Labor Studies
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Photos: Cornell-Cuny Labor Relations Program Spring Conference
By Kristina Lilley Students and faculty of the Murphy Institute and Cornell University Labor Relations Certificate Program gathered on Saturday, April 21st to discuss the Future of Work. The annual spring conference created and facilitated by current Cornell-CUNY students featured veteran leaders within New York City’s labor movement. Among the guest speakers were Carrie Gleason, director of…
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Dispatch from the Labor Notes Conference
By Rebecca Lurie This month was the bi-annual Labor Notes Conference of the “International Troublemakers and Boat-Rockers Union.” Those who have never been before can imagine it as the place where grassroots union and worker organizers meet union leadership on their terms, led by those previously left out of leadership in our unions. Youth, women…
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TRADE UNIONS AND JUST TRANSITION: TUED WORKING PAPER #11
By Sean Sweeney and John Treat The concept of “Just Transition” has become increasingly in vogue in recent years in international political circles. While commonly ascribed to be “transformative” in potential, like any fashionable term it runs the risk of being emptied of content and coopted by arbiters of the status quo. So what really is…
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The Chief-Leader Features Murphy Institute Conference on #MeToo
Last Friday, the Murphy Institute hosted a day-long event on labor and community in the age of #MeToo. The event brought together leaders from the labor movement, legal advocacy and gender equity work — with thought-provoking and actionable results. For a round up of some of the discussions and panels from the event, check out…
