PRESS CONFERENCE: Most of the principal participants will be at a press conference beginning at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at Runk Dining Hall, Hereford College (on the hill behind Scott Stadium), before the first program. Sponsors will provide a free dining-hall dinner for news media. MEDIA ADVISORY TWO-DAY "TEACH-IN" ON LOCAL AND NATIONAL WORKERS' ISSUES WILL FEATURE AN ARRAY OF SPEAKERS A committee of faculty and students is inviting the University and Charlottesville communities to attend a special program on labor issues titled "Workers' Rights Are Civil Rights: A Teach-In With the Labor Movement" featuring nationally known speakers Feb. 27 and 28. Talks, workshops and discussions about local and state workers' issues and issues many American employees face will include among a wide range of participants Richard Trumka, national secretary treasurer of the AFL-CIO; Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate and 1996 presidential candidate; Barbara Prear, chair of the University of North Carolina Housekeepers Association who has fought against job privatization and racial discrimination; Barbara Ehrenreich, feminist social critic and author; U.Va. law professor Pamela Karlan, a 1997 statewide "teacher of the year"; and Julian Bond, the civil rights leader and U.Va. history lecturer. Key programs include a kick-off session from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Chemistry Auditorium and a special lunchtime program from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in Minor Hall auditorium. The "teach-in," one of several being held on college campuses this year as part of a national effort to involve academic communities in workers' rights issues and strengthening a new, more widely inclusive labor movement, also will feature local, state and national labor representatives and several U.Va. faculty. WORKERS' RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS: A TEACH-IN WITH THE LABOR MOVEMENT Thursday, Feb. 27, 7-10 p.m., Chemistry Auditorium Master of Ceremonies: Nelson Lichtenstein, professor of history Edward Ayers, professor of history and author of the award-winning "Promise of the New South" Joyce Breeden, 28-year veteran of U.Va.'s classified staff and workplace-fairness advocate Julian Bond, U.Va. civil rights historian and frequent commentator on civil rights issues Barbara Ehrenreich, feminist social critic, columnist and author William Fletcher, national educational director, AFL-CIO Pamela Karlan, U.Va. law professor and civil rights expert Deborah McDowell, U.Va. professor of English and author of recent memoir about a working class community, "Leaving Pipe Shop" Ralph Nader, 1996 Presidential candidate and noted consumer advocate Barbara Prear, chair of the UNC Housekeepers' Association Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer and former president of United Mine Workers Tony Mazzochi, long active with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union and Labor Party Friday, Feb. 28, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Minor Hall auditorium 11 a.m.-1 p.m. "How Can Virginia Workers Have a Voice?" George Rutherglen, professor of law and labor law expert Lillian Abrams of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Jimmy Brooks, president of Charlottesville local, American Postal Workers Union Larry Farrar, treasurer of University of North Carolina Housekeepers Association Rebecca Hyman, teaching assistant in English Robert Burke, state Employee Relations Counselor Reginald Butler, director, Carter G. Woodson Institute of African and African American Studies, moderator 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., "Students In The Labor Movement" workshop Tara Kittle, U.Va. student and Union Summer participant Maria Wickstrom, AFL-CIO organizing staff 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., "Organizing the South" workshop Barbara Prear, chair, UNC Housekeepers Association Libby Lindsay, Coal Employment Project John McCutcheon, folksinger and organizer Pete Castelli, UNITE (Union of Needle Trades, Industrial and Textile Employees 4 to 6 p.m. "Labor and American Politics" panel Donal Day, U.Va. professor of physics and 1995 state Senate candidate Sharon Hays, U.Va., professor of sociology and author of "The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood" Daniel Le Blanc, president, Virginia AFL-CIO Herman Schwartz, U.Va. professor of government Tony Mazzochi of the Labor Party 6 p.m., Minor Hall Lobby Reception with The Fruits of Labor singers and John McCutcheon For additional information please contact: Nelson Lichtenstein, professor of history, 804-295-6769, 804-924-6408 Susan Fraiman, associate professor of English, 804-977-1497 Eric Lott, associate professor of English, 804-977-1497 Kendra Hamilton, publicity chair, 804-977-0061 ### February 18, 1997 Television reporters should call our TV News Office at (804) 924-7550.