BA in History, MA in Labor Studies, and PhD in American History. David worked for 24 years as an organizer, business agent, director of organizing, and representative for unions in both the private and public sectors. He has taught collective bargaining, contract administration, grievance arbitration, internal and external outreach for unions, labor history, and leadership and communications classes, among others, since joining the faculty of the School for Workers. Since 2011, he has focused on organized labor’s effort to rebuild, strengthen, and re-create itself. David has also been involved in a number of labor history projects, such as producing the videos “The Birth of the School for Workers,” and “100 Years of Excellence,” commemorating the history of apprenticeship training under the auspices of the State of Wisconsin.
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Selected Publications
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David Nack. The Birth of the School for Workers. Film Documentary, 2005.Read more
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Armando Ibarra, David Nack. A Legacy of Excellence: 100 Years of Wisconsin Apprenticeship, 1911-2011. Film Documentary, 2011.Read more
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David Nack. Heartbreak In the Heartland, Voices From Wisconsin. Labor Notes, 2012.Read more
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Armando Ibarra, David Nack. The Wisconsin Experience and the Election of 2016. Labor Studies Journal, 2017.
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David Nack. With sharp analysis, Noam Chomsky’s Requiem for the American Dream is worth seeing. South Central Federation of Labor, Union Labor News, 2017.