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June 2020 CURRICULM VITAE TOM JURAVICH Professional Address Home Address Labor Center/Department of Sociology 12 Chase St 200 Hicks Way Brattleboro, VT 05301 University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01002-1735 413-545-5986 U. S. Citizen [email protected] Canadian Permanent Resident Education 1983 PhD Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst 1977 MA Sociology, State University of New York, Albany 1975 BA Sociology/Psychology, State University of New York, Albany (Summa cum laude) Areas of Specialization Contemporary Work and Labor Issues Sociology of Work and Occupations Ethnographic Research Strategic Corporate Research Union and Working Class Culture Union Organizing in the Private and Public Sector Current Positions Professor, Labor Studies and Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst Adjunct Research Professor, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa Previous Positions Director, Labor Relations and Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst 1996–2007, 2016–2018 Visiting Professor, Institute for Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Fall 2007 Graduate Program Director and Program Coordinator, Union Leadership and Administration Program—a limited-residency MS degree program, 1996–2007 Associate Professor and Research Director, Labor Relations and Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993–1996. Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations, Pennsylvania State University, 1984–1993. Books Kerrissey, Jasmine, Eve Weinbaum, Clare Hammonds, Tom Juravich and Dan Clawson (equal contributions). 2019. Labor in the Time of Trump. Ithaca, NY: ILR/Cornell University Press. Juravich, Tom. 2009. At the Altar of the Bottom Line: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. Juravich, Tom (ed.). 2007. The Future of Work in Massachusetts. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. Juravich, Tom and Kate Bronfenbrenner. 1999. Ravenswood: The Steelworkers’ Victory and the Revival of American Labor. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Juravich, Tom, William F. Hartford, and James R. Green. 1996. Commonwealth of Toil: Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. Bronfenbrenner, Kate, and Tom Juravich. 1995. Union Organizing in the Public Sector: An Analysis of State and Local Elections. Ithaca, NY: ILR/Cornell University Press. Juravich, Tom. 1985. Chaos on the Shop Floor: A Worker's View of Quality, Productivity and Management. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Articles and Book Chapters Tom Juravich – 2 Juravich, Tom. 2020. “Bread and Roses: The Evolution of a Song, Labor Songbooks, and Union Culture,” Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, Vol. 17 (2), 81-99. Juravich, Tom. 2018. “Constituting Challenges in Differing Arenas of Power: Workers’ Centers, the Fight for $15 and Union Organizing,” Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 43 (2), 104-117. Juravich, Tom. 2017. “Fight for $15: The Limits of Symbolic Power,” Labor Studies Journal, Vol 42(4), 394-398. Juravich, Tom. 2017. “Artifacts of Workers’ Knowledge: Finding Skill in the Closing and Restructuring of a Furniture Manufacturer,” Ethnography, Vol 18 (4), 493-514. Juravich, Tom. 2016. “Reviewing Labor Highlights and Lowlights,” New Labor Forum, Vol. 2 (May), 8087. Juravich, Tom, Dan Dashnaw, Andrea Greenberg, and Nate Johnson. 2014. “How a Strike Was Won: Rebuilding Union Capacity and Strategic Leverage in a Utility Workers Local,” Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3 (September), 202-222. Juravich, Tom. 2013. “Tacit Skills,” in Vicki Smith (ed.), Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia. New York: Sage. Juravich, Tom, and Corinn Williams. 2011. “After the Immigration Raid: Evaluating the Campaign to Support Undocumented Workers in New Bedford, Massachusetts,” Working USA, Vol. 14, No 2 (June), 201–224. Juravich, Tom. 2011. “Representing Labor: Labor Posters and the American Labor Movement,” Work and Occupations, Vol. 38, No. 2 (March), 143–148. Juravich, Tom. 2007. “Beating Global Capital: A Framework and Method for Union Strategic Corporate Research and Campaigns,” in Kate Bronfenbrenner (ed.), Global Unions: Challenging Global Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns. Ithaca, NY: ILR/Cornell University Press, 16–39. Juravich, Tom, and Kate Bronfenbrenner. 2006. “Significant Victories: An Analysis of First Contracts in Public and Private Sectors,” in Richard Block et al. (eds.), Justice on the Job: Perspectives on the Erosion of Collective Bargaining in the United States. Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn, 87–115. Tom Juravich – 3 Juravich, Tom, and Kate Bronfenbrenner. 2005. “Bringing the Study of Work Back to Labor Studies” [served as guest editor with Kate Bronfenbrenner], Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 30 (1), i-vii. Juravich, Tom, and Kate Bronfenbrenner. 