Dolores Huerta Labor Institute 2012 – 2013 Annual Report Dr. Shigueru Julio Tsuha, Executive Director, DHLI Kenadi Le, Program Coordinator, DHLI June 2013 Table of Contents Mission, Vision & Initiatives…………………………………………………………………3 DHLI 2012-13 in Review……………………………………………………………………..4 Summary of DHLI’s Accomplishments……………………………………………………....5 Steering Committee…………………………………………………………………………...5 Professors in Collaboration with DHLI………………………………………………..……..6 Organizations in Connection with DHLI……………………………………………………..7 Labor Courses……………………………...……………………………………………….....9 Labor Students Educating Peers Description………………..………….……………………………………………..……10 List of L-StEP Events………………..…………………………………………………..11 Highlights of L-StEP Events..……………..…………………………………………….12 Voices & Images (V&I) List of Voices & Images Events..………..…………..…………………………………..13 Highlights of Voices & Images Events…………………………………………………..16 Collective Bargaining Educational Project…………………………………………………..17 Labor Month…..……………………………….…………………………………………….19 2 Mission, Vision & Initiatives Mission The Dolores Huerta Labor Institute (DHLI) educates students about workers and unions in America. DHLI assists Los Angeles Community College District faculty in developing laborthemed courses, integrating labor themes across the curriculum, and developing other laborthemed activities. By expanding awareness of labor history and the impact of unions, DHLI promotes critical thinking, enhances career prospects and encourages civic participation among students. Vision To educate all Los Angeles Community College District students about the labor movement. 2012-2013 Initiatives This academic year, DHLI has pursued its mission primarily through 5 different initiatives: 1. Labor Students Educating Peers (L-StEP) – Labor educational events organized by faculty and their students 2. Voices & Images – Various labor educational events falling outside the specific parameters of L-StEP 3. Collective Bargaining Educational Project – Roleplaying workshops to teach students about collective bargaining and other union related topics 4. Labor Themed Courses 5. Labor Month – A commemoration of California Labor History Month through events organized in the entire district through the month of May 3 DHLI: 2012-13 in Review The Dolores Huerta Labor Institute (DHLI) had an outstanding year reaching 5836 students in 2012-13 (2640 compared to last year) in its efforts to promote labor studies. This was achieved through different vehicles including labor courses taught (1211 students reached) and events organized (4625 students reached). The events organized took many different shapes; they included L-StEP events (1336 students reached) where faculty work with their students to organize campus-wide events that promote labor studies, Voices & Images events (2561 students reached) that are put together by faculty but do not require student involvement in the organizing efforts the way L-StEP does, and Collective Bargaining Educational Projects (728 students reached) where students in their classes simulate union contract negotiations and NLRB union elections to learn about the work unions do. This year, DHLI collaborated with 49 faculty members and administrators (31 last year), a number that includes the Institute’s Steering Committee. DHLI worked with this faculty to put together 111 different events both inside and outside of the classroom. These events primarily involved bringing in guest speakers who were mostly from unions and different organizing campaigns, but also included others such as State Controller John Chiang and LACCD trusteeelect Mike Eng. LACCD faculty was also involved in creating new labor courses such as Philosophy of Labor at Valley and Sociology 35–The Labor Movement currently being developed at Southwest. Our Faculty Action Committee also met at the end of each semester to debrief and plan our work for the following semester. DHLI was also highly successful in connecting our students with organizations from our community. This year, DHLI connected with a total of 61 organizations (34 last year). The level of collaboration with each organization varied. Ten organizations worked closely with DHLI by helping organize events or even funding them; forty-six organizations were represented by speakers (mostly unions and workers centers) at events. Lastly, ten speakers did