHID JIHAD BRIAN JOHNSON DIANE JONES MATIK JONES NANCY JUAREZ RAPHAEL KHAN SYLVIA KLEINER CARISSA KOHLER PHILLIP KRAVTSOV JEFFREY LAGREGA CHELSEY LEE CLAVON LEONARD JOSEPH LOHMAN LORENZO MARGARITA ADAM MANNA FELICE MANOCCHIO HAMEDA MARTIN JASON MARTINO ANDREW MCALEER RAFAEL MEDRANO MARK MELENDEZ ERIC MERCADO CYNTHIA MIGOSI MYUNG JOON MOON KRISTI MRISS ZACHARY NEWLAND VALERIE PAPARAZZO DEVARE PASTERNACK MANH PHAM COLIN PHILIP LAURA PINTO CAROL PISAPIA RICHARD RAMBO AMY RENDE BARBARA RENTAS MONICA REYES LURDYS RODRIGUEZ MIRIAM RODRIGUEZ JULIAN ROMERO ALEXANDRA SALAZAR YULI SANTANA ESTFANY SANTIAGO VILMA SANTOS ANGEL SAWYER-HACKNEY GREG SCHUMANN TRACY SCOTT SEAN SEERY BRITANNY SEMO PATRIC SWIFT MICHAEL THIEME ELENA TOLSTIKOVA MARVIN TONEY LATOSHIA WELLS JEFFREY WILKES SUSAN ZIENKIEWICZ
Welcome New Labor Studies Majors
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If you are a strong student
with an interest in research,
you should consider working
toward Departmental
Honors. Graduating with
departmental honors will
signal to graduate programs
your readiness for serious
academic study, your
experience in original
research, and your ability to
write.
Departmental honors
students write a thesis based
on research (or complete an
alternative capstone project)
under the supervision of a
faculty member. This allows
students to get to know a
professor well and to have
the type of research
experience that is
particularly important for
HIJIRA K ALI DANIEL A ANTONELLI WALFRIN BATISTA MOHAMMAD T. BHUIYAN CHRISTOPHER BRADY TIFFANY COBAN BRANDON COLEMAN JEREMY DEERING WENDY DIEP SAMIRA FARID HENRY M FESSANT-EATON ALEXANDER C FRANKEL JAMIE GALGANO GAREEF GLASHEN GUILLERMO GONZALEZ ALYSSA R GOUVOUNIIOTIS RIDA HASAN KERRY HERNDON JAWAN JAMISON WALLY JUDGE KATHERINE KEEGAN FRANCES KENAJIAN ANDREW LAJARA CHUN KIT LAM PAUL A LARUSSO EUGENE MULRENAN JEREMY NUNEZ HARRIET ODOI SHEYLA OJEDA ANSREW W. PARRILLA TASLIM PATEL LISA PATRONE CUTRIS RICHBURG DOMINIQUE R SANGIOVANNI MICHELLE SMITH-TRAN MARCUS THOMPSON JEANETTE TORTORELLI ZACHARY VANDYKE JORGE VICIOSO
The following students
have declared Labor Stud-
ies and Employment Rela-
tions (B.A.) as their major
since May 2012.
The following students
have declared Labor and
Employment Relations
(B.S.) as their major since
May 2012.
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Democracy and capitalism are commonly understood to be parallel ideas. Democracy describes an approach to government while capitalism describes an approach to economic life. What happens when democratic ideas are applied within capitalism? Is it possible for these ideas to inhabit the same space, particularly within the confines of a business enterprise? Can a democratic workplace meet the demands of an international market economy?
The spring 2013 semester SMLR course Democratic Capitalism (37:575:377) will explore these issues. The course will explore various ways these ideas have been put into practice, ranging from the dramatic expropriations of
enterprises in Argentina early in this century to the contemporary sale of healthy businesses to employees using the Federal tax code. Finally, the course will investigate the challenges of democratic decision making within a business enterprise and the role unions or union-like structures can have to making ownership truly democratic.
After earning a Doctorate in Human Development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1984 with a thesis called The Social Psychology of Ownership: A Case Study of a Democratically Owned Firm, Professor Christopher Mackin began a full time career as an advisor to employee owned firms, to unions, and to governments. In addition to his consulting, Professor Mackin also serves as a member of the core faculty of the Harvard Trade Union Program.
