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Stephanie Land talk Nov. 6: “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive”

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Stephanie Land

Stephanie Land, author of New York Times bestseller “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive,” will give a talk Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 175, Knight Law Center.

Land’s memoir details her life as a single mother on the edge of
poverty, navigating the bureaucracy of government assistance and […]

Working Futures: Perspectives on Labor from the Global South

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[ May 27, 2016; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Browsing Room
Knight Library
1501 Kincaid St.
UO campus

Economic globalization has fundamentally reshaped class and gender dynamics around the world. It has brought millions of young women to work in urban industrial and service sectors, introducing new social roles, aspirations, and modes of precarity. In the industrial sector, labor has become increasingly militant in its demands for decent […]