Labor Studies
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Event: The Next Generation: Young Workers Building Movements (12/6)
Thursday, December 6th, 2018 6pm – 8pm ET CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10036 RSVP HERE Despite the recent weakness of the U.S. labor movement, young workers are invigorating unions and other working-class organizations throughout the country, showing the promise of a new broad-based…
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What’s the Deal with Tariffs?
When the president starts talking trade protectionism, it can be hard to know how to evaluate his rhetoric. SLU professor Stephanie Luce untangled some of the history and policy particulars of the thorny subject of tariffs for Organizing Upgrade: Donald Trump voiced the real concerns of many Americans when he spoke of the need to…
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Video: Energy from Unlikely Sources
On Friday, October 12th, members of the wider SLU community gathered to ask big questions about the future of the labor movement. For more than a quarter century, workers and the U.S. labor movement have sustained significant setbacks, including the broad expansion of “right-to-work” conditions; the increasing use by employers of vehicles that enable them…
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Report Release: Results from the Human Services Workforce Study (10/11)
Thu, October 11, 2018 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, 2180 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10035 RSVP HERE The results are in! Join us on October 11, 2018 for the community roll-out of the Human Service Workforce Study, sponsored by the Human Services Council, Silberman School…
