Kim Scipes' book, KMU (1996), is available on-line for free

Scipes, Kim. 1996. KMU: Building Genuine Trade Unionism in the Philippines, 1980–1994. Quezon City, Philippines: New Day Publishers.

*Published in entirety, on-line for free: download [right below the covers of Scipes’ four published books, there is a link to the book]

NOTE:  As of June 1, 2021, thanks to Susan D. Anderson, and with the permission of New Day Publishers, the ENTIRE text to my 1996 book on the KMU is now available on-line for free.

The passing of Prof Aziz Choudry (1966-2021)

OBITUARY

To honour Professor Aziz Choudry’s (1966-2021) memory, a virtual meeting will be held on 5 June, 7:30pm SAST, 6:30pm UK time, 1:30pm Montreal, Canada, 5:30am Christchurch, New Zealand: Zoom

Kim Scipes (2021) AFL-CIO, NED & US Labor Imperialism (WorkWeek Radio)

Scipes, Kim. 2021. “AFL-CIO, NED & US Labor Imperialism.” WorkWeek Radio.

WorkWeek interviews Professor Kim Scipes who teaches at Purdue University Northwest. He discusses the long history of collaboration between the US government in collusion with the AFL-CIO leadership in international support of coups and in setting up pro-capitalist unions throughout the world. Most of the funds come from the National Endowment For Democracy a US government agency. They receive over $30 million a year from the NED.
He also talks about why he decided to study this issue and how the National Endowment for Democracy NED funds the AFL-CIO "Solidarity Center” without any full report to the rank and file as well as affiliates of the AFL-CIO on the work that they are doing. In 2019 they received more than $39 million nearly all from the US government for the international operations of the AFL-CIO.
He also discusses the corporate top down structure of the AFL-CIO and most International unions that prevent the ranks from having direct control and information about their union.
This interview was done by WorkWeek on 3/23/21

Corey Dolgon, folksinger and sociology, a singing lecture

Corey Dolgon

In Search of One Big Union: Folksongs and the U.S. Labor Movement

A Singing Lecture by Corey Dolgon, Folksinger and Sociologist

https://www.coreydolgon.com/

Pluto Press webinar (2020)

WEBINAR

“Fighting Foxconn: Lessons Learned from Online and Offline Activism in China”

Moderators: Robert Ovetz (San Jose State University), Immanuel Ness (CUNY)

Speakers: Jenny Chan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Mark Selden (Cornell University)

Guests: Ralph Litzinger (Duke University), Ying Chen (The New School)

Date and time: 30 October 2020 Friday, London at 5:00PM

The Pluto Press webinar series is sponsored by Railroad Workers United.

Power, Politics, and Influence at Work (2020)

FREE ONLINE COURSE: “Power, Politics, and Influence at Work”

Join course for free

Starting 12 October 2020 Monday (approximately 4 hours of learning per week, for 5 weeks)

The course has been created by Tony Dundon, Miguel Martinez Lucio, Emma Hughes and Roger Walden, along with academics and researchers from the universities of Manchester, Limerick and Liverpool.

Kim Scipes's delegation to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Kim Scipes, Professor of Sociology at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) in Westville, Indiana, USA, got his college dean, Elaine Carey, to co-sponsor and support a delegation to the “International Conference on Innovations in Social Sciences and the Humanities 2019” at Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on October 4-5, 2019. Co-sponsors, besides TDTU and PNW, included Universitat Leipzig (Germany), Warwick University (UK), University a Degli Studi di Trieste (Italy), and National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan).  Eventually, five PNW faculty presented papers, plus a Memorandum of Understanding for student and faculty exchanges was signed between TDTU and PNW.  Scipes presented a paper on “Innovations in Labor Studies:  Incorporating Global Perspectives,” served on the Scientific Committee of the Conference, and Chaired a session on “Innovations in Public Engagement for Social Sciences and Humanities.”