A conversation about workers, communities and social justice

  • The U.S. Prison Industrial Complex: Is it a Labor Issue?

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    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckrc16DAU6A&w=420&h=315] Eric Lotke, Senior Research Analyst, Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Heather Ann Thompson, Professor History, Temple University, Nicole Porter, Advocacy Director, The Sentencing Project, moderator, Ed Ott, Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute on “The U.S. Prison Industrial Complex: Is it a Labor Issue?” (April 18 2013)

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  • Confronting the Climate Crisis: Can Labor Help Shape an Effective Strategy?

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    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArTjNgJ7hKo&w=420&h=315] Dr. James Hansen, Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, David Coles, President, Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union,  Canada, Bhairavi Desai, Executive director, New York Taxi Workers Alliance and Hector Figueroa, President, Local 32 BJ SEIU, Moderated by Sean Sweeney, Director Cornell Global Labor Institute on “Confronting the Climate Crisis: Can Labor…

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  • Resist Recover Rebuild: Labor Speaks out After Sandy

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    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgbaLv8r7c&w=420&h=315] Kevin Harrington, Vice President, Rapid Transit Operations, TWU Local 100, Nastaran Mohit, Occupy Sandy and the Laundry Workers Center, Michael Premo, Occupy Sandy, Judy Sheridan-Gonzales, NYS Nurses Association, Moderated by Amy Muldoon, CWA Local 1106 on “Resist Recover Rebuild: Labor Speaks out After Sandy” (December 7, 2012)

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  • Drowning in Debt: An Organizing Challenge

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    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHvk8KrXVvo&w=420&h=315] Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU, Leina Bocar, writer and organizer, Chris Kasper, artist and organizer, Suzanne Collado, labor and student community organizer, NYU Moderated by Stephanie Luce, Murphy Institute for Worker Education on “Drowning in Debt: An Organizing Challenge” (November 30th 2012)

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