not represent their particular organizations, but their connection to such organizations is more than worth mentioning. These speakers included faculty from different universities (CSULB, CSUN, UCLA) and some elected officials (John Chiang, Mike Eng). Organizations that provided general support including their representatives in DHLI’s steering committee were also included. Lastly, DHLI worked closely with faculty at East Los Angeles College to commemorate May as California Labor History Month as encouraged by Assembly Bill 2269. This special effort produced the exhibit “One Hundred Years of Labor” (on loan from the California Labor Federation) at the Vincent Price Art Museum, a special panel on “Labor, Immigration & Education”, and a student labor video exhibit (an addition to the “100 Years” exhibit). Please see the table below for a summary on DHLI’s accomplishments in 2012-13. 4 Summary of DHLI's Accomplishments in 2012-13 Goals 1. Create community of labor educators 2. Develop partnerships w/ community and labor movement Measure Results # of LACCD faculty/administrators in collaboration with DHLI: 49 # of community/labor organizations and educational institutions in collaboration with DHLI: 61 Labor courses 3. Provide educational resources and help integrate labor studies into the curricula # taught # of students reached 31 1211 # of events and workshops hosted or sponsored by DHLI: 111 Total # of classes in which Labor Studies was integrated through DHLI: 100 # of students reached through events 4625 Total Number of Students Reached: 5836 DHLI Steering Committee # 1 2 Professor/Administrator Butler, Velma Colombo, Gary 3 Delahoussaye, Yasmin 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Friedlander, Carl Gauthier, Don McDowell, John Siegel, Lou Waddell, Joanne Wong, Kent Yasuda, Kathleen College/Organization President, AFT 1521A Faculty, LACC Vice Chancellor of Educational Programs and Institutional Effectiveness, LACCD Faculty, LACC, President; Community Colleges Council, CFT President, DAS LACCD; Faculty, LAVC Director, Labor Center LATTC; Political Director, AFT 1521 Faculty, LATTC President, AFT 1521; Faculty, LAVC Director, Center for Labor Research and Education, UCLA Associate Director, Labor Center, LATTC 5 Professors in Collaboration with DHLI in 2012-2013 College ELAC ELAC ELAC ELAC ELAC ELAC ELAC ELAC ELAC LACC LACC LAHC LAHC LAHC LAHC LAHC LAHC LAMC LAMC LAMC LAPC LAPC LAPC LAPC LASC LASC LASC LASC LASC LASC LASC LATTC LATTC LATTC LATTC LAVC LAVC LAVC LAVC LAVC WLAC Professor Organized V&I x Organized L-StEP Integrated CBEP Taught Course Armida Ornelas Carlos Centeno x Eileen Ie x x Evelyn Escatiola x x Haydee Urita-Lopez x Karen Rapp x Maria D. Carlos x x x x Michael Colling x x x Natalina Monteiro x x Glenn Britton x x Joe Meyer x x x Bethany Bird x Bill Loiterman x x x Ellen Joiner x x x Jose Lopez x x Michael Reid x Mona Reddick x John Morales x Jose Maldonado x x Louise Barbato x Chuck O'Connell x x James McKeever x x Monika del Bosque x Paul Hicks x Daniel Ortega x Darrell Eckersley x Darren Cifarelli x x x Jessica Drawbond x Kristine Wright x x Sandra Lee x Tamura Howard x Carl Friedlander x Ghosha Maffei x Jan Gangel-Vasquez x Lou Siegel x x x Laura Scott x x x Pat Allen x x Pete Lopez x x Scott Weigand x Zack Knorr x x Grace Chee x x Total Faculty in Collaboration with DHLI: 49 (including Steering Committee) Labor Month x x x x x x x 6 Organizations in Connection With DHLI 2012-2013 Organization 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Organization Collaborated in Event(s) 9to5: National Organization of Working Women Actors Equity AFL-CIO Los Angeles County Federation of Labor AFT 1521 AFT 1521A AFT 1521 ELAC Chapter American Postal Workers Union California Labor Federation California Republican Assembly Cesar Chavez Foundation Committee In Support with the People of El Salvador CLEAN Car Wash Campaign Collective Bargaining Institute California State University, Long Beach California State University, Northridge Diverse Strategies for Organizing Food Chain Workers Alliance Garment Worker Center Global Green USA Green Party IA 600 IA 800 IATSE 44 IATSE 600 IATSE 700 (Editors) IATSE 705 IATSE 706 IATSE 728 IATSE 80 (Grips) IATSE 800 IATSE 892 IATSE 893 IATSE International IBEW 11 IBEW 18 IBEW 40 IBEW 45 IBEW 47 Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance