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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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New Faces of Labor: From the Hollywood Writers Room to Staten Island Amazon Warehouses

Anna Galland, Bob Reiter, James Schamus, Shep Searl

October 12, 2023

  • labor
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Beaten Down, Worked Up: Organized Labor in 2020

Steven Greenhouse, Noam Scheiber, Sara Nelson

February 24, 2020

  • labor
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Chicago Style: Organized Labor in 2018

Robert Bruno

May 23, 2018

  • Chicago Style
  • labor
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A Discussion on Shared Prosperity with Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez

Tom Perez, Hal Weitzman

January 21, 2016

  • labor
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Gay Marriage, Marijuana, and the Minimum Wage: The Power of Citizen Democracy

Steve Copley, Chris Lindsey, Tierney Sneed, Marc Solomon

February 17, 2015

  • LGBTQ+
  • drugs
  • labor
  • democracy
  • law/courts
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Whither the Movement? The Future of American Labor Unions

Leo Gerard, Rich Trumka, Eliseo Medina, Steven Greenhouse

November 13, 2014

  • labor
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Chicago Style: President of the Chicago Teachers Union Karen Lewis

Karen Lewis

June 03, 2014

  • Chicago Style
  • education
  • labor
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