Labor Studies
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Put to the Test: CUNY Faculty Considers Strike Vote As Cuomo Toys With University’s Future
This article was originally featured at the Indypendent. By Peter Rugh Hundreds of people swamped 42nd Street one day last November, forcing police to shut down a section of the busy thoroughfare. These weren’t tourists or Broadway ticketholders gone mad, but professors from the City University of New York (CUNY) and their supporters, 53 of
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Unions and Cooperatives: How Workers Can Survive and Thrive
This article was originally featured at Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. By Brian Van Slyke, Truthout The year 2008 was when the big banks were bailed out, but it was also the year that catalyzed one group of window makers into democratically running their own factory. On the former industrial hub of Goose Island in Chicago,
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Mexican Labor News and Analysis: February, 2016
Dan La Botz continues to bring us fascinating commentary on labor in Mexico with the February edition of Mexican Labor News & Analysis. Check out the contents below & read on: Contents for this issue: The Pope in Mexico Twenty Years since the San Andres Accords Mexican Economic Situation Leads to Deep Budget Cuts U.S., Mexican
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Scalia’s Death & The Future of Labor
The death of Antonin Scalia has marked a significant and surprising development in US politics. Republican senators are vowing to reject any nominee Obama makes to the court and attempting to call into question the legitimacy of the President making a nomination at all, while Obama, the Democrats, and most of the attention-paying public are baffled
