Murphy News
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Murphy Alum Featured in Public Employee Press
This past summer, Tracye Hawthorne, graduate of Murphy’s Cornell/CUNY Labor Relations Certificate Program, was featured in DC37’s Public Employee Press. The article, entitled The Making of an Activist, describes Hawthorne’s journey to becoming shop steward at Clerical-Administrative Employees Local 1549. From the profile, by Gregory N. Heires: Arkansas – (a “right-to-work” for less state that prohibits…
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New York Power
By Joseph J. Cunningham The following is an excerpt from Murphy adjunct Prof. Joseph J. Cunningham’s new book New York Power, which tells the story of the development of today’s New York City electric utility system. New York City has long represented one of the most concentrated urban developments in the world. That density has…
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Murphy Students Elected to CUNY SPS Governing Council
Two Murphy students, Jaime Alvarado (MS in Labor Studies) and Krystina Francis (BA in Urban and Community Studies), were elected as student representatives to the CUNY School of Professional Studies Governing Council. They will serve on the Council for a seven month term starting today, December 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. The Council considers…
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Fall 2014 NY Union Semester Students
Holiday decorations have taken over nearby Bryant Park, the mornings are getting chillier, midterms have come and gone, our mid-semester internship check-ups are complete, and New York Union Semester will be winding down in just a few weeks. Before they move on to other exciting endeavors, meet our students! They each bring something unique to…
