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Getting To Know Elizabeth Hawes, 1903-1971
By Kitty Weiss Krupat A brief profile of the American fashion designer, Elizabeth Hawes, appeared in T: The New York Times Style Magazine on Sunday, June 15. The essay, by Alice Gregory, is titled The Most Brilliant Fashion Designer, and it starts this way: Introducing Elizabeth Hawes: genius writer, wry cultural commentator, perverse humorist, gifted artist and…
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Thoughts on Union Structures, Labor History And Union Member Consciousness
By Nick Unger Introduction “Insurgent movements are not the product of hard times; they are the product of insurgent cultures.” Lawrence Goodwyn, The Populist Moment The generation that builds it really gets it; they were there. But what of those who come later? How do they get the word? This is not a problem unique…
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NYC Internship Program: Workplace Organizing Training
New York Communities for Change (NYCC) seeks candidates committed to social and economic justice who are currently living in the New York City area who are looking for organizing training and experience. Through a paid entry-level internship program, NYCC provide training and education on organizing within key sectors of the largely non-unionized workforce. Participants…
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US Labor Combating Environmental Injustices: Organizing Locally and Globally
By Eduardo Rosario What is the history of the coalition between the labor movement and the environmental justice movement? To answer that question, I looked at labor’s activities on environmental issues in three time periods: 1948 to 1972, 1973 to the 1990s, and the 1990s to the present. The labor movement took the lead on…
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