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Save the Date! Organizing 2.0, June 6-7, 2014 A conference for organizers, techies & activists @ Murphy
Organizing 2.0 brings together hundreds of leaders, organizers, fundraisers, techies and activists to share our collective wisdom, skills, and talents. There will be workshops, trainings, discussions, consulting and networking opportunities, visionary speakers, and a provocative debate around strategy and practices. Over two days here at the Murphy Institute, we will bring together hundreds of people…
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UNION ORGANIZER – MAINE STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, SEIU LOCAL 1989
MAINE STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, SEIU LOCAL 1989 Summary: Maine State Employees Association, SEIU Local 1989 is seeking to hire an experienced union professional to expand a strategic and aggressive organizing effort in Maine. Description: MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 represents roughly 15,000 public and private sector workers across Maine. We are committed to fundamentally changing the conditions…
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Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) – Administrative Assistant/ Bookkeeper
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) Exciting Opportunity for an Administrative Assistant/ Bookkeeper with a Commitment to Economic Justice The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) has been in the forefront of the economic justice movement in L.A. since 1993. LAANE is known for its broad-based labor/community coalitions and its combination…
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The Significance of the TWU and UFT Labor Contracts
Written by James Parrott, the Chief Economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute For the first time in nearly five years, major labor agreements were recently reached covering public sector workers in New York City. On April 17, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 concluded a new 5-year contract dating from January 2012 covering 34,000 workers…
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