The governing body of UALE is the Executive Board, elected every two years at the annual meeting. Go to the Executive Board Directory page to see the current Board members and their contact information.
The work of UALE between meetings is carried out by Working Groups, Committees, Caucuses and Task Forces listed below, as well as by the Labor Studies Journal Editorial Board (for the latter, see the Labor Studies Journal page of this website.)
Constitutional Standing Committees
These Committees are mandated in our Constitution.
Annual Conference Planning Committee: Jason Kozlowski, Chair
Academic Standards: Sarah Laslett and Lamoin Werlein-Jaen, Co-Chairs (inactive at present)
Constitution and Bylaws Committee: Domenic Bellissimo, Chair
Institutional Membership Committee: Inactive at present
Professional Welfare Committee: Inactive at present
Ad Hoc Committees
Communications Committee: Tess Ewing, Chair
Membership Comittee: Cheryl Coney, Chair
Nominations and Elections:
Constitutional Caucuses
Membership is open to any member in good standing. Please contact the chair if you would like to participate in a caucus.
Women Workers' Caucus: Judith Bernier, and Kassandra Cordero, Co-Chairs
Workers of Color Caucus: Gayle Hamilton, Chair
Union Caucus: (inactive at present)
Lesbian and Gay Caucus: (inactive at present)
Women's Committee
The Women's Committee oversees the planning of the regional Women's Summer Schools
Women's Committee: Judith Bernier, and Kate Shaugnessy, Co-Chairs
Working Groups
Working Groups are self-organized groups within UALE that come together around a particular topic or area of interest. Recognition of a Working Group as an official UALE body is based on consistency and support for the mission of UALE. They are open to all UALE members to join, and may also include non-members of UALE.
Find out more about the Working Groups by visiting their pages on this website.
Central Labor Councils and State Federations: David Reynolds, Chair
Immigration and Globalization: Ana Avendaño and Camilo Viveiros, Co-Chairs
K-14 Labor Education: Anneta Argyres and Courtney Derwinski, Co-chairs
Courtney Derwinski
Mass. Teachers Association
781-588-7688Jason Kozlowski
University of West Virginia
Institute for Labor Studies and Research
304-293-5790
Labor Filmmakers: Anne Lewis and Vivian Price, Co-chairs
Anne Lewis
UT Austin
512-656-0507
www.annelewis.orgVivian Price
Calif. State University
310-243-3640
On-Line Education: Julie Mendez-deLeon
Popular Education: Darby Frye, Riahl O'Malley and Richard Gaboton, Co-chairs
Darby Frye
Washington Federation of State Employees
206-525-5363Riahl O'Malley
United for a Fair Economy
617.423.2148 ext.127Richard Gaboton
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
613-882-2056
Worker Writers: Timothy Sheard, Chair
Timothy Sheard
NWU, New York
Lenny Moss Mysteries
917.428.1352
Young Worker and Activists: Alicia Flores and Sarah Hughes, Co-chairs
Alicia Flores
UC Berkeley Labor Center
Sarah Hughes
National Education Association
Task Forces
Task Forces are groups that form to do a certain task, and then disband once their work has been accomplished. Two Task Forces were established at the 2017 Annual Meeting.
Conference Structure Task Force
Women's Schools Grants Task Force