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Labor history forum
Striking in difficult times

A labor history forum this month will analyze key strikes in the modern era of the labor movement.

Featured speakers include Joseph McCartin, author of "Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America," Ray Rogers, founder of the Corporate Campaign, and veteran of highly visible strike campaigns (Hormel; Staley; International Paper, and Con Edison/Local 1-2, UWUA1982); and Chris Rhomberg, author of "The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor."

Forum moderators:

Nell Geiser, Researcher, Change to Win, and Faron McLurkin, Organizing Director, NY/NJ Regional Joint Board of Workers United/SEIU will moderate the discussion.

The forum will be held Thursday, Oct. 25, and begin at 6 p.m. It will take place at District Council 1707, 420 West 45 St. (between Ninth and Tenth

The New York Labor History Association is sponsoring the forum along with the the Worker Institute at the Cornell ILR School. Free! Refreshments provided.