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New Labor Forum Highlights: Labor Day, Sept. 5th, 2016
The New Labor Forum has launched a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. The 2016 election season has simmered with the sense that there is something intrinsically wrong with our political economy. Despite
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Grad Students Are Employees: NLRB’s Historic New Ruling
It’s a battle cry that graduate students have been chanting for years: let us organize! Today, in a historic 3-1 ruling, the NLRB declared that graduate students at private universities are, in fact, employees — and are therefore eligible to organize, unionize and bargain as such. This ruling marks a reversal of the 2004 Brown University decision, wherein
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News Roundup 8/19/16
With the dog days of summer upon us, we’re bringing back our news roundup to check in on what’s been happening in labor, in our cities and in our wild and changing world: The Fight for Fifteen held a national convention last weekend. It’s been a remarkable four years: from New York to the nation;
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Fight for Fifteen: A National Convening
By Sarah Aziza Thousands converged in Richmond, Virginia over the weekend to participate in the Fight For $15’s first-ever national convention. Central to the two-day gathering was the historic Richmond Resolution, a statement of purpose and strategy that members approved unanimously on August 13. The convention culminated on Saturday, as 8,000 people marched in sweltering
