2008 LABOR LYCEUM SCHEDULE
Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon at NYSUT Hall, 30 North Union Street
UPCOMING LABOR LYCEUM:
April 19th: Ron Hira, “Outsourcing America
- What’s Behind Our National Crisis and What Can Be Done About It”
Hear Professor Ron Hira, RIT Department of Public Policy, discuss the
profound effect of outsourcing on the U.S. economy including both wage
loss and decline in our capacity for technological innovation and
leadership. Discussion will focus on the facts and expected impact of outsourcing, will
describe the politics of outsourcing, and will suggest pragmatic
responses. Professor Hira is a recognized authority on outsourcing
who consults Congress and has appeared on PBS’s “Now” with Bill Moyers.
2008 LABOR LYCEUM SCHEDULE:
February 16th: David Cay Johnston, “Free Lunch -
How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense”
Hear and meet the author: David Cay Johnston, New York Times
Reporter, Pulitzer Prize Author and Rochester Resident. Join us to hear Mr.
Johntson explain how the lobbyists and lawyers representing
the most powerful 0.1 percent of Americans manipulated our government at the
expense of the other 99.9 percent and commandeered our economy. Learn what
can be done about it.
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