Written by James Parrott, the Chief Economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute For the first time in nearly five years, major labor agreements were recently reached covering public sector workers in New York City. On April 17, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 concluded a new 5-year contract dating from January 2012 covering 34,000 workers at … Continue Reading ››
The Burden of Atrocity
We are years into a 13 year Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, officially underway since May 2012. If that math seems messy, it is one small indication of the long, deep, and still confounding legacy of that war. Faculty member Penny Lewis wrote about our memory of the class … Continue Reading ››
Welcome to The Murphy Institute Blog
We are thrilled to be launching the Murphy Institute Blog. The Joseph S. Murphy Institute (JSMI), part of the School of Professional Studies at the City University of New York, comes out of a singular collaboration among labor unions, city workers, community organizations and academic institutions and their faculty and staff. JSMI is the place … Continue Reading ››
Progressive Urban Policy Meets Albany: 2014
Eve Baron is the Academic Program Manager of Urban Studies at The Murphy Institute New York City Mayor de Blasio came into office on a platform to rewrite the city’s “Tale of Two Cities,” a reference to the stark and growing differences between the life chances of the city’s rich and poor. One of his first … Continue Reading ››
March with the PSC on May Day—Thurs., May 1
Demand $5K for CUNY’s Low-Wage Workers Demand Fair Contracts, Fair Wages and Job Security for All Working People Adjuncts, full timers, faculty, and staff—we need your presence and your indomitable spirit at the May Day march and rally, Thurs., May 1, 5:00 p.m., starting at City Hall. As part of a national mobilization, academic unions like the … Continue Reading ››
Workforce Development Helping to Bridge the Gap
Eve Baron is the Acting Associate Director for Worker Education and the Academic Program Manager, Urban Studies In addition to early childhood development programs, building the income-earning capacity of our urban workforce is a critical part of building a more equitable society. Workforce development programs—those that are designed to update and sharpen existing skills, or to … Continue Reading ››
