Inaugural Speakers:
Nelson Lichtenstein is Professor of History at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of many books, including The Retain Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business.
Dan Schlademan is the Campaign Director of Making Change at Walmart, a project of the United Food & Commercial Workers.
Fall 2018: Food, Work, & Power in the USA
History@Work Lecture: "Politics of the Pantry: Housewives, Food, and Consumer Protest in Twentieth Century America"
FILM CLASSics: Big Night (Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci, 1996)
Sunday | November 11 | 3:00 PM | DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (Browning Cinema)
Cosponsored by the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.
Labor Café: Quick Grub Nation: Americans' Relationship to Food -- as Workers, Consumers, and Eaters
Facilitator: Maria "Ale" Orellana Muniz (POLS '20)
- McDonald's TV/online ad: "McDonald's is Committed to Being America's Best First Job," June 21 2016
- Ilyse Liffreing, "McDonald's deflects #Fightfor15 protests with 'America's best first job' videos," Campaign, Nov. 29, 2016
- Rachel Abrams and Robert Gebeloff, "A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?," New York Times, May 3, 2018
- Leslie Patton, "Senior Citizens Are Replacing Teenagers as Fast-Food Workers," Bloomberg News, Nov. 5, 2018
- Annelise Orleck and Liz Cooke (interview), “The Truth Is We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now,” Beacon Broadside, Mar. 9, 2018
- Derek Thompson, "The Paradox of American Restaurants," The Atlantic, Jun. 20, 2017
History Alumni Network
Wednesday | November 28 | 5:30 PM | Geddes Hall Coffee House
Melody Gonzalez (ND POLS '05) and Lucas Benitez, from the Coalition for Immokalee Workers, addressed the Fair Food Program to an overflowing gathering of students, faculty, staff, and community members. Ms. Gonzalez also visited classes and recorded a session of the Center for Social Concerns podcast, "Signs of the Times."
