Justice at Work: A Conference Honoring David Brody

Abstract

From August 8 to 10, 2002, a group of international scholars and labor practitioners attended a conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara to honor David Brody. Organized by Nelson Lichtenstein (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Bruce Nelson (Dartmouth College) around the theme “Justice at Work,” the conference brought together thirty individuals from a range of perspectives, including history, sociology, political science, industrial relations practitioners, and legal, women's, and cultural studies. Brody, emeritus professor of History at University of California, Davis with a long affiliation with the Institute of Industrial Relations at University of California, Berkeley, attended the conference and offered his reflections on his craft, his students, and the labor movement. The conference provided an opportunity for those in attendance to share their thoughts on Brody's work, their own research, and the state of labor history and the labor movement.