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Peer-reviewed research is a core component of the Labor Education Program.

Our faculty provide expertise in multiple areas, including workers representation, building strong employment relationships, worker organizations, labor history and union institutional behavior. Based upon their research and scholarly productivity, as well as key leadership roles served in professional associations, faculty members are acknowledged as leaders in their respective fields.  LEP contributes to the scholarly understanding of issues facing workers, unions, and the employment relationship.

BOOKS

  1. “A Fight for the Soul of Public Education: The Story of the Chicago Teachers Strike,” co-authored with Robert Bruno, ILR Cornell University Press, December 2016
  2. “Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement,” co-authored with C.J. Hawking, University of Illinois Press, March 2009

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

  1. “The Ripple Effect of the 2012 Chicago Teachers’ Strike” book chapter in “Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education”  (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, October 2020).  
  2. Special Editor, and authored “Editor’s Introduction to Special Issue,” to six papers in “Special Issue: Teacher Strikes,” March 2020 Labor Studies Journal
  3. Special Editor, and authored “Editor’s Introduction to Special Issue” in “’Traditional’ Labor and ‘Alt’ Labor: Comparisons, Critiques, and Perspectives,” June 2018 Labor Studies Journal
  4. “Assessing the Fight for Fifteen Movement from Chicago” and “Ashby Response to Rosenblum and Juravich: Fight for Fifteen,” December 2017 Labor Studies Journal
  5. “It’s Not Whether to Strike, It’s How to Win a Strike,” December 2012 Labor Studies Journal
  6. Editor, “Corporate Campaigns” chapter, and co-author with C.J. Hawking of Staley section within that chapter, “Troublemaker’s Handbook 2: How to Fight Back Where You Work and Win!,”  Labor Notes Press, 2005
  7. “Work-to-Rule at Staley,” in “Inside Strategies” chapter, “Troublemaker’s Handbook 2,” (with C.J. Hawking) Labor Notes Press, 2005
  8. “Pittston strike,” “Staley lock-out,” and “UPS Strike” articles for “Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History,” 2005
  9. “Hormel strike” and “Caterpillar/Staley/Firestone labor conflicts”, articles for “Midwest Encyclopedia, 2004.”

Books

Steven Ashby and Robert Bruno. A Fight for the Soul of Public Education: The Chicago Teachers Strike, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2016.

Robert Bruno. Justified by Work: Identity and the Meaning of Faith in Chicago’s Working-Class Churches. Ohio State University Press, 2008.

Robert Bruno. Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Local 705 Story. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2003.

Robert Bruno. Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1999.

Book Chapters

  1. Robert Bruno. “Steel on Strike: From 1936 to the Present,” in Encyclopedia of Strikes in American Labor History, eds., Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day and Immanuel Ness. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2009. 
  2. Robert Bruno. “Ed Sadlowski.” Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working Class History, edited by Eric Arnesen, New York: Routledge, 2007. 
  3. Robert Bruno and Lisa Jordan. “Do the Organizing Means Determine the Bargaining Ends? Lessons from the United States Labor Movement,” in Union Recognition: Organizing and Bargaining Outcomes, ed. Gregor Gall. Routledge Press, 2006. 3 
  4. Robert Bruno and Lisa Jordan. “Do the Organizing Means Determine the Bargaining Ends? Lessons from the United States Labor Movement,” in Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, 14, 2005, 101-126. 
  5. Robert Bruno and Lisa Jordan. “Building Class Identity: Lessons from Labor Education,” in New Working-Class Studies, eds., Sherry Linkon and John Russo. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2005. 
  6. Robert Bruno. “Workplace Struggle, Union Democracy and The Politics of Transition,” Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, 11, 2002, 95-122. 
  7. Robert Bruno. “Democratic Goods: Teamster Reform and Collective Bargaining Outcomes,” in The Internal Governance and Organizational Effectiveness of Labor Unions: Essays in Honor of George Brooks, edited by Samuel Estreicher, Harry C. Katz and Bruce Kaufman. New York, NY: Kluwer Legal International, 2001, 139-157. 
  8. Robert Bruno and Lisa Jordan. “To Know, To Remember, To Realize: Illinois Labor Works – A History Workers Can Use,” in Teaching Working Class, edited by Sherry Linkon. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999, 145-159. 
  9. Robert Bruno and Lisa Jordan. “From High Hopes to Disillusionment: The Evolution of Worker Attitudes at Mitsubishi Motors,” Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, edited by David Lewin and Bruce E. Kaufman. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 9, 1999, 153-182. 
  10. Robert Bruno and Lynn Bruno. “What for Critical Thinking? Minority Status, Domination and What We Should Do About It,” Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College, 10, 4, December 1992, 7-9. 

