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Murphy Community Celebrates at CUNY/SPS Commencement
On Tuesday, June 9th, 2015, CUNY SPS hosted a beautiful commencement event at Carnegie Hall, including graduates from Murphy Institute programs in Labor Studies and Urban Studies. Congratulations to all!
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Uberization and Its Discontents: The On-Demand Economy and the Future of Full-time Work
By Eric Levitz Even at dinner, Rich Armstead stays on Task. An hour ago, the 32-year-old comedian finished assembling an IKEA bed for a woman in Brooklyn Heights. When he’s done with his cheeseburger, he’ll follow the waitress back into the kitchen of this Chelsea pub, and fix the sink’s leaking drainpipe. “It’s a hustle,…
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Ruth Milkman in the New York Times: Gawker, Millennials, and the Future of Labor
In “Millennials May Turn the Tide Toward Unionization,” featured in yesterday’s New York Times, Murphy Professor Ruth Milkman offers tempered optimism about Gawker Media staffers’ recent unionization and the potential for new labor organizing campaigns: “…in the “new economy,” young workers are less likely to be unionized than their older counterparts. But that doesn’t seem to reflect workers’…
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Kopkind 2015 Call for Participants
Kopkind, the magical retreat in Southern Vermont for media makers and activists is headed for its 17th summer, and is calling for people who are interested in attending to send letters of intent. The political camp for journalists and activists will run from J. The deadline for applying for this camp is Saturday, June 13. The project was started…
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