2024 “The Way We Build: Restoring Dignity to Construction Work”
Mark Erlich, Wertheim Fellow, CLJE, Harvard Law School and retired Executive Secretary-Treasurer, New England Regional Council of Carpenters
Introduction: Raheem Shepard, Regional Manager of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters for the City of Boston and Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors.
Wednesday, January 17, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
Milstein East A, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School
2023 “Labor Agenda for the 118th Congress”
The Honorable Bobby Scott, U.S. Representative, VA 3rd District,
Friday, February 3, 2023, 12:30-2:00 pm
Milstein East B, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School
2020 “John Dunlop and the Art of Problem Solving”
Thursday, March 5, 2020, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Malkin Penthouse in Littauer Building, 4th floor, Harvard Kennedy School
Panel: Jennifer Berkshire, Author; Kris Rondeau, AFSCME, Baldemar Velásquez, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO
David Weil, Brandeis University
Moderator: Sharon Block, Labor and Worklife Program, HLS
Jennifer Berkshire wrote, More Worlds to Negotiate: John Dunlop and the Art of Problem Solving, Hamilton Books (March 3, 2021)
Sponsored by the Harvard Trade Union Program, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School and the Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
2019 “Building a Moral Capitalism”
The Honorable Joseph P. Kennedy III, U.S. Representative, MA 4th District
Monday, February 4, 2019, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
1585 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA | 2036 Milstein East ABC
Slideshow of Event:
Video of Event:
Congressman Joe Kennedy III discusses his recent call for “moral capitalism” and outlines how he believes a new Congress can recalibrate our country’s economy back towards American workers.
Hosted by Harvard Law School Labor & Worklife Program and co-sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
2018 “Labor Policy as the Defining Issue of Our Time”
Tom Perez, DNC Chair and former U.S. Secretary of Labor
Monday, February 5, 2018, 5:30 pm
Room 100, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School
Event slide show
We are proud to present this year’s John T. Dunlop Memorial Forum speaker: The Honorable Tom Perez, HLS and HKS’87, DNC Chair and former U.S. Secretary of Labor. Moderated by Sharon Block, HLS. Additional remarks by Archon Fung, HKS and David Weil, Brandeis Heller School.
Sponsored by the Harvard Trade Union Program, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
As reported in “Former Labor Secretary Perez says everyone should have a seat at the table.” Harvard Law Today
Also reported at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School website.
2017 “The Obama Labor Legacy”
M. Patricia Smith former, Solicitor of Labor
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall Harvard Law School 1515 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
2016 “The New Frontier Of Health Policy & Delivery Reform: Can We Achieve It and How John Dunlop Would Guide us”
Karen Ignagni, President and CEO, EmblemHealth
Thursday, February 4, 2016, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2036 B Harvard Law School 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
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2015 “The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve it”
David Weil, Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor
Thursday, February 12, 2015, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Harvard Faculty Club 20 Quincy St., Cambridge
2013 “Protecting Health and Safety in a Changing Workplace”
David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA
Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Theater Room, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St. Cambridge
2012 “Restoring the Promise of the National Labor Relations Act”
Wilma Liebman, Former Chair NLRB
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Wasserstein 2036 B, Havard Law School
2010 “THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: Innovative Enforcement”
Seth Harris, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
2007 “Unions and Worker Voice in the New Workplace”
Chair: David Weil, Professor of Economics, Boston University
Kris Rondeau, Organizer, Harvard Union of Clerical & Technical Workers
Thursday, January 25, 2007, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm