“Getting to Work: Labor Issues in the 21st Century”

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The latest issue of Bookforum features a series of articles that provide nimble insights into the workplace—a hot topic in these economically sluggish and high-unemployment-rate times. Tonight, the book review presents a feisty roundtable discussion on employment. Participants include Kim Bobo, director of Interfaith Worker Justice, long-time advocate for workers’ rights, and author of Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—And What We Can Do About It; progressive political writer Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas?; Thomas Geoghegan, a Chicago labor lawyer and author of Which Side Are You On?; and Andrew Ross, author of Nice Work if You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times. Chris Lehman, an editor at Bookforum, moderates.