Course Explores Democracy and Capitalism
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Job Links for Current
Students and Alumni
www.usajobs.gov
www.careerbuilder.com
www.idealist.org
www.amerispan.com/
volunteer_intern/
www.bizjump.com/Base/
Employements.htm
www.unionjobs.com
www.wnjpin.state.nj.us
www.monstertrak.com
www.wetfeet.com
www.dol.gov/
www.labor.state.ny.us/
www.ajb.dni.us/
PROTECT OUR WORKERS
A new student organization, called “Protect Our Workers’ Equality & Rights” (RU POWER), was formed on October 11, 2012, with a stated mission purpose “to educate and promote general awareness involving workers’ rights in order to protect them from illegal work practices such as discrimination and poor work practices.” The organization also intends to “encourage and stimulate social interaction among its members to allow for networking and relationship building.” The elected leaders of RU POWER are Hijira Ali (President), Isy Okolo (Vice President), Cara Allison (Treasurer), Lisa DiFrancesco (Secretary), Frank Licato (Public Relations Manager), and Shan Harewood (Technical Specialist). President Ali provided her thoughts on the formation of the new group: “Being a worker and a student with a double major in Human Resources Management and Labor and Employment Relations, I am delighted about the formation of RU POWER. Our goal is to enlighten future leaders and workers about issues that affect workers worldwide. We want to offer education on prevention of work-related discrimination and the violation of rights.” RU POWER meets bi-weekly, Thursday, at 6:00pm, Room 102 of the Labor Education Center. The next meeting is scheduled for October 25, 2012. Interested students are welcome at meetings and encouraged to join RU Power. For further information or to be added to the group’s Sakai site, contact Hijira Ali ([email protected]) or Prof. James M. Cooney ([email protected]), who is serving as Faculty Advisor to the group.
UPCOMING CAREER
SERVICES EVENTS
Graduate and Professional
School Day 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Rutgers Student Center October 31, 2012
New Jersey Collegiate
Career Day 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Rutgers Student Center & Brower Commons
January 3, 2013
Internship Career Day 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Rutgers Student Center February 1, 2013
New Jersey Diversity
Career Day 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Rutgers Student Center February 15, 2013
Education Career Day 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Rutgers Student Center February 22, 2013
College Honors
College honors have the
following designations:
Cum laude
3.5-3.69 gpa
Magna cum laude
3.7-3.849
Summa cum laude
3.850-4.00
Students who achieve
college honors wear a
gold cord at graduation
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FALL AND SUMMER LSER Students Placed in Successful Internships
Hijira Ali: Hilton Hotel Christopher Boyd: Centrastate Medical Center Michael Corbin: Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office Cody Crespo: Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Henry Fesshan-Eaton: New Labor Matthew Fojo-Prieto: Financial Recruiting Services Jessica Gisondi: McNamara & Associates Tamika Jones-Morris: New Jersey Department of Labor Alanna Kirschbaum : Saint Clare's Health Systems Mikayla Kraemer: Robert Wood Johnson Fitness Center Daynel Laureano: Brickforce Staffing Allyssa Lauria: ADP Ruth Lora: Viacom Muta Mashack: JNESO Professional Health Care Union
Patrick O’Reilly: Executive Management Staffing William Rehbein: Marsh & McLennan Agency, LLC Adrian Rugova: fadilberisha.com Hannah Russo: Armour Beauty Padraig Ryan: New Labor Joel Salvina: NJ Work Environment Council Rachel Schneeberger: Samaritan Medical Center Stacie Schwartz: Speech Trans Chanelle Shaw: ADP Adam Sichari: Colgate-Palmolive Amy Tai – Super Interns Maria Tano: Viacom: MTV College Relations Jennifer Wassong: enchantedcelebrations.com Michael Winderman: First Investors Corp.
Labor Studies and Employment Relations
The Center for Women and Work
SMLR’s Center for Women and Work (CWW) is an innovative leader in research and programs that promote gender equity, a high-skill economy, and reconciliation of work and well-being for all. As part of its multi-faceted research and policy work, CWW:
Addresses women’s advancement in the workplace;
conducts cutting-edge research on successful public and workplace policies;
provides technical assistance and programs to educators, industry, and governments.
engages issues that directly affect the living standards of New Jersey’s and the nation’s working families.
The Center has a multitude of opportunities for students interested in gender and work, both through research engagement and practical applications, including workforce and workplace policy. If you are interested in internships or other experiential learning opportunities with the Center, contact our new Director, Professor Dana Britton at [email protected]. Learn more about both the Center and our new director on the web at www.cww.rutgers.edu.
