BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20201101T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20200308T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6542-c5a9e1f91eba494148532d784352c40e@events.la.psu.edu
DTSTAMP:20261013T115900Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190228T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190228T160000
SUMMARY:Workers in Revolt: Report backs from the Frontlines of the Recent Mexica
	n Maquiladoras and U.S. Teachers’ Strikes
DESCRIPTION:\nPaolo Marinaro\, Postdoctoral Scholar\, Center for Global 
	Workers&rsquo\; Rights\n\nRebecca Tarlau\, Assistant Professor\, Center 
	for Global Workers&rsquo\; Rights and Lifelong Learning and Adult Educat
	ion Program\n\nOn Thursday\, Feb. 7\, after an almost one-month strike\,
	&nbsp\;30\,000&nbsp\;maquiladora&nbsp\;workers in&nbsp\;Matamoros\, Tama
	ulipas\, on the border with Texas\, achieved a significant wage increase
	 in 45 factories\, mostly operating in the automotive sector.\n\nOn Mond
	ay\, January 14\, 34\,000 teachers in Los Angeles went on strike for the
	 first time in 30 years with immense community support\, and after six-d
	ays they won all of their demands\, including pay increases\, lower clas
	s sizes\, more staffing\, and perhaps most significantly\, policy limits
	 on charter expansion.\n\nPaolo Marinaro and Rebecca Tarlau were partici
	pant observers in both of these strikes. This presentation focuses on th
	e strategic innovations of these extraordinary mobilizations in Mexico a
	nd the US. The preference for direct action\, the use of social network\
	, as well as the promotion of horizontal participation and the contestat
	ion of traditional leaderships shed light on new developments of workers
	&rsquo\; militancy in North America.\n\nFor more details: https://events
	.la.psu.edu/event/workers_in_revolt_report_backs_from_the_frontlines_of_
	the_recent_mexican_maquiladoras_and_us_teachers_strikes/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p><b>Paolo Marina
	ro</b>, Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Global Workers&rsquo; Rights</p
	><p><b>Rebecca Tarlau</b>, Assistant Professor, Center for Global Worker
	s&rsquo; Rights and Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Program</p><p>
	On Thursday, Feb. 7, after an almost one-month strike,&nbsp;30,000&nbsp;
	<i>maquiladora</i>&nbsp;workers in&nbsp;Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on the bo
	rder with Texas, achieved a significant wage increase in 45 factories, m
	ostly operating in the automotive sector.</p><p>On Monday, January 14, 3
	4,000 teachers in Los Angeles went on strike for the first time in 30 ye
	ars with immense community support, and after six-days they won all of t
	heir demands, including pay increases, lower class sizes, more staffing,
	 and perhaps most significantly, policy limits on charter expansion.</p>
	<p>Paolo Marinaro and Rebecca Tarlau were participant observers in both 
	of these strikes. This presentation focuses on the strategic innovations
	 of these extraordinary mobilizations in Mexico and the US. The preferen
	ce for direct action, the use of social network, as well as the promotio
	n of horizontal participation and the contestation of traditional leader
	ships shed light on new developments of workers&rsquo; militancy in Nort
	h America.</p><p>For more details: <a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/ev
	ent/workers_in_revolt_report_backs_from_the_frontlines_of_the_recent_mex
	ican_maquiladoras_and_us_teachers_strikes/'>https://events.la.psu.edu/ev
	ent/workers_in_revolt_report_backs_from_the_frontlines_of_the_recent_mex
	ican_maquiladoras_and_us_teachers_strikes/</a></p></body></html>
LOCATION:502 Keller Building
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR