Power At Work Power At Work Blogcast #68: From Classroom to Career: Inside Illinois’ New Workplace Readiness Week
In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Gregg Johnson, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, and Robert Bruno, a Director of the Labor Education Program and a Professor of Labor and Employment at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Listen now to learn about Illinois' groundbreaking new bill for students in high schools to learn about the workforce, unions, and the labor movement. Hear the perspective from both the sponsor of the bill Rep. Gregg Johnson, and a labor expert in the state, Robert Bruno.
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Learn more about Workplace Readiness Week here. And learn more about the University of Illinois' Labor Education Program here.
Gregg Johnson is a member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing the 72nd district. Prior to his time in the House of Representatives, Johnson worked with the Illinois Department of Corrections, first as a corrections officer and eventually as a supervisor, where he spent thirty-two years working to keep his coworkers and our community safe. Johnson went on to become president of his AFSCME local, where he served his fellow coworkers.
Robert Bruno is Director of the Labor Education Program and a Professor of Labor and Employment, as well as the director of the Project for Middle Class Renewal in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign. In addition to publishing numerous scholarly articles on a diverse range of labor relations subjects, Professor Bruno has also co-authored numerous research reports on labor unions, workplace practices and labor and employment policy topics.