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New Labor Forum Highlights: Oct 16th, 2017
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. Nearly a month ago, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico at the speed of 150 miles per hour. To this day,
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Building Power before Janus – And After: Lessons from CUNY
This article was originally featured at Labor Notes. Want to learn more about public sector unionism? Join us for a one day conference on November 17th, “Janus and Beyond: The Future of Public Sector Unions.” By Luke Elliott-Negri As recently as 2014, just 22 percent of my co-workers were members of our chapter in our
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Murphy Institute Featured in the Positive Community
Last week, The Positive Community featured an article about the Murphy Institute by Henry A. Garrido, Executive Director of District Council37, AFCME, who also serves as a Murphy Institute Advisory Board member. It begins: There is a hidden gem of higher education opportunity in mid-Manhattan called the Murphy Institute for Worker Education. The Institute, part of
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Video: Getting Back on Track: The New York Transit Crisis – Part 1
This morning, the Murphy Institute hosted a forum exploring the nature and causes of the current mass transit crisis, and focusing on solutions that could enable New York to sustain itself as a world-class city. Panel 1: Kafui Attoh, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, Murphy Institute Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, City College of
