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NYTimes: Union Rates Rebounding Over 18-Month Period
On Labor Day this year, Murphy faculty members Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce were quoted in a New York Times article entitled Study Suggests a Rebound for Union Jobs in New York. The article describes the pair’s research findings around trends in union membership in New York City, referencing their recent “State of the Unions” report — which notes a
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Welcome Fall 2014 JSMI Students!
We are excited to welcome incoming Fall 2014 students to The Murphy Institute this week! Below is a reflection from Palma Dellaporta, a PSC member and a registrar at Brooklyn College, who attended the Urban Studies MA orientation last Saturday. [The Urban Studies MA Orientation this past Saturday] was a comprehensive event that not only left me feeling
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Should Labor Boycott Israel?
Whose Side Are You On? By Andrew RossThe BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) campaign is shaping up as one of these historical moments when everyone has to choose which side they are on. Trade unionists have good reason to know what this feels like. Labor history is punctuated with similar contests, when nuanced views on
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Cities Are Embracing the Worst Idea to Come Out of Ferguson
This article was originally posted in Quartz. By Basil Smikle Jr. Earlier this week, Missouri governor Jay Nixon ended the curfew imposed on the community of Ferguson over the weekend. Residents had been required to be indoors between midnight and 5 am. It’s not surprising but it’s one of many moves authorities got wrong in