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The Carey Library is your place. We have computers, books, and sometimes snacks. Come in and say hello!
Q & A: Help! How Can I Save Time When I am Researching a Paper?
Take advantage of RUL’s Book Delivery System. Is the book you need located in a library on the other side of Rte 18 or, worse, in Camden? Click the Book Delivery/Recall box on the right, and RUL will send the book to the library of your choice in 2 – 5 days (usually 2).
Take advantage of RUL’s Article Delivery Service. Do you need a journal article available only IN PRINT? RUL will scan the article and send it to you electronically! Go to the Delivery and Interlibrary Loan section of the RUL web site (use menu), and click on Interlibrary Loan and Article Delivery Services.
Use an Online Encyclopedia. Does you paper require facts and background information? There is an alternative to Wikipedia. RUL offers digital encyclopedias that can be used off-campus. They are on social science and business topics, including labor history, organizational psychology, gender & society. Access all titles through the RUL home page (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/): click on Research Resources, then Electronic Reference Sources. Check the selections under Labor and Employment Studies Business, and Women’s and Gender Studies.
Use a LibGuide. Online research guides tailored to your course and labor and employment studies topics are useful tools for
cutting through the information maze and haze to the right database or web site. LibGuides are especially useful for locating
think tank resources for policy papers, up-to-date statistics sources, and brief videos on the research process. You can find
these guides at the above link or, for some courses, on your Sakai site.
LIBRARY FALL HOURS
Monday—Thursday: 10:00 am — 8:00 pm Friday: 10:00 am — 2:00 pm Saturday: 10:00 am — 2:00 pm Closed on Sunday Thanksgiving weekend: Wed, Nov. 21, 10am – 5pm, Thurs, Nov 22 to Sun, Nov 25 closed. All RUL libraries closed Thanksgiving, November 22nd 2012. For exam period and intersession hours: check Hours and Directions page via the RUL web site. Questions about hours, access, or circulation? Contact Eugene McElroy at 848-932-9513. Donna L. Schulman, Library Director [email protected], 848-932-9608 Eugene McElroy, Library Associate [email protected],848-932-9513
Labor Studies and Employment Relations
The Carey Library, The Information Place for SMLR Students
Located in the Labor Education Center, 50 Labor Center Way, Cook Campus. Carey Library Web Site: http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library
Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) Web Site: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/
RUTGERS LEARNING CENTERS
Work with students, faculty, and
professional staff through a variety of academic support programs to promote
student achievement.
Busch Campus ARC Building, Room 332
848-445-0986
College Avenue Campus Kreeger Learning Center
732-932-1443
Cook/Douglass Campus Loree Building, Room 124 732-932-1660
Livingston Campus
Tillett Hall 848-445-0986
Reading Behind the Media Hype Factor
Public opinion of workers and unions is continually being shaped and molded by the media through in-depth newspaper articles, comedy television shows, comics, cartoons, and dramatic movies. With fewer
independent voices in media and more corporate consolidation, decisions about who and what to cover increasingly reflect the biases of bottom-line sensitive executives.
Earn one credit and learn how to analyze news coverage and entertainment images of workers and unions in Labor Images and Media, Saturdays, April 6 to May 4, 2013 from 1:00 to 3:55 p.m.
The course will examine the political economy of the media industry—how corporate media companies offer more channels and less diversity. Discussion will explore economic factors, such as the influence of advertising revenue and the drive to suppress labor costs.
Students should expect to question assumptions in news coverage and popular entertainment to become more critical of messages about working people and unions.
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Zuccarello Scholarship
Awarded to MLER Student Steven Stokes
The late Anthony Zuccarello was a labor organizer and political activist and to commemorate his lifetime of work, the Anthony S. Zuccarello Scholarship was created in his name to be awarded to a current undergraduate or graduate Labor Studies student who has been a union officer, an activist, or staff member, and who seeks to work to advance the field of Labor Studies and Employ-ment Relations.
Steven Stokes, a student in the Master of Labor & Employ-ment Relations program has been awarded the scholarship for the fall 2012 semester. Stokes spent twenty-two years in the United States Army before joining the United Broth-erhood of Carpenters (UBC) where he has served in several roles including shop steward over the past seven years. Most recently Stokes served as the shop steward on the largest construction job in the state, the Revel Casino and Hotel, a beachfront resort that opened earlier this year in Atlantic City. “During that eighteen-month period, I pro-tected the rights and working conditions of over 200 car-penters who completed over 244,000 work-hours without a single lost-time injury,” said Stokes of his time.
