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EVENT: Reworking Labor: The Case of Uber and the Gig Economy (4/6)
A Student-Organized Forum RSVP Here This forum will examine the transformation of work at Uber, a leader in the burgeoning “gig economy.” Advocates of this new model argue that the “gig economy” offers flexibility and allows for much greater worker autonomy. And, in the case of Uber, they contend that the company has provided…
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On Escalation, Dying-In and the Fight to Fund CUNY
By David Unger “C-U-N-Y…Don’t Let CUNY Die!” Over the past few years, we have been lying down on the pavements of New York. In Grand Central Station, in front of Barclay’s Center, in the middle of streets in Brooklyn, near Union Square, in Harlem and in the Bronx. We have been asked to lie down —…
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Gov. Cuomo Announces State Will Fully Fund CUNY Next Year
In a reversal from his recent vow to defund the CUNY system by shifting $485 million in costs onto New York City, Gov. Cuomo’s office announced yesterday that New York State would pay the full $1.6 billion CUNY budget next year, after all. This funding is contingent on the hiring of a management efficiency expert, who will…
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The TESA Collective Seeks Communications Specialist
The TESA Collective (The Toolbox for Education and Social Action) is an award-winning organization that creates educational resources and programs for social and economic change. We are a worker-owned cooperative. This means that each worker has one equal ownership share of the company and one equal vote in its governance. Over the past five years,…
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