2003. "Out of the Ashes: The Steelworkers' Global Campaign at Bridgestone/Firestone," in William N. Cooke (ed.), Multinational Companies and Transnational Workplace Issues. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 249–268. Bronfenbrenner, Kate, and Tom Juravich. 2001. "The Evolution of Strategic and Coordinated Bargaining Campaigns in the 1990s: The Steelworkers' Experience," in Lowell Turner (ed.), Rekindling the Movement: Labor's Quest for Relevance in the Twenty-First Century. Ithaca, NY: ILR/Cornell University Press, 211–237. Juravich, Tom, and Kate Bronfenbrenner. 1999. “Steelworkers’ Victory at Ravenswood: Picket Line Around the World,” Working USA, July/August, 54–65. Juravich, Tom, and Kate Bronfenbrenner. 1999. “Locked Out but Holding Together in Ravenswood,” Working USA, May/June, 8–24. Juravich, Tom, and Jeff Hilgert. 1999. “UNITE’s Victory at Richmark: Community-Based Union Organizing in Communities of Color,” Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 24 (1), 28–41. Juravich, Tom, and Kate Bronfenbrenner. 1998. “Preparing for the Worst: Organizing and Staying Organized in a Changing Public Sector Climate,” in Kate Bronfenbrenner et. al. (eds.), Organizing to Win, Ithaca, NY: ILR/Cornell University Press, 261–282. Bronfenbrenner, Kate, and Tom Juravich. 1998. “It Takes More Than House Calls: Organizing to Win with a Comprehensive Union-Building Strategy” in Kate Bronfenbrenner et. al. (eds.), Organizing to Win, Ithaca, NY: ILR/Cornell University Press, 19–36. Juravich, Tom. 1998. “Employee Involvement, Work Reorganization, and the New Labor Movement: Toward a Radical Integration,” New Labor Forum, No. 2, Spring, 84–91. Juravich, Tom. 1998. “Women on the Line,” in Amy Wharton (ed.), Working in America: Continuity, Conflict and Change, Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 262- 268. Tom Juravich – 4 Juravich, Tom. 1996. “Empirical Research on Employee Involvement: A Critical Review for Labor,” Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 21(2), Summer, 51–69. Bronfenbrenner, Kate, and Tom Juravich. 1995, October. “Staying Union: The Dynamics of Union Success in Public Sector Decertification Campaigns,” Washington, DC: AFL-CIO Department of Organization and Field Services. Bronfenbrenner, Kate, and Tom Juravich. 1995. “The Impact of Employer Opposition on Union Certification Win Rates: A Private/Public Sector Comparison,” Working Paper No. 113, Economic Policy Institute, February (revised edition). Bronfenbrenner, Kate, and Tom Juravich. 1995. “Union Tactics Matter: The Impact of Union Tactics on Certification Elections, First Contracts, and Membership Rates, Working Paper, Washington, DC: Institute for the Study of Labor Organizations. Bronfenbrenner, Kate, and Tom Juravich. 1994."Seeds of Resurgence: The Promise of Organizing in the Public and Private Sectors,” Working Paper, Washington, DC: Institute for the Study of Labor Organizations. Juravich, Tom. 1993. "Mutual Gains?: Labor and Management Evaluate Their Employee Involvement Programs," Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 24, Spring, 165–185. Juravich, Tom. 1991. "Anti-Union or Unaware? Work and Labor as Understood by High School Students," Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 16, Fall, 16–32. Juravich, Tom. 1990. "The Changing Images of Workers in Popular Culture," in Ray B. Brown (ed.), Dominant Symbols in Popular Culture, Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green University Press, 75–82. Juravich, Tom. 1988. "UAW Follows Mack to South Carolina" Southern Exposure, Fall, 4. Juravich, Tom. 1988. "Workers and Unions in Country Music: A Look at Some Recent Releases," Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 13, Summer, 51–60. Juravich, Tom, and Peter R. Shergold. 1988. "The Impact of Unions Upon the Voting Behavior of Their Members,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 41, April, 374– 385. Juravich, Tom. 1986. "Beyond the Myths of '84: Union Members and the Presidential Election," Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2, Fall, 135–148. Tom Juravich – 5 Rossi, Peter H., James D. Wright, and Tom Juravich. 1980. "Survey Research on American Ethnicity" in Stephan Thernstrom (ed.), Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 954–971. LaGory, Mark, Russell Ward, and Tom Juravich. 1980. "The Age Segregation Process: Explanations for American Cities," Urban Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 16, September, 59–80. Research in Progress Juravich, Tom, and Teresa Healy. We Fight Back: Racialized Workers Confronting the Closure of Auto Parts Supplier. Book manuscript, first draft completed manuscript to be submitted fall 2020. Juravich, Tom. Case Studies of Strategic Union Campaigns. Book manuscript, in development stage. Teaching Undergraduate Work and Labor in the United States Looking
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