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Labor Center Advisory Committee Labor Center Staff Labor Center Staff M210 Oakdale Hall The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 319-335-4144 labor-center@uiowa.edu Jennifer Sherer Director jennifer-sherer@uiowa.edu Resume Angel F. González Irizarry Labor Educator angel-gonzalez@uiowa.edu Resume Matthew Glasson Labor Educator matthew-glasson@uiowa.edu Resume Robin Clark-Bennett Labor Educator robin-clark-bennett@uiowa.edu Resume Judy Thirtyacre Secretary for on-campus programming judy-thirtyacre@uiowa.edu Angela Ward Program Assistant angela-ward@uiowa.edu 2008-2009 Graduate Assistants Matthew Boswell Graduate Assistant Michael Hilkin Iowa Federation of Labor Graduate Assistant Labor Advisory Committee Central to the role of a university labor education program is continual involvement and dialogue with the non-academic world. Promoting this on-going dialogue is the special function of the Labor Advisory Committee. This Committee keeps labor education programs responsive to the interests of working people, both in subject matter and delivery. The University of Iowaabor Center's Labor Advisory Committee, made up of leaders of the labor movement from the State of Iowa and the midwest, meets with Labor Center staff and Division of Continuing Education representatives twice yearly to examine and assess the educational needs of Iowa workers and suggest programming to meet such needs. The Committee reviews and evaluates programs and proposals for projects developed by the Labor Center staff, and works to promote the interchange of ideas which will lead not only to innovation in programming, but also to research opportunities for Center staff and University faculty. Labor Advisory Committee meeting, January 30, 2003 Labor Advisory Committee Members David Baker President Iowa Council of Teamsters Mike Birkett President Iowa Association of Letter Carriers Kimberly Karol President Iowa Postal Workers Union Council Robert Connett Directing Business Representative IAW&AW District 6 Dan Homan President AFSCME Council 61 Bill Gerhard President Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council Cathy Glasson President SEIU Local 199 Dale Jeter International Representative, GMP Jerry Kearns Education Director Lee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO Jan Laue Executive Vice-President Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Jerry Messer President Quad City Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Jane Nygaard National Vice President American Federation of Government Employees Sandy Opstvedt President IBEW State Conference Jim Crotty UniServ Director Iowa State Education Association Ken Sagar President Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Justin Shields President Hawkeye Labor Council Midge Slater District 7 Staff Representative Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO Dennis Walker Iowa State UAW C.A.P. Susan Washington Assistant Director AFL-CIO Department of Education
IOWA AFL-CIO NEWS Roberta Till-Retz inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame Roberta Till-Retz has taught thousands of Iowa union members during her 26-year career at the University of Iowa’s Labor Center. She advised hundreds of union leaders on matters ranging from collective bargaining to political strategies. She served as President of her union local, AFT 716, and of the Iowa Federation of Teachers. A Democratic Party activist, Till-Retz received the State Party’s Minnette Doderer Award for Outstanding Leadership. She serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Iowa Policy Project and as Executive Director of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Iowa Labor Oral History Project. Roberta Till-Retz, the longest-serving labor educator in the fifty-six year history of the Labor Center made a difference. She touched the future, she taught.

Labor Center Staff

Labor Center Advisory Committee

Labor Center Staff

M210 Oakdale Hall

The University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA 52242

319-335-4144

labor-center@uiowa.edu

Jennifer Sherer
Director
jennifer-sherer@uiowa.edu
Resume

Angel F. González Irizarry
Labor Educator
angel-gonzalez@uiowa.edu
Resume

Matthew Glasson

Labor Educator

matthew-glasson@uiowa.edu

Resume

Robin Clark-Bennett

Labor Educator

robin-clark-bennett@uiowa.edu

Resume

Judy Thirtyacre
Secretary for on-campus programming
judy-thirtyacre@uiowa.edu

Angela Ward
Program Assistant
angela-ward@uiowa.edu

2008-2009 Graduate Assistants

Matthew Boswell

Graduate Assistant

Michael Hilkin

Iowa Federation of Labor Graduate Assistant

Labor Advisory Committee

Central to the role of a university labor education program is continual involvement and dialogue with the non-academic world. Promoting this on-going dialogue is the special function of the Labor Advisory Committee. This Committee keeps labor education programs responsive to the interests of working people, both in subject matter and delivery.

The University of Iowaabor Center's Labor Advisory Committee, made up of leaders of the labor movement from the State of Iowa and the midwest, meets with Labor Center staff and Division of Continuing Education representatives twice yearly to examine and assess the educational needs of Iowa workers and suggest programming to meet such needs. The Committee reviews and evaluates programs and proposals for projects developed by the Labor Center staff, and works to promote the interchange of ideas which will lead not only to innovation in programming, but also to research opportunities for Center staff and University faculty.

Labor Advisory Committee meeting, January 30, 2003

Labor Advisory Committee Members

David Baker
President
Iowa Council of Teamsters

Mike Birkett
President
Iowa Association of Letter Carriers

Kimberly Karol
President
Iowa Postal Workers Union Council

Robert Connett
Directing Business Representative
IAW&AW District 6

Dan Homan
President
AFSCME Council 61

Bill Gerhard
President
Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council

Cathy Glasson
President
SEIU Local 199

Dale Jeter
International Representative, GMP

Jerry Kearns
Education Director
Lee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Jan Laue
Executive Vice-President
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

Jerry Messer
President
Quad City Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

Jane Nygaard
National Vice President
American Federation of Government Employees

Sandy Opstvedt
President
IBEW State Conference

Jim Crotty
UniServ Director
Iowa State Education Association

Ken Sagar
President
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

Justin Shields
President
Hawkeye Labor Council

Midge Slater

District 7 Staff Representative
Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO

Dennis Walker
Iowa State UAW C.A.P.

Susan Washington
Assistant Director
AFL-CIO Department of Education

IOWA AFL-CIO NEWS

Roberta Till-Retz inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame

Roberta Till-Retz has taught thousands of Iowa union members during her 26-year career at the University of Iowa’s Labor Center. She advised hundreds of union leaders on matters ranging from collective bargaining to political strategies. She served as President of her union local, AFT 716, and of the Iowa Federation of Teachers.

A Democratic Party activist, Till-Retz received the State Party’s Minnette Doderer Award for Outstanding Leadership.

She serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Iowa Policy Project and as Executive Director of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Iowa Labor Oral History Project.

Roberta Till-Retz, the longest-serving labor educator in the fifty-six year history of the Labor Center made a difference. She touched the future, she taught.