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A Great Place for News about NYC Unions and Working People
Dr. Stephen Brier is part of the Consortial Faculty at The Murphy Institute The Labor Press is a regular, trustworthy source of news about NYC unions and working people’s struggles in the city and beyond. You can subscribe to it via email, which arrives weekly, and it’s a must read for anyone interested in workers’…
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New Labor in New York discussion on GRIT TV
Here is a discussion of the new book that JSMI faculty members Ruth Milkman and Ed Ott published this spring, NEW LABOR IN NEW YORK, hosted by Laura Flanders of Grit TV. The book, from Cornell University Press, is available for purchase from many booksellers. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKQt4iIrrGM&w=560&h=315]
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The U.S. Prison Industrial Complex: Is it a Labor Issue?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckrc16DAU6A&w=420&h=315] Eric Lotke, Senior Research Analyst, Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Heather Ann Thompson, Professor History, Temple University, Nicole Porter, Advocacy Director, The Sentencing Project, moderator, Ed Ott, Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute on “The U.S. Prison Industrial Complex: Is it a Labor Issue?” (April 18 2013)
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Confronting the Climate Crisis: Can Labor Help Shape an Effective Strategy?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArTjNgJ7hKo&w=420&h=315] Dr. James Hansen, Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, David Coles, President, Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Canada, Bhairavi Desai, Executive director, New York Taxi Workers Alliance and Hector Figueroa, President, Local 32 BJ SEIU, Moderated by Sean Sweeney, Director Cornell Global Labor Institute on “Confronting the Climate Crisis: Can Labor…