LA Building Trades Council Continued on next page x Speaker Represented Organization Speaker is member of the organization, but did not represent it x x x Funding Steering Committee x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 7 Organization 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Labor Center - LATTC LACCD Board of Trustees (Mike Eng, Trustee-Elect) LASC Puente Program League of Women Voters Los Angeles Metro (MTA) Move to Amend National Association Letter Carriers National Farm Worker Ministry National Lottery Workers Union (El Salvador) Operating Engineers 501 Our Walmart Southern California Pipe Trades District Council 16 Pitzer College SAG-AFTRA United Students Against Sweatshops Speakers' Commission on Labor Education California State Controller's Office (John Chiang, State Controller) UCLA Labor Center UFCW Warehouse Workers United Organization Collaborated in Event(s) Speaker Represented Organization Speaker is member of the organization, but did not represent it x General Support x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Number of Organizations in Connection With: 61 8 Labor Courses 2012-2013 # Term Course College Students 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fall ‘12 Fall ‘12 Fall ‘12 Fall ‘12 Fall ‘12 Fall ‘12 Fall ‘12 Fall ‘12 LAVC ELAC LAHC LAHC LATTC LAPC LAVC LASC 43 36 55 28 60 46 23 38 9 Fall ‘12 LASC 38 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Win ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 Spr ‘13 LATTC LAVC LAVC LAHC LACC ELAC LAHC LACC LATTC LATTC LATTC LATTC LAVC LAVC LAVC ELAC ELAC ELAC 55 45 48 40 41 56 34 41 16 50 50 60 35 23 23 32 32 36 28 Spr ‘13 ELAC 43 29 Spr ‘13 ELAC 48 30 Spr ‘13 ELAC 36 31 Sum ‘13 Chicano Studies 8: The Mexican-American in the History of the U.S. History 81: A History of Working People in the United States 1 History 81: A History of Working People in the United States 1 History 82: A History of Working People in the United States 2 Labor Studies 4: Labor in America Sociology 35: The Labor Movement Sociology 84: Simulated Society English 103: Composition and Critical Thinking (Labor Themed) Labor Units in English 101: College Reading and Composition (Labor Themed) Labor Studies 4: Labor in America Chicano Studies 8: The Mexican-American in the History of the U.S. Chicano Studies 8: The Mexican-American in the History of the U.S. History 81: A History of Working People in the United States 1 History 82: A History of Working People in the United States 2 History 82: A History of Working People in the United States 2 History 82: A History of Working People in the United States 2 Introduction to Political Science (Labor Theme) Labor Studies 101: Introduction to Unions Labor Studies 101: Introduction to Unions Labor Studies 101: Introduction to Unions Labor Studies 4: Labor in America Sociology 35: The Labor Movement Sociology 84: Simulated Society Sociology 84: Simulated Society Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology (Labor Studies Project) Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology (Labor Studies Project) Sociology 11: Race & Ethnic Relations (Labor Studies Project) Labor Units in English 101: English Composition and Writing 1 (Labor Themed) Labor Units in English 101: English Composition and Writing 1 (Labor Themed) Labor Units in English 101: English Composition and Writing 1 (Labor Themed) Labor Studies 4: Labor in America Total number of courses: 31 Total number of students enrolled in Labor Courses: 1211 LATTC coming up 9 Labor Students Educating Peers (L-StEP) Through L-StEP, DHLI collaborated with faculty to integrate Labor Studies into their courses. Faculty worked with their students to create labor educational events open to the entire campus. These often took the form of guest speaker events, poetry readings, film screenings, and more. The projects of putting together these events were called L-StEP projects, and the events were called L-StEP events. The main requirements for an L-StEP project are that: 1. 2. 3. 4. The topic of the L-StEP event be relevant to labor and/or unions and approved by DHLI The type of L-StEP event (e.g. speaker event, debate, film screening, etc.) be educational and approved by DHLI The L-StEP event must capture an audience beyond the class organizing the event The students must be involved in one or more aspects (i.e. planning, implementing, publicizing and executing) of organizing the L-StEP event DHLI sponsored these events by providing funding for materials and honoraria for speakers. 