Title of Presentation/Proposal/Etc.
“The Working Life in Texas VII”
Start Date
25-2-2021 8:00 AM
Presentation Type
Faculty Presentation
Abstract
This panel will feature labor activists and will explore the experiences and challenges faced by the working class in a time of mass layoffs and workplace dangers posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working in troubled economic sectors such as the airline industry will be a particular focus.
Panelists include labor historian Chad Pearson of Collin College; Staci Gray, union organizer at BookPeople in Austin, Texas; Stephanie Kopnang, an American Airlines worker activist in the Unite Here! union; Pauline Mims, the Region 5 Women’s Council Second Vice President for the United Auto Workers; Steve Ruiz, a member of the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Legislative Committee; and Tevita 'Uhatafe, a member of the Tarrant County Labor Council Executive Board and a leader of the Asian Pacific American Alliance Local.
Location
Virtual
“The Working Life in Texas VII”
Virtual
This panel will feature labor activists and will explore the experiences and challenges faced by the working class in a time of mass layoffs and workplace dangers posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working in troubled economic sectors such as the airline industry will be a particular focus.
Panelists include labor historian Chad Pearson of Collin College; Staci Gray, union organizer at BookPeople in Austin, Texas; Stephanie Kopnang, an American Airlines worker activist in the Unite Here! union; Pauline Mims, the Region 5 Women’s Council Second Vice President for the United Auto Workers; Steve Ruiz, a member of the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Legislative Committee; and Tevita 'Uhatafe, a member of the Tarrant County Labor Council Executive Board and a leader of the Asian Pacific American Alliance Local.