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American Airlines and US Airways Service Agents Vote to Join Union
This month, service agents at the recently-merged American Airlines and US Airways held a combined union election, voting on whether or not to join CWA-IBT, a joint union of the Communications Workers of America and the Teamsters. The stakes were high: an upvote would mean the un-unionized American Airlines would join in US Airways workers’ collective…
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New Report Shows Connection Between Sea Level Rise, Affordable Housing
This weekend, over 300,000 people took to the streets to demand action on climate change. Many of the protesters took pains to demonstrate that climate change and global warming are not “just” environmental issues — they are closely connected to issues of labor, civil rights and housing, too. In a report recently released by the…
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Basil Smikle on MSNBC
Basil Smikle Jr. has been an Adjunct Professor at the Murphy Institute for over six years, teaching classes under the umbrella of Urban Studies in the Public Administration Certificate in Policy Analysis and Government, Politics and the Policy-Making Process. This weekend, he appeared on MSNBC to discuss the Democratic party and the 2016 Presidential Election.…
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Labor and the People’s Climate March
Photo shows Master’s degree alum Bill Cali marching with the Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU. By Stephanie Luce Murphy faculty, staff and students were among the over-310,000 people who participated in the People’s Climate March on September 21. Labor unions first gathered for a rally at 57th Street and Broadway before the march began, and…
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