10 11 List of L-StEP Events 2012-13 Event Title Political Awareness: Proposition 32 Day of Politics College Professor LAHC Jose Lopez/ Bill Loiterman/ Ellen Joiner LAPC Discipline Participation Date Sociology/Political Science/History Sociology 80 10/10/2012 300 10/11/2012 Sociology 100 10/22/2012 Chicano Studies 150 11/15/12 Philosophy Philosophy Sociology History 80 85 60 130 11/20/2012 12/5/2012 3/20/2013 3/27/2013 Harvest: The Story of Children Who Feed America Walmart Workers Town Hall Post-Election Politics of Identity Privatization: Public Enemy #1 Women's History Month The Logistics Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities LAVC LAPC LASC WLAC James McKeever Kristine Wright/ Tamura Howard/ Sandra Lee Haydee Urita-Lopez/ Maria D. Carlos/ Carlos Centeno/ Evelyn Escatiola Zack Knorr Paul Hicks Kristine Wright Grace Chee LAHC Jose Lopez Sociology 30 4/10/2013 Labor, Immigration & Education ELAC Natalina Monteiro/ Maria D. Carlos/ Evelyn Escatiola/ Michael Colling/ Eileen Ie/ Armida Ornelas Political Science 156 5/9/2013 Learn About Prop 32! LASC ELAC Labor Course Project Poster LACC Joe Meyer Political Science 45 Event Labor History/Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage WLAC Grace Chee History 120 Month History of Working People in the LACC Glenn Britton History *transient U.S. Student Poster Display Total # in Total Number of L-StEP 1336 13 Audience Events: *Transient – some events such as poster displays were placed in visible areas of campus to target “*transient” students as audience 5/13/2013 5/15/2013 5/16/2013 11 12 Highlights of L-StEP Events 12 Voices & Images (V&I) Voices & Images events are labor educational events sponsored by DHLI that are not subject to the requirements of L-StEP events. As such, in most V&I events special guest speakers are brought into classrooms to discuss issues relevant to the materials that students are learning. However, these events have at times also been held in the formats of festivals, film screenings, and more. They can be coordinated not just with instructors but with student groups as well. Voices & Images Events 2012-13 Event Name College Professor Participation Date Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event LATTC LASC 57 28 8/16/2012 10/3/2012 Prop 32 Educational Event ELAC 200 10/11/2012 Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event LAMC LAMC 50 40 10/17/2012 10/17/2012 Rock The Vote ELAC 150 10/17/2012 LS101: Speaker Series Prop 32 Educational Event LS101: Speaker Series Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event KIWA - Unions and Diversity Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event LS 101 Pipe Trades Tour Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event LS 101: Speaker Series Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event Prop 32 Educational Event LS 101: Speaker Series LS 101: Speaker Series LS 101: Speaker Series LATTC LAVC LATTC LAMC LAMC LAMC LAHC LACC LAHC LASC LASC LAHC LATTC ELAC WLAC LATTC LATTC ELAC LAPC LAVC LAVC LAVC LAVC LATTC LATTC LATTC Ghosha Maffei Darrell Eckersley Natalina Monteiro/ Michael Colling John Morales John Morales Natalina Monteiro/ Michael Colling Lou Siegel Laura Scott Lou Siegel John Morales John Morales Louise Barbato Bill Loiterman Grace Chee Ellen Joiner Darren Cifarelli Darren Cifarelli Jose Lopez Lou Siegel Eileen Ie Grace Chee Jan Gangel-Vasquez Lou Siegel Natalina Monteiro Chuck O'Connell Pete Lopez Pete Lopez Pete Lopez Scott Weigand Lou Siegel Lou Siegel Lou Siegel 30 45 *repeat 30 30 30 40 30 60 30 30 34 *repeat 20 25 30 *repeat 40 45 43 43 43 40 *repeat *repeat *repeat 10/23/2012 10/23/2012 10/24/2012 10/24/2012 10/24/2012 10/24/2012 10/25/2012 10/25/2012 10/25/2012 10/29/2012 10/29/2012 10/29/2012 10/30/2012 10/30/2012 10/30/2012 10/30/2012 10/31/2012 11/1/2012 11/5/2012 11/5/2012 11/5/2012 11/5/2012 11/5/2012 11/7/2012 11/13/2012 11/14/2012 Continued in next page 13 Voices & Images (cont.) Event Name Identity and Work Equal Pay Day Lecture Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador March 5 LACC Elections Inequality in the US March 5 LACC Elections March 5 LACC Elections March 