Urban Studies
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Event: Divided Results: Voting and Partisan Gerrymandering (9/15)
Update: missed the event and want to watch it online? Catch the video here. Friday, September 15 8:30am-10:30am Murphy Institute, 18 Floor RSVP: https://the-politics-of-voting.eventbrite.com In light of the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Gill v. Whitford, this panel will explore the history of gerrymandering and the effects of recent changes in technology, data mining, and dark money,…
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Orientation Brings New JSMI Students Together
On Wednesday, August 23rd, 75 new Murphy Institute certificate students gathered along with existing students, faculty, administrators and staff members for a warm welcome to the Murphy family. The new student orientation brought together union semester and community semester cohorts, as well as Public Administration, Healthcare Policy and Administration, and Labor Relations groups. Thanks to all…
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TWU Proposes School Bus Coop
School bus maintenance and driving has long been a tricky business in New York City. In the face of mounting maintenance costs, excessive emissions and flatlining wages, the Transit Workers Union (TWU) has proposed a novel — and potentially transformative — solution for the city’s school buses. This week, TWU international president John Samuelsen and Manhattan…
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The Urbanization of Trade Union Struggle and Strategy
By Ian Thomas MacDonald This is an abridged excerpt from Ian Thomas MacDonald’s new book, Unions and the City. Many in labor studies have come to see our cities and suburbs as great laboratories of labor renewal. The relevance of this perspective can be glimpsed in the importance of resisting the dismantling of public education to…
