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Building Bridges with Cassy Klewicki
Cassandra Klewicki builds things. Train platforms. Bridges. And international labor organizations. Cassy is a concrete carpenter with Local 290, and how she got there was quite a journey. “I’ve worked all over, in six states and 24 countries.” she said. “I worked at a coffee farm in Ecuador. I took seasonal jobs where you live…
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Building Blocks for a Career in Public Service … Eriam Lopez’s Story
“I love architecture. That’s why I work in construction. I want to marry my love for architecture and my career in public service with advocacy. That’s why I am at SLU.” Eriam Lopez works for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. She is also a mom with a 6-year-old and a 13-year-old that…
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TWO CUNY SLU Students Make City & State’s 2021 Labor 40 Under 40 List
City & State’s Labor 40 Under 40 highlights an impressive array of rising stars in labor and this year the list includes two CUNY SLU students: Olando Marlon Charles who is pursuing a certificate in Labor Relations and Bradley Kolb, a student in the master’s in labor studies program. Olando works as the CHOW program…
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Behind the Camera with Tsering Lama: Documenting Domestic Workers’ Fight for Rights
Tsering Lama knows something about story-telling. Perhaps that’s because she herself has quite a story to tell. Tsering is a Tibetan refugee, born and raised in Nepal. She came to the U.S. in 2008 hoping to work in health care, and studied psychology while supporting herself as a domestic worker. “Basically, I’ve been working and…
