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On Equity in Our Workforce
By Rebecca Lurie As I read the latest paper by Steve Dawson on workforce, once again I am grateful for the principles and practices he describes so well. (And succinctly! So if you have time to read a one-pager, do it! And don’t bother to read my post!) Dawson’s paper, “Class Dismissed Defining Equity in…
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Local 94 Members Celebrate First Business Writing Course with the Murphy Institute at CUNY SLU
By Becky Firesheets On Thursday, December 6th, thirteen members of Local 94 celebrated their successful completion of Worker Education at SLU’s Business Writing course with a graduation ceremony that felt more like a family meal than a formal event. After nearly perfect attendance throughout the term (there were only two absences, both due to medical…
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MADRE Seeks Program Manager, Franco-Phone Region
MADRE is seeking a Program Manager to help implement a strategy to address gender-based human rights violations at the local, national, regional and international levels with Franco-Phone regional partners. The Program Manager will execute the work of MADRE’s programs in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti in collaboration with all advocacy…
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Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium Seeks Program Coordinator Consulting Services
If you have a passion for improving working conditions for workers in apparel industry supply chains and would like to support public procurement practices that reflect those values, then serving as the Program Coordinator for the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium may be for you. The Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium (“the Consortium”) is seeking part-time consulting services…
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