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Event: Solidarity Economies & Worker Coops (12/4)
December 4, 8:30 -10:30am The Murphy Institute 25 W. 43 Street, 18 Floor The local movement of worker cooperatives, supported by the City Council, has increasingly caught the imagination of workers and organizers. What is the potential and what are the limitations of worker co-ops in building a movement for economic and social justice? To what…
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Gale Brewer Addresses Graduates at NWPC-NYC Candidate Training at JSMI
On Saturday, November 21, the National Women’s Political Caucus NYC chapter (NWPC-NYC) and the Murphy Institute held a ceremony for the twelve women that completed the inaugural NWPC-NYC Candidate Training course hosted by the Murphy Institute. The 10-week training concluded with final presentations from participants, who applied crucial aspects of what they learned in the training. Manhattan Borough…
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Graduate Class: Climate Crisis and the Labor Movement
The Labor Studies Program invites all union members, activists, and CUNY & non‐CUNY graduate-level students to enroll in our special topics graduate class: CLIMATE CRISIS AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT: Trade Unions and Social Movement Approaches to Climate Change and Ecological Degradation Taught by Sean Sweeney Thursdays, January 28th to May 12th, 2016 @ 6:15-8:45pm The emergence…
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CB&I Seeks Community Outreach – Referral Associate (NYC)
Job Overview: The Community Outreach Referral Associate, located in New York, NY will join an existing project team supporting the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to support post Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. The Referral Associate will provide clerical and customer service support to expand upon the current groundwork in supporting a larger training and workforce development plan. Key…
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