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NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives Seeks Coordinating Director
The NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYCNoWC), a trade association for worker-owned cooperatives in the metro New York area, is hiring a Coordinating Director. JOB DESCRIPTION As Coordinating Director for NYCNoWC, you will advocate on behalf of our member base of worker-owned cooperative businesses in the NYC metropolitan area as well as ensure the overall…
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The Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize
The Bernhardt Prize is an award of $500 given to an article or series of articles that furthers the understanding of the history of working people. Articles focused on historical events AND articles about current issues (work, housing, organizing, health, education) that include historical context are both welcome. The work should be published — in…
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Dial-an-Organizer: Using Storytelling and Emotion to Build Movements
By Kressent Pottenger Imagine: you call a hotline to complain about how you were fired for being pregnant or harassed by your manager. On the other end, an operator gives you advice on organizing and labor law. It sounds unlikely today, but in the 1970s, a group of women clerical workers, frustrated with their treatment,…
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GrowNYC Seeks Recycling Outreach Coordinator
GrowNYC, a non-profit with a forty-five year history of improving the environment in New York City, is interviewing qualified candidates for 2 Recycling Outreach Coordinator positions with GrowNYC’s Zero Waste Programs funded by the NYC Department of Sanitation. Created to meet the ambitious recycling goals outlined in the City’s Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan of…
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