Labnet: CFP: LABNEWS: Labor and Immigration: A conference in Santa Cruz, May 2010

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CFP: Labor and Immigration: A conference in Santa Cruz, May 2010
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Southwest Labor Studies Association
36th Annual Conference May 7-8, 2010
University of California, Santa Cruz

Call for papers, workshops and presentations

Labor and Immigration: Past and Present

Featuring: Plenary Sessions on Labor and U.S. Immigration Policy and on
Immigrant Worker Organizing in Silicon Valley and the Monterey Bay area

>From the nineteenth century to the present, the histories of labor and
immigration in the U.S. have been thoroughly intertwined. High levels of
immigration and the emergence of new forms of immigrant activism in
recent years have transformed the terrain of labor organizing and
prompted a radical rethinking of the U.S. labor movement's stance on
immigration policy. We invite proposals from scholars and from labor,
immigrant, and community activists for panels, interactive workshops,
performances, displays, art, film, and music that explore these issues
in the present and examine their roots in the past. Presentations on all
other topics related to working-class history and labor studies are also
welcome.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

* Historical perspectives on the immigrant character of the U.S. working
class
* Historical and contemporary discussions of immigrant worker organizing
-Organizing in the Santa Clara Valley and the Monterey Bay area
* Nativist movements and their impact on workers and labor organizations
* Impact of current immigration policies on workers and labor
organizations
* Labor law and the working conditions experienced by immigrants
* Labor aspects of the current immigrant detention system
* Impact of the broader immigrant rights struggle on the labor movement
* Gender, race, and sexuality in immigrant labor organizing -Youth and
student activism in support of immigrant and labor struggles
Proposal deadline is January 15, 2010. Please send a short (1-2
paragraph) proposal including the name and contact information of the
participants to ihr at ucsc.edu. The proposal document should be a PDF file
and the email containing it should have 'SWLSA Proposal' clearly marked
in the Subject Line. For more information contact David Brundage at
brundage at ucsc.edu or Pedro Castillo at pcastle at ucsc.edu.