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Graduate Class: Trade Unions and Social Movement Approaches to Climate Change and Ecological Degradation
The Labor Studies Program invites all CUNY and non‐CUNY graduate-level students to enroll in our special topics graduate class: LABOR & ENVIRONMENT: Trade Unions and Social Movement Approaches to Climate Change and Ecological Degradation Facilitated by Sean Sweeney Thursdays, Aug. 27th to Dec. 17th, 2015 @ 6:15-8:45pm The emergence of alarming scientific data on climate…
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Special Topics Graduate Class: Worker Cooperatives
The Labor Studies Program invites all CUNY and non‐CUNY graduate-level students to enroll in our special topics graduate class: WORKER COOPERATIVES Facilitated by Immanuel Ness & Christopher Michael Tuesdays, Sep. 1st to Dec. 22nd, 2015 from 6:15 to 8:45pm Worker cooperatives have become a compelling alternative to traditional labor‐management forms of labor relations in the…
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News Roundup 6/12/15
Unions. What can we say — we love ‘em. And if recent news is any indication, the future’s looking (mostly) bright. Some developments from the past couple weeks… The Trans-Pacific Partnership was significantly set back in Congress as the House of Representative voted down fast-track authority (via Washington Post). Russell Berman over at the Atlantic…
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The Future of Labor Organizing: There’s an App for That?
In a new report on virtual labor organizing by Mark Zuckerman, Richard D. Kahlenberg, and Moshe Z. Marvit, the authors suggest that the labor movement could grow through use of online organizing tools, and the NLRB would support such innovations. The report has implications for popular organizing models unions use now, which often involve developing or…
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