2007-09
Democracy
and Citizenship
in the 21st
Century
2005-07
Indigenous Peoples:
National Policy
and International
Human Rights
2003-05
The Changing
Geopolitical Order
2001-03
Race, Class, and the Criminal Justice System
2000-01
Labor in a
Global Economy
1999-2000
The Rich, the Poor,
and American Politics
Labor in a Global Economy (2000-01)
Our goal was to delve into the historical, sociological and legal causes and consequences of a shrinking sphere for workers. Globalization, indeed, is one of the strongest forces affecting human migration and living conditions, and many of these impacts are filtered through the world of work.
Wayne Morse Chair Professors
William B. Gould IV, is the Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
Dana Frank, is a professor of history at the University of California-Santa Cruz, where she teaches about labor history, gender, and class.
Distinguished Speakers
Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, University of California Santa Barbara
“The Lost World of Workplace Justice” (Feb. 5, 2001).
Wayne Morse Center Event
Labor in a Global Economy
Conference sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center.
Project Grants
The Life of a Strawberry
Project sponsored by Professor Lynn Stephen, Anthropology, UO.
Immigrant Participation in the Oregon Workforce
Study sponsored by the Oregon AFL-CIO.
Workers, Consumers, and the Global Economy
Research and course sponsored by Michael Dreiling, Assistant Professor, Sociology, UO.
Boss of the Waterfront: Wayne Morse and Labor Arbitration
Exhibit sponsored by Special Collections, Knight Library, UO.
Race and Transnational Labor in U.S. Western History
Symposium sponsored by the UO History Department.
High School and Middle School Workshops
Wayne Morse Historical Park Board members and Springfield high school teacher James Mattiace worked together to design and host a series of five full-day workshops for Eugene and Springfield high school and middle school classes. The discussions were held at the Wayne Morse Historical Park, a City of Eugene park that was formerly Senator Morse's home and ranch. Local schoolteachers were invited to choose one of three areas of discussion: globalization, sweatshops and international labor; domestic labor and U.S. labor laws; or farm workers. Each of the participating teachers made the sessions part of ongoing class work around the issues.
Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
1221 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1221
Phone: (541) 346-3700, Fax: (541) 346-1564