Stokes currently serves as the chairman of his local union’s volunteer organizers committee.
Leadership in Work Organizations (37:575:480)
Piloted by Dean Shurman and Professor Given this fall, “Leadership in Work Organizations” (37:575:480) offers an in-depth examination of leadership-- what it is, where it comes from, how people develop and exercise it, how it becomes manifested in various forms, how employees and managers become effective at it, and how it impacts individuals, teams, and organizations. While leadership is an extremely broad topic, this course focuses on leadership within work organizations, including labor unions, which represent workers in the workplace.
Professor Given, who will teach the course next semester, says that “in-this-hands on course, students learn about their own strengths and weaknesses as leaders.” Students take a number of psychological and personality tests to gain a deeper under-standing of different theories of leadership. The course has many participatory activities and guest leaders. There will be online forums and discussions to enable students to participate in a variety of ways. Professor Given says, "We've built a lot of momentum this semester, and I'm looking forward to continuing next semester, with visits from guest leaders and another exciting and interactive semester.
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SMLR CONCENTRATION IN THE MAJOR
NOW APPEARS ON YOUR TRANSCRIPT
The Labor Studies major is a multi-disciplinary program that students can tailor to their personal interests or professional goals. Majors may elect to fulfill a concentration within the major. A concentration is a theme, subject, or perspective that certain courses have in common. It links the courses together and reflects a particular area of interest within the Labor Studies discipline. While concentrations were previously informal designations, as of the fall 2012 semester, concentrations will be officially recognized on students’ transcripts. The Labor Studies department has five concentration options available:
1. Law and the Workplace 2. Diversity in the Workplace 3. Work Organization and Management 4. Labor Unions and Social Movements 5. Work, Globalization and Migration
Each concentration consists of 18 credits offered by the department. It must include either Introduction to Labor Studies & Employment Relations (37:575:100) or Work, Society, and the Quality of Life (37:575:110). Five courses are required in the area of the concentration. Choosing a concentration is optional but a concentration enables students to develop expertise in a particular area and also signal their qualifications to prospective employers.
Non-majors may choose to declare a concentration as a minor option.
ALUMNI E-MAIL
After graduation, sign up for a perma-
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Professors Given and Lena Hipp, published “Public Perceptions of Union Efficacy: A Twenty-Four country Study,” in Labor Studies Journal, March 1012:37:7-32.
Professor Jeffrey Keefe published, "Public Employee Compensation and the Efficacy of Privatization Alternatives in U.S. State and Local Governments." December 2012, British Journal of Industrial Relations. Also, Professor Keefe, Professors David Lewin and Thomas Kochan published, “The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments," October 2012, Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Professor Mingwei Liu and Ph.D. student Chunyun Li wrote a paper, "Environment Pressures, Managerial Industrial Relations Ideologies and Unionization in Chinese Enterprises," which was published by the British Journal of Industrial Relations. Also, Professor Liu was granted $8,500 by the International Labor Organization for the project “Research on Governing Labor Standards in the Chinese Electronic Manufacturing Industry: Labor Market Institutions and Governance of Global Value
Chains.” Also, Professor Mingwei Liu
together with Jeffery Wilson, an attorney of Jun He Law Offices) led a Bloomberg BNA International HR Webinar, "China: Collective Bargaining, Collective Contracts and Strikes." This Webinar was the result of a partnership between Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) and Bloomberg BNA. Professor Francis Ryan joins us from Temple University in Philadelphia. Ryan has taught courses in labor history in workers education programs since 1997, and his research focuses on the development of public sector unionization in the United States. His first book, AFSCME’s Philadelphia Story: Municipal Workers and Urban Power in the Twentieth Century (Temple University Press) came out in 2011, and his current scholarly projects include a general history of the international AFSCME union, as well as a study on Working-Class Philadelphia in the twentieth century. He will also serve as faculty moderator for Rutgers’s United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS).