5 LACC Elections March 5 LACC Elections Equal Pay Day Made In LA Cesar Chavez Week (Food Chain Worker's Alliance) Cesar Chavez Week (Food Chain Worker's Alliance) Equal Pay Day Equal Pay Day May Day Lecture Equal Pay Day Equal Pay Day LS 101: Speaker Series May Day Lecture May Day Lecture LS 101: Speaker Series LS 101: Speaker Series LS 101: Speaker Series Passage and Puente Program Northern California UC Campus Tour LS 101: Speaker Series Labor & Sociology LS 101: Speaker Series 100 Years of California Labor Art Exhibit Labor & Sociology The Harvest Labor & Sociology Cinco De Mayo Event LS 101: Speaker Series International Garment Workers Skype Event LS 101: Speaker Series One Hundred Years of Labor Reception College LAVC LATTC Professor Zack Knorr Lou Siegel Participation 35 *repeat Date 12/3/2012 1/22/2013 LAHC Jose Lopez 45 2/13/2013 LAHC Jose Lopez 45 2/13/2013 LAHC LAHC LAMC LAMC LAMC LAMC ELAC LAHC Mona Reddick Mona Reddick John Morales John Morales John Morales John Morales Natalina Monteiro Ellen Joiner 80 *repeat 40 40 40 40 140 110 2/23/2013 2/23/2013 2/26/2013 2/26/2013 2/27/2013 2/27/2013 3/7/2013 3/13/2013 LASC Darren Cifarelli 10 3/25/2013 LASC Darren Cifarelli 15 3/27/2013 LAPC ELAC LAPC ELAC ELAC LATTC LAPC LAVC LATTC LATTC LATTC Monika del Bosque M. Dolores Carlos James McKeever M. Dolores Carlos M. Dolores Carlos Lou Siegel James McKeever James McKeever Lou Siegel Lou Siegel Lou Siegel 20 45 35 42 31 50 35 35 50 *repeat *repeat 4/10/2013 4/15/2013 4/15/2013 4/16/2013 4/16/2013 4/16/2013 4/16/2013 4/16/2013 4/17/2013 4/23/2013 4/24/2013 LASC Darren Cifarelli & Daniel Ortega 45 4/25/2013 LATTC ELAC LATTC ELAC ELAC LAHC ELAC LASC LATTC Lou Siegel Eileen Ie Lou Siegel Karen Rapp Eileen Ie Ellen Joiner Eileen Ie Jessica Drawbond Lou Siegel *repeat 30 *repeat *transient 20 65 25 40 *repeat 4/30/2013 4/30/2013 5/1/2013 5/1/2013 5/1/2013 5/1/2013 5/2/2013 5/6/2013 5/7/2013 LAVC Zack Knorr 25 5/7/2013 LATTC Lou Siegel Armida Ornelas & Karen Rapp *repeat 5/8/2013 25 5/9/2013 ELAC Continued on next page 14 Voices & Images (cont.) Event Name Equal Pay Day Our Walmart Event Sociology Student Art Reception College LAHC LAHC ELAC Total # of Voices & Images Events: 73 Professor Bethany Bird Jose Lopez Eileen Ie Participation 20 40 *transient Date 5/15/2013 5/22/2013 5/23/2013 Total # of Students Reached: 2561 *Repeat – some classes of students participated in more than one event – they are not counted twice here and are instead designated as “*repeat” audiences *Transient – some events such as poster displays were placed in visible areas of campus to target “*transient” students as audience 15 16 Highlights of Voices & Images Events 16 Collective Bargaining Educational Project DHLI collaborates with the Collective Bargaining Institute to bring role-playing workshops into the classrooms of LACCD. Through these workshops, students simulate NLRB votes to join a union or not, contract negotiations, and even the 1934 longshore workers strike. Collective Bargaining Educational Project 2012-2013 College Professor Participation Date LACC LACC LACC LACC LAVC LATTC LATTC ELAC LAMC LATTC LAVC LASC LATTC LATTC LACC LATTC LASC LAHC LACC LATTC ELAC LAVC LAVC LAVC LAVC Joe Meyer 40 9/24/2012 Joe Meyer 30 9/24/2012 Joe Meyer 40 9/24/2012 Joe Meyer 35 9/25/2012 Pat Allen 40 9/25/2012 Lou Siegel *repeat 10/18/2012 Lou Siegel *repeat 11/6/2012 M. Dolores Carlos 36 11/7/2012 Jose Maldonado 8 11/8/2012 Lou Siegel 60 11/13/2012 Laura Scott 20 11/20/2012 Darren Cifarelli 40 11/26/2012 Lou Siegel 40 1/10/2013 Lou Siegel *repeat 1/24/2013 Joe Meyer 80 3/4/2013 Lou Siegel 45 3/12/2013 Kristine Wright 20 4/16/2013 Bill Loiterman, Michael Reid 50 4/18/2013 Joe Meyer *repeat 4/22/2013 Lou Siegel *repeat 4/23/2013 Michael Colling 38 4/23/2013 Laura Scott 24 5/14/2013 Laura Scott 30 5/14/2013 Laura Scott 28 5/14/2013 Pat Allen 24 5/14/2013 # of Projects: 25 Total # of Students: 728 *Repeat – some classes of students participated in more than one event – they are not counted twice here and are instead designated as “*repeat” audiences 17 18 18 19 Labor Month Assembly Bill 2269 designates May as California Labor History Month in which schools and teachers are encouraged to commemorate the role of labor unions in the US with additional exercises and activities. This year, DHLI helped organize a series of activities at ELAC. 19