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: Tony Michael, Chair
Academic Standards: Sarah Laslett, Chair
Constitution and Bylaws Committee: Pierre Coté, Chair
Institutional Membership Committee:
Professional Welfare Committee: Inactive at present
Ad Hoc Committees
Communications Committee: Chair TBD
Membership Comittee: Elissa McBride
Nominations and Elections: Bob Bussel
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: Gayle Hamilton, and Kate Shaugnessy, Co-Chairs
Workers of Color Caucus: Paris Walker and Tsika Pasipanodya, Co-Chairs
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: Gayle Hamilton, 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: Monica Bielski and Dave Reynolds, Co-Chairs
Monica Bielski
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Institute for Labor & Industrial Relations
Labor Education program
504 East Armory Ave. (Room 235)
Champaign, IL 61820
212-244-4094
David Reynolds
Wayne State Labor Studies Center
Building Partnerships USA
656 W Kirby
Detroit, MI 48202
313-577-2197
Immigration and Globalization: Mary Bellman and Helen Moss, Co-Chairs
Mary Bellman
University of Minnesota
612-624-9072Helen Moss
University of Oregon
503-412-3722
K-14 Labor Education: Anneta Argyres and Helena Worthen, Co-chairs
Anneta Argyres
Labor Resource Ctr, UMass-Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125
Phone: 617-287-7229Helena Worthen
UC Berkeley
510-828-2745
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:Debra Kidney and Helena Worthen, Co-chairs
Debra Kidney
AFSCME
503-704-3845Helena Worthen
UC Berkeley
510-828-2745
Popular Education: Tess Ewing, Steve Schnapp and Don Taylor, Co-chairs
Tess Ewing
104 Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-661-2064Steve Schnapp
United for a Fair Economy
29 Winter Street
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-423-2148 x110Don Taylor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School for Workers
608-262-9849
Worker Writers: Karen Ford and Timothy Sheard, Co-chairs
Timothy Sheard
NWU, New York
Lenny Moss Mysteries
917.428.1352Karen Ford
3rd (Internal Organizing) Vice President
National Writers Union UAW 1981
http://www.nwu.org
Task Forces
Task Forces are groups that form to do a certain task, and then disband once their work has been accomplished. There are no Task Forces currently in existence.
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