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"Disconnected" Virtual Book Talk

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
The Kalmanovitz Initiative and Communication Workers of America
Location
Zoom
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Feb 26, 2025   3:00 - 4:00 pm   CST
Speaker
Debbie J. Goldman
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Join us for a timely talk on call center workers and the changing landscape of their workplace. Debbie Goldman will be joined by Pat Telesco, CWA Area Director, and Lane Windham, Associate Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative.

Debbie Goldman is the former Research Director and Telecommunications Policy Director of the Communications Workers of America. She received her PhD in U.S. Labor History from the University of Maryland and is author of the book that she will be discussing, Disconnected: Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age (Purchase with author discount code S24UIP).

This event is a part of Labor Spring and co-sponsored by the Kalmanovitz Initiative and Communication Workers of America.


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