Labor-Rap@csf.colorado.edu; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:10:05 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:10:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dan Clawson <clawson@sadri.umass.edu>
Subject: Re: Sociology of Labor and Labor Movements Section
To: Labor-Rap@csf.colorado.edu

If you support forming an ASA section on Labor and Labor Movements, 
to comply with A.S.A. requirements please write a one line message saying 

"I agree to join the Sociology of Labor and Labor Movements Section for 
the next 2 years and pay dues of $8.00 per year."

And send your message to Judy Stepan-Norris:

jstepann@uci.edu

DO NOT SIMPLY HIT REPLY or the whole list will get your message.

Another message will be sent out shortly discussing the agenda for the 
Sociology Labor Network meeting on Saturday August 22 at the A.S.A. 
meetings in San Francisco.

By all means pass this around and work to recruit others.

Dan Clawson

> 
To: ASA Members Interested in the Labor Movement 
From:  Signators below
Re: The Formation of an ASA Section: Sociology of Labor and Labor
Movements

	At the last two ASA meetings sociologists interested in labor and
labor movements have gathered together to discuss issues of common
concern.  At the 1997 meeting, the group discussed the possibility of
organizing an ASA section in order to institutionalize and obtain support
for our discussions and activities.  These meetings have been well
attended, and have been characterized by stimulating discussion and
debate.  At the last meeting, there was a good deal of support for
organizing an ASA section on labor and labor movements.  With that
discussion as our starting point, we are initiating the process to create
an ASA  "Section in Formation."  	

Having a Labor and Labor Movements section will benefit those of
us who are interested in labor issues by providing a regular forum at the
ASA annual meeting in which to present papers, give awards, and exchange
ideas about our research as well as about new developments in the labor
movement.  With an ASA section, the group will not have to rely on the
volunteer efforts of the few people who have served as facilitators in the
past.  Instead we will have elected officers with regular
responsibilities, a newsletter to keep members abreast of information and
activities during the year, and the dispersal of the organizing work to a
greater number of people who will served limited terms in office.

This is a petition to solicit the signatures of 100 current ASA
members who support this effort.  Signing below indicates that the signer
agrees to pay section dues (set at $8.00/year) for at least two years.
Once we have the required signatures, we will submit the proposal to the
ASA Committee on Sections for approval in order to begin the section in
formation process.

All the signers below are ASA members in good standing who agree to pay
dues to the Sociology of Labor and Labor Movements Section for at least
two years.

This petition is supported by the following ASA members:
 
   Dan Clawson, Univ of Mass, Amherst
   Judy Stepan-Norris, Univ of California, Irvine
   Kim Voss, Univ of California, Berkeley
   Hector Delgado, Univ of California, Irvine
   Terry Boswell, Emory
   Larry Isaac, Florida State
   Michael Wallace, Indiana
   Howard Kimeldorf, Univ of Mich
   Mike Dreiling, Univ of Oregon
   Bruce Western, Princeton
   Robert Perrucci, Purdue
   Sam Cohn, Texas A&M
   Holly McCammon, Vanderbilt
   Maurice Zeitlin, Univ of California, Los Angeles
   Ruth Milkman, Univ of California, Los Angeles
   Amy Wharton, Wash State
   Pamela Roby, Univ of California, Santa Cruz
   David Wellman, Univ of California, Santa Cruz
   Cathy Rakowski, Ohio State  
   Jeff Leiter, North Carolina State
   Dan Cornfield  

 
Remember:  return a one line statement (above) to:

jstepann@uci.edu

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Dept. of Sociology             413-545-0746 (fax)
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Univ. of Massachusetts
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