Professor Dana Britton, Director of the Center for Women and Work, spoke at the Women’s Leadership Conference on Oct. 4 at the University of Idaho. In addition to Dr. Britton’s talk, the event
included a keynote by Gloria Steinem. Professor Dorothy Sue Cobble was appointed a distinguished lecturer by the Organization of American Historians (OAH). Professor Cobble will serve a 3-year, renewable term in which she will speak to diverse audiences across the county, hosted by colleges, historical societies, and museums. Also, Professor Cobble will be giving a talk at the European Institute, University of Geneva, December 6, on the ILO and rise of women's transnational activism, which will be published in “Women's ILO: Transnational Networks and Gender Equality.” Professors Adrienne Eaton and Paula Voos, along with PhD Student Sean Rogers, had an article accepted for publication in the Industrial and Labor Relations Review. The article concerns the consequences of graduate student employee representation on student-faculty relationships, academic freedom, and compensation.
Professor Janice Fine co-wrote an article, "Solidarities and Restrictions: Labor and Immigration Policy in the United States," which was included in the May issue of The Forum, a journal of applied research in contemporary politics. Professor Fine and Hyacinth Miller organized an event September 27, on the "undocumented and unafraid" immigrant youth movement. More than 80 people attended the event, which was highlighted in The Home News Tribune and The Daily Targum.
Professor Rebecca Givan’s op-ed was featured in the L.A. Times on September 30. Professor Givan discussed why professionalism matters and also why well-trained, experienced employees—from Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians, to the NFL refs—are using the last resort of the organized worker, the refusal to work.
Dean Susan J. Schurman and Professor Rebecca Givan, instructors for the Leadership in Work Organizations course, invited actor Richard Masur to attend the class as a guest speaker. Masur played a key role in drafting the newly merged Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ (SAG-AFTRA) constitution and bylaws and currently stars in the new HBO hit, Girls. Also, In August, Dean Schurman again teamed up with Peter DiCicco, her co-facilitator during the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ (SAG-AFTRA) merger, to facilitate a meeting of the Association of Flight Attendants' (AFA) newly formed United Airlines bargaining committee. Dean Schurman and DiCicco introduced the group to the Interest-Based Problem-Solving Model that they used successfully with SAG and AFTRA as a tool to help them create new contract proposals to satisfy members' as well as the company's interests.
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Labor Studies and Employment Relations Page 16
Social mobility is stagnating in America and income inequality is at an all time high. The idea of the American Dream is
dead. The notion that one can go from “rags to riches” only lives on in the hearts of our parents and grandparents. It is depressing to see the opportunities that were given to the generations before us and not have these bestowed upon us. As the “recovery” of the Great Recession continues, the situation economically grows far worse and America’s middle class is becoming endangered.
My parents have always considered themselves middle-class. My mother came from an upper middle class family with
a housewife mother and an engineer father. However, my father was raised quite differently. He came from a family that was considered poor. His parents owned their own businesses and each new business they started eventually failed. There were times he had to wear his mother’s underwear to school because they simply could not afford to purchase him his own. Utilizing government loan programs, my father went to college and eventually got a Master’s degree and exceeded his parents in income and social class.
Now in 2012, my wife and I live paycheck-to-paycheck. As long as we continue to receive our expected pay, we are
comfortable. However, even the slightest mishap could be disastrous. My income, when adjusted for inflation, is actually less than that of my parent’s in the 1960s. While I am undoubtedly middle class, I have not surpassed my father’s ascent. In fact, I have not even reached it. As Joseph Stiglitz pointed out, the median wealth is down almost forty percent in three short years. Americans are not exceeding their parents’ class, we are falling beneath them. We have a tighter job market as seen in New Jersey’s 9.99% unemployment rate; we have less wealth and less credit opportunities. The middle class is deteriorating.
This is not a recent trend. As the NY Times pointed out, “from 1990 to 2002, for every extra dollar earned by those in
the bottom 90%, each taxpayer at the top brought in an extra $18,000”. The divide between the top tier of income earners and the bottom is growing at an alarming rate. Governor Romney had said just a few weeks ago that he considers the middle class to be those who earn between $200,000 and $250,000 annually. If this is the case, where do I fit in? In fact, where do the majority of us fit in? If these are the views of the man who could be the next President, the situation may get worse.
However, there is a metaphorical light at the end of the tunnel. A large majority of Americans believe in the American
dream still. Many believe they have achieved it. In fact, 42% of Americans believe they are middle class. Despite the actual statistics, many still believe that America is a land of opportunity regardless of the fact that Joseph Stiglitz pointed out that America has the most income inequality and least social mobility in the advanced world.
Pictured here with his wife, Ben Alter is a Junior at Rutgers majoring in Employee/Labor Relations. He wrote the following Op-Ed about his family’s experience of social mobility in response to an assignment for a labor studies course that he is currently taking.