Longer days, sunny skies: hints of spring’s arrival. And today, a memorable conversation at Murphy with Black Feminist leader and social justice hero Barbara Smith, originator of the term “identity politics.” First Lady of NYC Chirlane McCray also spoke, along with Joo-Hyun Kang, Alethia Jones and Gerry Hudson.
- Over at In These Times, Bruce Vail describes the reckoning within labor, as leaders of the AFL-CIO get real about the “ugly history of racism” in the labor movement.
- What are prevailing-wage laws and why are states clamoring to repeal or scale them back? Cole Stangler at the International Business Times provides a primer.
- “Hundreds of Brooklynites flooded City Hall on Thursday to protest the city’s slow action on buying land for Bushwick Inlet Park, as real estate prices have soared in line with condo construction along the East River.” (via Village Voice)
- Will the new $1.86 billion Los Angeles NFL stadium produce well-paying, long-term jobs during and after construction? Labor groups worry about the lack of a sound agreement assuring them that it will. (via LA Times)
- After a year of contract negotiations, NYU’s graduate student union comes to a tentative contract agreement with the university regarding wages, health care, child care, and tuition remission. More from Rebecca Nathanson at Al Jazeera.
- How are worker co-ops and unions starting to work together again? Labor Press gives some hints.