​I am pleased to announce the pre-publication release of a new special issue of Work and Occupations on “Young Workers and the Renewal of the Labor Movement, a Cross-National Perspective.”   The special issue is guest-edited by Maite Tapia, Michigan State University, and Lowell Turner, Cornell University and can be accessed on-line at this website: http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/woxb/0/0   It is scheduled to appear as the November 2018 issue of Work and Occupations.
 
Here’s the table of contents with links to the pre-publication on-line articles.  Please feel free to share with your colleagues, students and networks:  
 
“Young Workers and the Renewal of the Labor Movement, a Cross-National Perspective” 
 
Guest-Edited by Maite Tapia, Michigan State University, and Lowell Turner, Cornell University
 
Renewed Activism for the Labor Movement: The Urgency of Young Worker Engagement
Maite Tapia, Lowell Turner
https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888418785657  

ASA members can gift an ASA membership for students or section memberships for any membership type at https://asa.enoah.com (Login required). All gift memberships MUST be purchased online by July 31.
 
A reminder: Sections may not use their operating budgets to fund gift memberships. However, if a section receives an unrestricted gift from a member or another source, those funds may be used in support of gift memberships.
 
To purchase a gift ASA membership for students
Once logged into the member portal, please click “Purchase a gift membership for a student” under the Contribute/Give heading. Students can be searched by name through the online member database. A new contact record can be created by the member if the student is not found in the database.
 
Your gift will be redeemable by the recipient for an ASA student membership (or a $51 discount on another membership type). Your gift recipient will receive their gift credit via email immediately after your purchase. Gift memberships are not refundable if unredeemed by the end of the 2018 membership year, September 30, 2018. Gift memberships are not tax deductible.
 
The deadline for a 2018 gift ASA membership for students is July 31, 2018.
 
To purchase a gift section membership
Once logged into the member portal, please click “Purchase a gift section membership” under the Contribute/Give heading.
 
Select the section and search for your recipient by name. Section membership requires 2018 ASA membership. Only 2018 ASA members who do not already have a membership in that section are eligible to receive a gift. Your recipient will receive an e-mail immediately after your payment notifying them of the section gift. (Your name will be included in this message). If the recipient declines the gift within 30 days of receipt, you will receive a refund by mail. Gifts are not tax deductible.
 
The deadline for a 2018 gift section membership is July 31, 2018.
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ILR School at Cornell University
 
Open-Rank Tenure-Track Position in Human Resource Management
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11370
The Human Resource Studies Department has an open rank position for a tenure track or tenured faculty member beginning in August, 2019. We are interested in applicants whose research and teaching focus on human resource management and employment relations in organizations more generally. We welcome applicants from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, including strategic management, organization studies, human resource studies, organizational behavior, industrial relations, psychology, sociology, and economics, among others. Preference will be given to applicants with a strong research and publication record commensurate with their rank and to those with at least some experience in a faculty position. The deadline for submission of all application materials is September 15, 2018. Questions about this position should be addressed to Rosemary Batt at rb41@cornell.edu.

Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor Position in International and Comparative Labor
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11374
The Department of International and Comparative Labor invites applications to fill a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to begin August 2019. Applicants should have research and teaching interests related to international labor, work, and employment, either focused on particular regions of the world or on a theme studied across countries and regions. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in a relevant field such as industrial relations, sociology, political science, anthropology, economics, organization studies, management, or other related disciplines. A demonstrated potential for high quality teaching and research leading to publication in top-tier journals is essential.  Interested candidates should submit a cover letter describing their research and teaching interests, a vita, a writing sample, and three references. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2018. Inquiries about this position should be directed to
Prof. Virginia Doellgast (vld7@cornell.edu),
Prof. Alex Colvin (ajc22@cornell.edu),
Prof. Eli Friedman (edf48@cornell.edu), or
​Prof. Emily Zitek (emz34@cornell.edu).

Assistant Professor of U.S. History
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11376
The Department of Labor Relations, Law and History invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in U.S. history at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2019. We are interested in social and political historians whose scholarship engages questions of work, inequality, the economy, or political and working-class culture. We are particularly interested in scholars whose research focuses on the experiences of African-American or Asian-American workers. This may involve workers’ experiences in their jobs, organizations, and/or communities, or how their labor intersects with questions of citizenship, class, race/ethnicity, disability, and gender and sexuality, among other areas of inquiry. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated potential in scholarly research and teaching who will have completed their Ph.D. prior to August 2019.  The deadline for receiving applications is October 15, 2018. Questions about this position should be directed to Professor Ileen DeVault, Search Committee Chair, at iad1@cornell.edu.
 
Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Conflict Resolution
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/11371
The ILR School at Cornell University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of conflict/dispute resolution at either the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level, to begin August 2019. Applicants should have research and teaching interests related to topics such as arbitration, mediation, negotiation, conflict management, dispute resolution, collective action, and social movements. We are open to scholars using qualitative, quantitative, legal, and mixed methods, and studying conflict at various levels of analysis including societal, organizational, group, or individual. Applicants should have a doctorate (PhD or JD) in a relevant field, such as industrial relations, organizational behavior, law, psychology, sociology, or management. A successful candidate’s appointment will be in either the Department of Labor Relations, Law, and History or the Department of Organizational Behavior. Faculty in these departments publish in top-tier journals in their field, such as ILR Review, Industrial Relations, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, and in major law reviews.  Evidence of very strong research and teaching potential is essential.  Review of applications will begin October 1, 2018. Questions about this position can be directed to
Professor Alex Colvin (ajc22@cornell.edu),
Professor Harry Katz (hck2@cornell.edu),
Professor Marya Besharov (mlb363@cornell.edu),
Professor Pam Tolbert (pam.tolbert@cornell.edu), or
Professor Kate Griffith (kategriffith@cornell.edu).

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY (Marquette University)
 
The Department of Social and Cultural Sciences invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 2019. We seek applicants to teach primarily in the Sociology program, with expertise in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.  Preference will be given to candidates who specialize in Latinx and/or Native American Studies. The candidate who is hired will be expected to teach sections of Research Methods (with both qualitative and quantitative components) as well as other courses relevant to their areas of expertise. The ability to contribute to curriculum being developed around interdisciplinary Race and Ethnic Studies will be considered an asset, as will the ability to teach a course on social movements and/or popular culture. 
 
Applicants should demonstrate excellence in teaching, evidence of scholarly productivity, and a clear research agenda. A Ph.D. in Sociology or a related field is required by the time of appointment.
The Department of Social and Cultural Sciences offers undergraduate majors in Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology and Law Studies, and Social Welfare and Justice. The department is committed to excellence in both research and teaching. Please visit the department website here:
http://www.marquette.edu/social-cultural-sciences/
 
Marquette University is a Jesuit, Catholic University with a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs. We seek candidates who can contribute to its mission, a statement of which can be found at http://www.marquette.edu/about/mission.php. Candidates from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
 
The campus is located in downtown Milwaukee, a racially diverse area with convenient access to national, state, and local government agencies, and many private institutions and non-profit organizations.
 
Review of candidates will begin on August 20, 2018. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
 
Instructions for application.
Please note: All applicants must apply online.
 
Use the following links to Marquette’s Human Resources Department to apply:
Assistant Professor – Sociology
Quicklink: http://employment.marquette.edu/postings/9423
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Movie and panel marking the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike, Martin Luther King’s last struggle
 
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike, Dr. Martin Luther King’s last struggle, in the course of which his life was cut short.  To commemorate and reflect on these events, a group of organizations linked to the ASA meetings will be doing a showing of At The River I Stand, a documentary about that history.  The movie will be followed by a short panel and discussion featuring Deborrah Dancy, a staff member at Brooklyn College who as a teen took part in support for the strike and in civil rights activism in Memphis, and Glenn Bracey, professor of sociology at Villanova, who will offer broader reflections on the 1968 Memphis campaign and its connections with issues and struggles we face today.
 
The event is cosponsored by the Association of Black Sociologists, and the ASA sections on Labor and Labor Movements, Marxist Sociology, Race/Gender/Class, and Racial and Ethnic Minorities.   It will take place on the evening of Monday, August 13 at the Ibrahim Theater at the International House, near the ASA conference venue (about 20 minutes away by transit).  The movie is at 6:30pm, followed by a short panel (with time for audience questions and discussion) 7:30-8:00pm.  The Labor and Labor Movements and Marxist Sociology Sections will also be hosting a joint reception in the same venue up till 9:30, and those attending the movie and panel are welcome to join the reception as well.
 
 
Labor and Labor Movement Section Panels (Mostly on Monday, August 13th)
 
3174 - Labor, Labor Movements and the Right
Mon, August 13, 8:30 to 10:10am, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, Franklin Hall 10
 
3468 - Race and Labor and the 50th Anniversary of the Memphis Strike
Mon, August 13, 2:30 to 4:10pm, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, Franklin Hall 4
 
1456 - Worker Mobilization in China and India
Sat, August 11, 2:30 to 4:10pm, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, 411
 
Section on Labor and Labor Movements Refereed Roundtable Session
Mon, August 13, 10:30 to 11:30am, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 5, Salon D
 
3281 - Section on Labor and Labor Movements Business Meeting
Mon, August 13, 11:30am to 12:10pm, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 5, Salon D
 
3568 - Race, Citizenship, and Workers
Mon, August 13, 4:30 to 6:10pm, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, Franklin Hall 4
 
1255 - Workers' Power in Diverse Contexts
Sat, August 11, 10:30am to 12:10pm, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, 410