"New Politics, New Policies: Prospects for Labor in the Obama Administration" is the theme of the 2009 Union Days. Labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan, who will deliver the keynote address April 15 at 4:30 p.m. in 105 Ives Hall, will discuss the Employee Free Choice Act, the need for labor law reform and "strategies for reinventing labor in a post-meltdown world."

Other Union Days events include two April 16 events, the Social Justice Career Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Ives Hall lobby and a debate on the Employee Free Choice Act by lawyers Nancy Schiffer and Arch Stokes at 4:30 p.m. in 105 Ives Hall.

An opening reception for a photo exhibition, "Unseenamerica New York State: Pictures of Working Lives Taken by Working Hands," will be held April 14 in the second-floor lobby of the ILR Conference Center from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The exhibition runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through July 18.