Union Semester
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A Warm Welcome to the Fall 2017 Union Semester Class!
Michael Devan Michael is a recent graduate of Queens College, where he double-majored in Political Science and Philosophy. As an undergraduate, Michael organized with student-led groups such as the Student Organization for Democratic Alternatives and the Students’ Empowerment Party, which sought to build concrete institutions for the implementation of student power. Finding many analogues between…
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Spring 2017 Union Semester Arrives!
Meet this year’s terrific new Union Semester interns! Priscilla Acuña Mena Priscilla Acuña Mena is a December 2016 graduate eager to begin her post-college life with Union Semester in the hope that it will help her lay a foundation of activist engagement for years to come. She studied Human Biology, which she describes as a…
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Community College Faculty Strike, Win Contract
This week, Labor Notes published an article by Union Semester alum Michael McCown, who served as staff organizer for AFT 2121’s recently contract campaign and strike. That article, outlining the campaign strategy and how it unfolded, is re-posted below with permission. See the original article at Labor Notes. By Michael McCown For the first time…
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Meet NY Union Semester Fall 2016!
Welcome our Fall 2016 NY Union Semester class! 16 students from Virginia, Massachusetts, New York City, Montreal, Mexico City, Florida, Illinois and others are thick in the middle of NY Union Semester. 11 graduate students and 5 undergraduates are at a range of host organizations, including SEIU 1199, Transport Workers Union Local 100, UNITE HERE, Laborer’s…
