<p>(Formerly numbered Labor and Workplace Studies 10.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Assumptions about work, including why some work is favored, whether those with good jobs really are better people than those without, and how this understanding of work and value came to be common sense. Unpacking of these and other assumptions about work, value, and power, with focus on low-wage workers, their communities, and their place in contemporary society. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Labor Studies

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College of Letters and Science

Labor studies encompasses study of the sociocultural economic, legal policy, and political forces that shape the lives of working people, labor markets, employment practices, and social movements seeking greater economic equity.

General Education — Historical Analysis (Society & Culture)

General Education — Social Analysis (Society & Culture)

Diversity — Letters and Science, Education and Information Studies, Music, Public Affairs

General Catalog

Introduction to Labor and Workplace Studies

LBR STD 10

5 units