Thursday afternoon general session.

Tom Juravich is a Professor of Labor Studies and Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who writes regularly about work, workers and the labor movement.

As an ethnographer, his exploration of labor began as a machine mechanic in a New England wire mill and has continued with research on nurses, call center representatives, industrial workers, as well as undocumented workers in the fish processing industry. 

His research focuses on new technology in the workplace organizing and strategic campaigns in both the public and private sectors. Last year he conducted a major study for the National AFL-CIO on workers, unions, and new technology. Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, he is currently exploring the impact of artificial intelligence and computer based technology on the future of work.

He is the author of Commonwealth of Toil, Ravenswood, and At the Altar of the Bottom Line and is co-editor of Labor in the Time of Trump. He consults with a variety of unions, community and environmental groups in the U.S. and Canada.