Saturday, October 1, 2011
Time: 9:30 AM Coffee, 10:00 AM Meeting
Location: Cowan Creek, Florence/Georgetown Rooms
Speaker: Julius Getman
Program: Restoring Power to the Union
Our October meeting focuses on that mainstay of Democratic politics, Labor Unions.
Julius Getman, our speaker, is a preeminent scholar in the field of labor law. He pioneered empirical studies in labor law and continues to do extensive field work on labor issues. He is a Professor at the University of Texas, where he holds the Earl. E. Sheffield Regents Chair. His new book, Restoring the Power of Unions: It Takes a Movement, will be available for purchase at our meeting.
Republicans have launched an unmitigated attack on Unions since their ascendancy in the elections of 2010. Unions are critical to maintaining a middle class in America and fighting back has been fruitful for union workers. In Wisconsin, two Republican lawmakers lost their jobs through recall elections. Walker, Wisconsin’s Governor, is next.
In Ohio, Governor Kasich is watching his bill to limit unions’ ability to collectively bargain face repeal on November 8, 2011. Faced with overwhelming likelihood that his union busting bill will go down in the repeal, the Governor has been reduced to begging the union leaders to cancel the recall. He wants them to bargain and reach a compromise with him. Gee, that’s just what his awful law forbids.