Charles J. Whalen In Conversation With Richard Lipsitz

We are excited to welcome Charles J. Whalen, author of Fighting for the American Dream: From Blue-Collar Kid to Maverick Economist, the Battle to Defend Working Families to Hallwalls in conversation with Richard Lipsitz! The conversation will be followed by a signing, and books will be available for purchase from Talking Leaves. This event is free to attend, but purchase of your book from Talking Leaves and donation to Hallwalls are encouraged and deeply appreciated. 

Charles J. Whalen is a research fellow at The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University at Buffalo. His career spans four decades, including work at the Congressional Budget Office, BusinessWeek, and Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. His work has aimed to advance the interests of workers in economic policymaking, regional development, and labor relations in Western New York and beyond. Whalen\'s dad worked as a machinist, his mom is a first-generation Italian American, and he is the first in his family to attend college.
 

Richard Lipsitz is a career-long advocate for labor, social, and human rights issues. He is president emeritus of the Western New York Area Labor Federation (AFL-CIO), having led that organization between 2011 and 2021. Before that, he worked for International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Service Employees International Union, spending most of his time bargaining and servicing labor agreements; he also directed the Buffalo Labor Studies Program of Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Today, he works tirelessly to protect democracy in America.