Journal Articles and Published Conference Proceedings 

  1. Robert Bruno and Victor G. Devinatz: The Role of Education in Revaluing Workers: Historical, Current, and Future in 2021 LERA research volume, forthcoming.
  2. Bruno, Robert and Christen, Nicholas. “Educating During a Pandemic: The Role of Collective Bargaining in Going Back to School,” Illinois Public Employee Relations Report, Volume, 38, Issue 1 (Winter 2021): 3-45.
  3. Cardador, Teresa, Brandon Grant and Robert Bruno. “The Positive Impact of Perceived Union Support on Union Member Work Meaningfulness: Examining Mechanism and Boundary Conditions.” Labor Studies Journal, 44, 4, December 2019, 333–358.
  4. Bruno, Robert. “U.S. Democracy in the Balance: The Importance of Labor’s Political Impact.” Labor Studies Journal, 44, 4, December 2019, 359–364.
  5. Wiegand, Justin and Robert Bruno. “Job Satisfaction and Union Participation: The Role of Fit.” Labor Studies Journal, 43, 4, December 2018, 297–319. 
  6. Avgar, Ariel, Monica Bielski Boris, Robert Bruno and Wonjoon Chung. “Worker Voice and Union Revitalization: The Role of Contract Enforcement at SEIU.” Labor Studies Journal, 43, 3. September 2018, 209-233. 
  7. Robert Bruno. “When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?” Harvard Business Review, June 20, 2018 at https://hbr.org/2018/06/when-did-the-u-s-stop-seeing-teachers-as-professionals. 
  8. Robert Bruno. “The Changing Landscape and Future of Labor Relations: A View from Organized Labor.” Illinois Public Employee Relations Report, 32, 3 & 4, Summer/Fall 2015, 1-14. 4 
  9. Robert Bruno, Roland Zullo, Frank Manzo IV and Alison Dickson. “The Economic Effects of Adopting a Right-to-Work Law: Implications for Illinois.” Labor Studies Journal, 40, 4, December 2015, 319-361. 
  10. Robert Bruno and Monica Bielski-Boris. “Not Ready to Make Nice: The Politics of Identity and Why Union Voters Wanted a Class Champion in 2008.” Labor Studies Journal, 35, 1, March 2010. 
  11. Robert Bruno. “John Sweeny and the Next American Labor Movement.” Labor and Working Class History Association, Newsletter Fall 2009, 5-7. 
  12. Robert Bruno. “Evidence of Bias in the Chicago Tribune Coverage of Organized Labor: A Quantitative Study from 1991 to 2001.” Labor Studies Journal, 34, 2, September 2009, 385-407. 
  13. Robert Bruno. “Union Building and Professionalism: The Chicago Teachers Union Campaign to Close the Educational ‘Governance Gap’.” Labor Studies Journal, 32, 2 June 2007, 167-188. 
  14. Robert Bruno. “Cultural Patterns in Working-Class Communities.” Encyclopedia of the American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia (Labor Section). Indiana University Press, November 2006. 
  15. Robert Bruno, John Logan and Cathy Kwiatkowski. “Current Labor Law Challenges: What’s Next for the National Labor Relations Board?” Labor and Employment Relations Association’s, Perspectives On Work OnLine, (www.lera.uiuc.edu) 2005. 
  16. Robert Bruno. “USWA Bargained and State Oriented Responses to the Re-current Steel Crisis,” Labor Studies Journal, 30, 1, Spring 2005, 67-91. 
  17. Robert Bruno. “Bargaining Through Cooperation: The Impact of Labor Management Teams on Steward Identity and Performance.” Proceedings of Industrial Relations Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 4-6, 2003, 264-273. 
  18. Robert Bruno and Lisa Jordan. “Lean Production and the Discourse of Dissent: Radicalizing the Shopfloor at Mitsubishi Motors?” Working USA, The Journal of Labor and Society, Summer 2002, 108-134. 
  19. Robert Bruno. “From Union Identity to Union Voting: An Assessment of the 1996 Election,” Labor Studies Journal, 25, 3, Fall 2000, 3-28. 
  20. Robert Bruno. “Illinois Labor and The Return to Class Politics,” Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 4, 1, Summer 2000, 92-126. 
  21. Bruno, Robert. “Democratic Goods: Teamster Reform and Collective Bargaining Outcomes,” Journal of Labor Research, 21, Winter 2000, 83-102. 5 
  22. Robert Bruno. “Teaching Workers from the Left: Working Class Struggle and the Politics of Power,” American Studies Association Conference, October 14, 2000. 
  23. Robert Bruno. “Everyday Constructions of Culture and Class: The Case of Youngstown Steelworkers,” Labor History, 40, 2, May 1999, 143-76. 
  24. Robert Bruno and Gordon Schulz. “Contract Campaigns, Union Organizing And Leadership Development: The Case of Teamster Psychologists,” Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 2, 4, November/December 1998, 60-67. 
  25. Robert Bruno. “Property Rights or Entitlements: How ESOPs Influence What Workers Value About Their Unions,” Labor Studies Journal, 23, 3, Fall 1998, 55-84. 
  26. Robert Bruno. “Working, Playing, and Fighting for Control: Steelworkers and Shopfloor Identity,” Labor Studies Journal, 23, 1, Spring 1998, 3-20. 
  27. Robert Bruno. “Presidential Labor Regimes: From Truman to Clinton,” Industrial Relations Research Association, Proceedings of the Fiftieth Annual Meeting, January 3-5, 1998, 11-22. 
  28. Robert Bruno. “Alternatives to the Strike: Case Studies and Theory Building,” Labor Law Journal, 48, 8, August 1997, 449-455. 
  29. Robert Bruno. “When Striking is Not an Option: The 1992 Utility Workers, Local 1-2 Contract Campaign,” Industrial Relations Research Association, Proceedings of the Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting, January 4-6, 1997, 263-269. 
  30. Robert Bruno. “The 1946 Union of Electrical, Radio and Machinist Workers’ Strike Against the Phelps Dodge Copper Company,” Labor History, 35, 3, Summer 1994, 345-371. 
  31. Robert Bruno. “Ask Not What Democracy Has Done for the Worker; Ask What the Worker Has Done for Democracy,” Workplace Democracy, 63, Winter 1989, 11-13. 
  32. Robert Bruno. “Remembering Black Monday: Anatomy of a Shutdown,” Workplace Democracy, 60, Spring 1988, 7-9. 
  33. Robert Bruno. “Good Times or Bad: A Steeltown Memoir,” Workplace Democracy, 58, Fall 1987, 20-26.  
  1. Dickson, Alison, Marsha Love and Suzanne Davenport. 2019. Workers’ Rights for Workforce Development – 3rd Edition. Project for Middle Class Renewal, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 30. (Add link to Worker’s Rights Curriculum page under classes for non-union workers).
  1. Daniel Gilbert, “Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency” (University of Massachusetts Press, 2013)

