RSVP HERE Featured speakers: Maribel Hernandez-Rivera – District Director for U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Deepak Bhargava – Distinguished Lecturer in Urban Studies, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) Muzaffar Chishti – Director of the Migration Policy Institute at NYU Law Moderator: Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) What should … Continue reading Democrats & Immigration: Humanitarian Crisis and Worker Protections →

RSVP HERE Featured speakers include: Randi Weingarten -- President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT); Steven Greenhouse -- Veteran New York Times labor journalist and author of the new book, Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. Although union density is near an all-time low, labor activism has surged in many sectors. From adjunct … Continue reading Going Big: Reversing Trump’s Agenda & Modernizing Labor Rights →

RSVP HERE As the health care sector continues to grow at an unprecedented rate – in part to meet the needs of an aging Baby Boomer population – organized labor and other working-class movements are mobilizing to protect and expand various health care programs. As support for “Medicare-for-All” has increased among voters, Democratic lawmakers have … Continue reading Medicare-For-All & Its Competitors: What Plan Should Organized Labor & Progressives Support? →