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Why America Needs Worker Co-Ops More Than Ever
Featured photo credit: USDA Photo by Lance Cheung, via Flickr CC This article originally appeared at Triple Pundit. By Daniel Faris America is no longer a representative democracy—a fact underscored by decades of grotesque and steadily worsening economic inequality and an election process that depends more on wealthy donors than on an informed electorate. Case in point: the…
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UC Labor Center — 2016 Lead Organizer Training
The coming years will present exciting challenges for labor and community groups. Unions and community-based organizations will need skilled staff in order to tackle the mounting needs placed before them and their constituents. The UC Berkeley Labor Center will offer a Lead Organizer Training on January 20-22, 2016, featuring these topics: Staff/Leadership Development • Wellness/Healthy…
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“Black Lives Matter/Fight For $15: A New Social Movement” Sparks Conversation
On October 19th, the Murphy Institute had a packed house for “Black Lives Matter/Fight For $15: A New Social Movement,” sponsored by the Murphy Institute and the Sidney Hillman Foundation. The forum panelists highlighted that the growing movements, Black Lives Matter and Fight For $15, share in the struggle for access to justice and equality. These…
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2016 NYS Assembly Graduate Scholars Program
The New York State Assembly Intern Committee sponsors the Graduate Internship at the State Capital starting every January. The GRADUATE INTERNSHIP provides full-time research or policy analysis positions with Assembly leaders, committees and research staffs. An $15,000 stipend is awarded for the January 4, 2016 to June 17, 2016 Internship. The Assembly Graduate Internship provides…
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