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We need new tools to deal with epidemic of wage theft

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Tom Juravich studies work, workers and the labor movement. He is currently researching wage theft and the work of undocumented workers in residential construction.  He is also part of an NSF grant exploring the impact of artificial intelligence and computer based technology on the future of work.

He teaches strategic corporate research and campaigns to a variety of union, community and environmental groups and is the designer and webmaster of www.StrategicCorporateReseach.org,  a comprehensive website for conducting corporate research in the U.S. and Canada.
 
Juravich serves as chair of the Labor and Labor Movements section of the American Sociological Association and is on the editorial boards of the New Labor Forum and the Labor Studies Journal. A singer and songwriter, Juravich’s latest recordings include "Altar of the Bottom Line" and "Tangled in Our Dreams (with Teresa Healy)."

Labor Unions

Ethnographic Research

Labor Movements

Work and the Labor Process

Working Class and Union Culture

UMass Amherst Faculty Profile

UMass Amherst Labor Center Profile

Strategic Corporate Research

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workers

Can workers learn to respect those who choose not to?

Northeastern dining hall workers approve most lucrative contract in Local 26 history

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts agrees to first union contract with workers

striking workers

Brookline schools to reopen Tuesday after district, teachers union reach tentative agreement

Worker who fought for union at Logan Airport restaurants is fired after union win

Professor of Labor Studies and Sociology

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