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Immigrant Workers Organized: Challenges, Achievements and the Trump Times
January 27, 2017 4:00 -6:00 PM 25 W 43rd St., 19th floor New York, NY RSVP: Gabriela Ceja gabrielaceja.morales@gmail.com Worker centers and community-based organizations support low wage and immigrant workers, many of whom have survived a worldwide system of inequality and exploitation. The day to day efforts from agricultural, to construction, to garment workers, and
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New Labor Forum Highlights: Jan. 23rd, 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. The numbers from the rallies this past weekend are astounding: 600 events in dozens of countries with a global turnout
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What’s Coming for Unions under President Trump
This post was originally featured at Labor Notes. By Penny Lewis With the election of Donald Trump as president and Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, we are entering a period of existential crisis for unions and our organized power. The coming months and years are going to call for a spirit of
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Spring 2017 Union Semester Arrives!
Meet this year’s terrific new Union Semester interns! Priscilla Acuña Mena Priscilla Acuña Mena is a December 2016 graduate eager to begin her post-college life with Union Semester in the hope that it will help her lay a foundation of activist engagement for years to come. She studied Human Biology, which she describes as a
