Unspoken Stories - The Right to a Job
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022 6pm - 7pm
Location
Brown County Library
515 Pine St
Details
In a modern economy, a job is the primary way working people support themselves. And for many Americans, a job brings with it the dignity of making a contribution through work. For much of the twentieth century, American politicians, activists, and other leaders debated whether workers in the US should have a right to a job. Jon Shelton, Associate Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, examines this forgotten history and explores the arguments prominent Americans—from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Coretta Scott King—made for a guarantee of a job for everyone.
Jon Shelton is also the author of Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order and the forthcoming book The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy.
This program will take place in the Brown County Central Library’s Lower Level Auditorium. Parking is free after 6:00pm. Registration is required - please register at browncountylibrary.org by clicking on ‘Attend an Event’ or call (920) 448-5824.
