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Giving voice to the voiceless
Andres Arias (Oakes, 2016), a double major in Latin American and Latino studies and sociology, has immersed himself in California migrant communities to conduct original research about this vulnerable and often voiceless population.
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'It’s a catastrophe': low-income workers get priced out of California beach city
Sociology professor Steve McKay was quoted in a Guardian (UK) article about how high housing costs are driving lower-income residents out of Santa Cruz.
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Minimum wage coalition forms in Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote about a coalition forming to raise the minimum wage that was announced at the Working for Dignity event organized by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies and sociology professor Steve McKay.
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Santa Cruz students track working poor with ‘Census of the Invisible’
KQED News printed a version of a California Health Report on the “Working for Dignity” project by sociology professor Steve McKay’s class.
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‘Census of the Invisible’ documents the plight of the working poor in coastal California
The “Working for Dignity” project by sociology professor Steve McKay’s class was featured in the California Health Report, an independent, non-profit journalism project covering health and health policy throughout California.
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Year-long UC Santa Cruz seminar to examine global migration and non-citizenship
The phenomena of global migration, disenfranchisement, and hardships of living in territories while not holding traditional citizenship will be examined in a year-long seminar conceived by five UC Santa Cruz professors and funded with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Student study tells the stories of low-wage workers in Santa Cruz County
A year-long study by UC Santa Cruz students that finds low-wage workers in Santa Cruz County earn about $10 an hour compared with the county median of $17.81 will be released at ‘Working for Dignity,’ a public event 7-9 p.m. Thursday, May 7 at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz.
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The strange sexual quirk of Filipino seafarers
Sociology professor Steve McKay was quoted extensively in an Atlantic article on Filipino merchant seaman and some of their unique self-enhancement practices. McKay is chair of the Labor and Migration section of the American Sociological Association.
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UCSC social scientists examine the economic crisis and its social impacts
UC Santa Cruz social scientists will examine and assess the causes and effects of the unprecedented global economic recession during a one-day forum Tuesday, May 22 at University Center.
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Conference focuses attention on Labor Across the Food System
A free public conference at UC Santa Cruz February 3 and 4 will address the question of “Labor Across the Food System.” Scholars, researchers, and activists from California and beyond will gather to discuss the role of labor and social justice in reshaping the contemporary global food system.
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Conference explores right-to-the-city movements
A daylong conference at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, February 26 will explore the growing urban organizing movement. “Whose City: Labor and the Right-to-the-City Movements” will feature leading thinkers and activists in the burgeoning city movement on three panel discussions on issues of housing, wages, and economic justice; environmental justice and green jobs; and race,…