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Alumni Achievement: Mia Ragozino, Union Organizer
On January 28th, following 10 months of failed negotiations, nearly 8,000 employees of Swedish Health Services, all members of SEIU 1199 Northwest—a union representing more than 30,000 nurses and healthcare workers throughout Washington State and Montana—walked out on a three-day strike. Right there on the picket lines with them was SLU alumna Mia Ragozino. Ragozino, who…
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2020 Student Labor Journalism Award
The New York Metro labor Communications Council is offering a $500 prize for work by undergraduate and graduate students on the theme: “The 2020 Elections and My Life/My Community” The country is about to elect a president in November; additional state and local elections will take place. How will this impact your life and/or the…
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Prof. Deepak Bhargava on Resistance Dashboard Podcast
This week, Deepak Bhargava joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career in politics and organizing, from running Center for Community Change to being a professor here at CUNY SLU, and an talk about an important article he’s writing on how Democrats should govern once they regain power. Take a listen here!
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Metropolitan Council on Housing Seeks Tenant Organizer (NYC)
Met Council on Housing is hiring two experienced Tenant Organizers to build a base of low-income rent stabilized tenants in Upper Manhattan. We take collective action in buildings and communities to shift power from landlords to renters. Housing is for the people of this city, and not for the profits of landlords! For 60 years,…
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