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ASPCA Seeks Bilingual Community Advocate (NYC)
The ASPCA Community Advocate engages in grassroots efforts to reduce the number of companion animals surrendered to shelters and improve the welfare of pets and the people who care for them. The Community Advocate will accomplish this by building trusted The ASPCA Community Advocate engages in grassroots efforts to reduce the number of companion animals…
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Remembering Sister Ida Torres
Sister Ida Torres — labor leader, beloved community member, mentor and friend — passed away over the weekend. Leaving behind a community that both grieves her loss and celebrates her life, Sister Ida was one of the founding members of the NE Summer School for Women in Unions and Worker Organizations and an impactful leader whose…
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The Workers Lab Seeks Summer Fellow: Research & Communications (Oakland, CA)
The Research & Communications Summer Fellow will support the implementation of The Workers Lab’s research agenda and communications strategy in the following areas: Social Media & Communications Manage editorial calendar: produce, curate, and schedule content — on issues specific to workers, labor shifts, economic development, and related — for distribution on TWL communications channels including…
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Labor and Climate Change: What Comes Next?
For a while, it looked like we’d have to choose: labor or climate; jobs or the planet. But with unions like the CWA increasingly calling for action on climate change, some of these once-divergent interests appear to be coming into alignment. As Samantha Page wrote in an article in ThinkProgress last week: The Climate and Community Protection…
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