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Working Families Party Seeks Membership Engagement Coordinator
LOCATION (flexible) Brooklyn, NY, Washington, DC, Hartford, CT, Philadelphia, PA, or Baltimore, MD WORKING FAMILIES OVERVIEW Working Families is a progressive independent political organization that fights for social, economic, and racial justice– and wins. Formed by labor unions, community organizations, and grassroots activists, our aim is to advance bold policy goals that support dignity and…
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Paid Family Leave Should Be Required
This article was originally posted on Times Union. By Ed Ott and Nancy Rankin As we head back to work after the Labor Day weekend, it’s a good time to reflect on how things are going for New York’s 9 million working people. We’ve made some progress this year: the lowest-paid workers got the first installment of…
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Community Organizing with WE ACT
Last fall, the Murphy Institute launched a B.A. in Urban and Community Studies. The program focuses on public policy, the delivery of services, and improving the quality of life for communities and working-class populations. Students in the program use methods and perspectives from sociology, economics, political science, history, and anthropology to analyze the conditions of…
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The Labor Question
By Joshua Freeman In a Labor Day op-ed article in the NY Daily News, I argued that even as unions have suffered a series of setbacks and continue to slip in the percentage of workers they represent, labor issues are more prominent now than at any time in the recent past. What we are seeing…
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