Fri November 9, 2018
Bill Sokol on Clara Lemlich and the Ladies Garment Workers Union
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Labor law historian, professor, and radio talkshow host Bill Sokol discusses how the tragedy of the Triangle Waistcoat Factory fire led to the rise of the garment labor movement.
Sokol currently teaches labor law at San Francisco State University, in the Labor Studies Department. He has taught at University of California at Berkeley, the University of San Francisco, Laney College, and San Francisco City College. He lectures widely on labor law and related topics. He hosted a talk show for twenty-five years on Pacifica Radio and was a legal commentator on NPR.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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Sokol currently teaches labor law at San Francisco State University, in the Labor Studies Department. He has taught at University of California at Berkeley, the University of San Francisco, Laney College, and San Francisco City College. He lectures widely on labor law and related topics. He hosted a talk show for twenty-five years on Pacifica Radio and was a legal commentator on NPR.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Labor law historian, professor, and radio talkshow host Bill Sokol discusses how the tragedy of the Triangle Waistcoat Factory fire led to the rise of the garment labor movement.
Sokol currently teaches labor law at San Francisco State University, in the Labor Studies Department. He has taught at University of California at Berkeley, the University of San Francisco, Laney College, and San Francisco City College. He lectures widely on labor law and related topics. He hosted a talk show for twenty-five years on Pacifica Radio and was a legal commentator on NPR.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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Sokol currently teaches labor law at San Francisco State University, in the Labor Studies Department. He has taught at University of California at Berkeley, the University of San Francisco, Laney College, and San Francisco City College. He lectures widely on labor law and related topics. He hosted a talk show for twenty-five years on Pacifica Radio and was a legal commentator on NPR.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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