*UALE Newsletter: December 2025 * *In this edition:* - *UALE Winter Webinars* - *Spring 2026 Memorial for Kent Wong - seeking photos* - *O*Net Data Collection Program -- Extended* - *December Issue: Labor Studies Journal* - *UALE Organizational Membership* - *Jobs* *UALE Winter Webinars* *“Democracy in Crisis: Critical Thinking for Collective Power” Training Preview* - *Wednesday, January 7, 2026* - 8:00-9:00 PM Eastern / 5:00-6:00 PM Pacific - Silvia Fabela and Bill Fletcher, Standing for Democracy See a preview of a new training curriculum for working people and rank and file union members. Participants will learn to make sense of how power really works, why authoritarianism is on the rise, and help connect personal struggles to larger systems, as well as what we can do about it together. It sparks critical thinking and honest conversation among working people who are feeling frustrated, fearful, and disillusioned by examining the contradictions between political promises and lived experiences, especially within our economic and political systems. *Register at: https://tinyurl.com/jan26-sfd <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1762&qid=112608>* *“Solidarity Wins” Training Preview* - *Thursday, January 22, 2026* - 3:00-5:00 PM Eastern/ 12:00-2:00 Pacific - Margarita Hernandez, Grassroots Power Collective See a preview and learn more about an exciting mass education project aiming to train hundreds of “solidarity heroes” (rank-and-file union members, staff, elected leaders) to facilitate workshops for thousands of working class people that helps them understand the threat of authoritarianism, the true and tried strategy of scapegoating a small group of working people to build power over working people, and the need for real working class solidarity to beat the Billionaires and their political allies. *Register at: https://tinyurl.com/jan25-solidaritywins <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1763&qid=112608>* *Forthcoming:* - February 17: *Collective "Noncooperation" Training Preview* - February 25: *Workers Rights in High School Education* - March 4: *Participatory Worker Education with Central Labor Councils* *For full descriptions and registration links, visit UALE Events: Webinars <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1777&qid=112608>* Spring 2026 Memorial for Kent Wong: seeking photos Kent's friends and comrades in UALE are planning an online memorial event for Spring 2026. Stay tuned for a date and registration information in the coming weeks! In the meantime, the planning committee is seeking images and video of Kent, particularly footage of Kent singing. Please send to Justin McBride, UCLA Labor Studies, at jgmcbride1@ucla.edu <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1764&qid=112608> O*NET Data Collection Program: *Extended* *Volunteers needed!* The O*NET Data Collection Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, is seeking UALE member input as potential experts for the Labor Relations Specialists occupational classification. UALE believes that this is an important project and we encourage our members to participate. *As the nation's most comprehensive source of occupational data, O*NET is a free resource and provides instant access to detailed descriptions on more than 900 occupations that drive the U.S. economy. Visitors include counselors, human resource professionals, researchers, developers, and students, to name a few. Visit O*NET Data Collection <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1765&qid=112608> to learn more.* *Occupation: Labor Relations Specialists <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1766&qid=112608>* *Description: Resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints.* A random sample of experts responding to this request will be invited to complete a set of questionnaires. Experts who are selected and agree to participate will receive a $40 VISA gift code and a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Department of Labor. If you are interested in learning more and potentially volunteering, please visit the O*NET Volunteer Information Page. <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1767&qid=112608> *Labor Studies Journal:* December 2025 *2025 UALE Conference Special Issue: Workers v. Wall Street* *December 2025: Volume 50, Issue 4 <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1768&qid=112608>* - Workers v. Wall Street: Teaching, Learning, and Taking Action, by Ericka Wills - Workers' Capital and Private Equity: Fiduciary Duty and the Imperative to Address Labor Risk, by Jeremy Blasi and Jordan Fein - Bargaining for the Common Good in Bankruptcy, by Alvin Velazquez - How Corporate Guardrails Can Improve Industrial Policy for Workers, by Lenore Palladino - Private Equity Stakeholder Project's Labor and Employee Reports and Resources, by Azani Creeks and Valentina Dabos - Should We Be Teaching Political Economy to Workers? by Les Leopold and Todd E. Vachon - Book Review: *Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade* by Jeff Schuhrke, by David Nack *Labor Studies Journal* is the official publication of UALE. Join/renew <https://uale.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=1769&qid=112608> for full access to current and past issues of LSJ. 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