Join the Murphy Institute for our first Creative Arts Night, to be held on the 18th Floor of the Murphy Institute, located at 24 W. 43rd St., on June 12th from 6-8pm.
Hosted by Murphy Institute Blog Arts & Culture Editors, the event will feature panelists Randal Horton and Matt Sedillo, whose work was recently featured on this blog — plus art installations, an open mic and more.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, the Murphy Institute conducted an executive briefing on labor in New York City for City Council members convened by Council Member I. Daneek Miller, Chair of the City Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor.
The briefing provided City Council members with an in-depth view of the role and status of organized labor in New York and the nation. It included presentations by Murphy Institute faculty, DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido, and New York Central Labor Council Political & Legislative Director, Anthony Thomas. Continue reading Murphy Institute Briefs City Council on Labor in NYC
From 21st Century CUNY:
CUNY will undertake a strategic planning effort intended to assess, reflect, and improve upon its status as a leading public university and one of this city and state’s most valuable resources. Guided by Chancellor Milliken and a committee of dedicated university leaders, faculty, and students, the entire university community is invited to engage in this process of evaluating and envisioning CUNY’s priorities for the future.
All members of the CUNY community are invited to share comments and ideas for and about the future of CUNY. Submit yours today, and make sure Murphy voices are heard as CUNY shapes its future.
Where should labor land on Bernie Sanders’s run for the Democratic nomination for President? Over at Jacobin, Steve Early, former long-time organizer with the Communications Workers of America and current member of the New Labor Forum Board, argues that Sanders’s long record of support for labor struggles and issues should earn him the support of labor. In Labor For Bernie, Early writes:
It’s an axiom of labor solidarity that help received, in a period of need, will be reciprocated down the road. Vermont union members learned long ago that the mutual benefit derived from their work with and for Sanders goes far beyond the results of labor’s usual (and sometimes tawdry) transactional relationships with public officeholders.
That’s why trade unionists in Vermont have turned out for Sanders as much as he’s aided them over the years. Let’s hope that their union brothers and sisters in other Democratic primary states will figure out which side they should be on, without the benefit of such long personal association.
It’s promising that many rank-and-file activists have already signed up to join the “Labor Campaign for Bernie.” Last week, the Vermont State Labor Council urged the national AFL-CIO to support Sanders, calling him “the strongest candidate articulating our issues.”
But if the rest of organized labor plays it cautious and safe, jumping on the Clinton bandwagon instead of rallying around Sanders, it will be just one more sign of diminished union capacity for mounting any kind of worker self-defense, on the job or in politics.
For the full article, visit JacobinMag.com.
The Murphy Institute is known for its public programming, bringing thinkers, leaders and policymakers together to discuss the issues vital to making change in our city and our world.
Watch Barbara Caress, former Director, Strategic Planning and Policy, SEIU Local 32BJ, discuss the impact of the ACA on working people.
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A long weekend beckons, with many New Yorkers trying to get out of town. Meanwhile, for many low-wage workers, a long weekend means lost wages, or going to work while so many others relax.
Here’s a sampling of what’s been happening around NYC and beyond over the past few weeks…
‘Til next week, folks.
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