Citations:

  1. “The Ripple Effect of the 2012 Chicago Teachers’ Strike” book chapter in “Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education”  (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, October 2020).  
  2. Special Editor, and authored “Editor’s Introduction to Special Issue,” to six papers in “Special Issue: Teacher Strikes,” March 2020 Labor Studies Journal
  3. Special Editor, and authored “Editor’s Introduction to Special Issue” in “’Traditional’ Labor and ‘Alt’ Labor: Comparisons, Critiques, and Perspectives,” June 2018 Labor Studies Journal
  4. “Assessing the Fight for Fifteen Movement from Chicago” and “Ashby Response to Rosenblum and Juravich: Fight for Fifteen,” December 2017 Labor Studies Journal
  5. “It’s Not Whether to Strike, It’s How to Win a Strike,” December 2012 Labor Studies Journal
  6. Editor, “Corporate Campaigns” chapter, and co-author with C.J. Hawking of Staley section within that chapter, “Troublemaker’s Handbook 2: How to Fight Back Where You Work and Win!,”  Labor Notes Press, 2005
  7. “Work-to-Rule at Staley,” in “Inside Strategies” chapter, “Troublemaker’s Handbook 2,” (with C.J. Hawking) Labor Notes Press, 2005
  8. “Pittston strike,” “Staley lock-out,” and “UPS Strike” articles for “Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History,” 2005
  9. “Hormel strike” and “Caterpillar/Staley/Firestone labor conflicts”, articles for “Midwest Encyclopedia, 2004.”

Books: 

  1. Emily E. LB. Twarog, Politics of the Pantry: Housewives, Food, and Consumer Protest in 20th Century America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017)