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Hi everyone,

I wanted to let you know about an Aspen Institute web conference that's coming up on November 20.

"Low-Wage Workers in the Coming Economy," featuring <st1:personname w:st="on">Stacy Blake-Beard</st1:personname>, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Simmons School of Management and Ellen Ernst Kossek, University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University's Graduate School of Labor & Industrial Relations, and with introductory remarks from Barbara Dyer and Mark Popovich, President and CEO and Senior Program Officer respectively at the Hitachi Foundation, a major funder of efforts to improve labor market outcomes for low-wage workers.  The web conference will be moderated by Maureen Scully, Assistant Professor of Management at UMASS Boston's <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename></st1:place>.

The web conference is free of charge and will be held on Friday November 20 at 12 noon Eastern time. 

To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.

It promises to be a great event-I hope you can join us!

Best,

Rachel Shattuck

Rachel Shattuck

Manager of Research and Content

The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to remind you about an Aspen Institute web conference coming up later this week that will address an often-overlooked topic of growing importance in the world economy: low-wage work and workers. 

"Low-Wage Work in the Coming Economy" will feature presentations by Stacy Blake-Beard, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Simmons School of Management and Ellen Ernst Kossek, University Distinguished Professor at <st1:placename w:st="on">Michigan</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>'s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Graduate</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Labor & Industrial Relations.  Mark Popovich, Senior Program Officer at the Hitachi Foundation (a major funder of efforts to improve labor market outcomes for low-wage workers) will offer opening remarks, and Maureen Scully, Assistant Professor of Management at UMASS-Boston, will moderate.  The web conference is free of charge and will be held on Friday, November 20 at 12 noon Eastern time.  To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.
 
I hope you can join us to discuss this important topic, and to consider some of the ways in which it can be incorporated into the business school classroom!
 
Best,
 
Rachel Shattuck

Rachel Shattuck

Manager of Research and Content

The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">271 Madison Avenue</st1:address></st1:street>

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">New York</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">NY</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">10016</st1:postalcode></st1:place>

212-895-8016