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Harris v. Quinn: Separate, and not equal
Jane McAlevey is working on her PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center. This article was originally posted on Waging Nonviolence It’d be more than alarming and resoundingly condemned if any institution in the United States tried to take our country back to the days before Dred Scott, or to when people of color in this…
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Temporary (6 Week) Position with SEIU Local 32BJ
The Contracts and Grievance Center of SEIU Local 32BJ is looking for a temporary, six-week, assistant in our New York City office. The assistant will help us ensure that members’ workplace disputes have been resolved and properly documented. The temporary assistant will review grievance files, interact with our members regarding their workplace issues, update our…
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Readers Responses to: Thoughts on Union Structures, Labor History And Union Member Consciousness
Last week we posted a piece from Nick Unger about union structures, labor history and union member consciousness. Below, you can find seven responses from readers of The Murphy Institute Blog. Stay tuned for Part 2 of Nick Unger’s Series, coming soon. From Gene Carroll at The Worker Institute at Cornell A few years back…
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Recap of Last Night’s Diversity Scholarship Event at The Murphy Institute
John Mogulescu Is the Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Professional Studies Last night the Murphy Institute hosted the second annual Promoting Diversity and Excellence in Union Leadership and Labor Scholarship Reception. It was a wonderful evening. Four emerging labor leaders received the 2014 Rising Leader Awards. That was…
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