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Reflections from the Verizon Strike
After 45 days on strike, nearly 40,000 Verizon workers have agreed to head back to work. Having reached a tentative agreement with the communications giant, the workers state that they have achieved their goals: raising working families’ standard of living, creating over 1,300 new union jobs and achieving a first contract for retail store workers.…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: May 31st, 2016
The New Labor Forum has launched a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. In this week’s newsletter, we begin by taking a closer look at workers in the energy industries. New Labor Forum…
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File Under: “It’s a Small World”
By Abraham Marcus On Friday, March 25th, 20 students, friends, and family of the Murphy Institute’s College Prep Program got all dressed up to go see and listen to a princess at Carnegie Hall. Shiran Wang, the “piano princess” delighted the audience with a full recital program of Schummann, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff without the aid…
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Current and Former Murphy Students on Democracy Now!
Yesterday’s edition of Democracy Now! featured current Murphy Institute Advanced Certificate student Bob Master and Labor Studies MA alum Pam Galpern, participants in the Verizon workers strike, talking about why they’re striking, how Verizon has responded and where they’ll go from here. Check out the coverage at Democracy Now!
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