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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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