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What’s Next for NYU Graduate Students Union?
In a recent article published in Labor Notes, Natasha Raheja, a third-year PhD student in Anthropology at New York University and a member of GSOC-UAW, celebrates the recent win for NYU’s graduate students, who, she writes, “are poised to again become the only private sector student workers with a union contract in the U.S.” She
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Developers and Labor Face Off at City Planning Commission Hearing
Labor and the city came together yesterday when the Astoria Cove development came up for public hearing at the NYC Department of City Council as part of the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP). For those unfamiliar with the proposed development, Astoria Cove is Alma Realty’s 30-years-in-the-making development, with plans to build five mixed-use buildings
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Responses to Nick Unger’s “Another Look at Labor in Dark Times – Part 3”
On July 3rd, we posted Part III of Nick Unger’s series on union structures, labor history and union member consciousness. What follows is a response to that piece. From Martin Morand, Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Labor Relations, Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Nick’s (rare?) compliment (“Morand is right”) encourages me to plunge in and ahead. Yes,
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DC37 Reaches Out About WTC Health Program
By Liam Lynch In true labor-community partnership fashion, the DC 37 Safety and Health Department is using a federal grant to get the word out about the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program established by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. This bill is designed to improve health services and provide
