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Fall 2015 is coming quick…will you be fighting for change?
“I felt like I was in it, in the movement. That feeling of belonging is really powerful. Most importantly, it gave me tools and tactics, and helped me prioritize those tactics.” – Spring 2012 Union Semester participant Spend your next semester in the NYC Labor Movement! New York Union Semester pairs students with union internships…
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Association of Pennsylvania College and University Faculties (APSCUF) Seeks Organizer
The Association of Pennsylvania College and University Faculties (APSCUF) seeks a highly motivated organizer. This is a full-time permanent position primarily focused on internal organizing of faculty and coaches at Pennsylvania’s 14 publicly-owned universities. The organizer will work with APSCUF office managers at the 14 universities to build leadership capacity of union members, recruit new…
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“Prepare Yourself for Great Things”: Introducing Matt Sedillo
Matt Sedillo is a poet, worker and artist living in Los Angeles. His book of poems “For What I Might Do Tomorrow” was released in 2010 by Caza De Poesia. Here, the two time national slam poet answers some questions posed by Arts and Culture co-editor Samina Shahidi. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/v/hQUAxBr1Kco?start=0&end=63&w=560&h=315] The poem “The Devil” by…
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Summer Graduate Class: Queering Labor
The Labor Studies Program invites you to enroll in our summer graduate class: Queering Labor June 8 to July 24, T&Th, 6:15-8:45pm Facilitated by Colin Patrick Ashley Queering Labor will address the role of economic structures and the question of labor in relationship to sexual identities and sexual desire. This course will cover the impact…
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