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Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) Seeks Development Director
The Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) works to improve wages and working conditions for restaurant workers nationwide. Initially founded in New York City after September 11, 2001 to provide support to restaurant workers displaced as a result of the World Trade Center tragedy, ROC United has grown into a national restaurant workers’ organization with…
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2020 AFSCME Union Scholars Program
The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is pleased to partner with Harvard University’s Labor and Worklife Program to sponsor the Union Scholars Program. AFSCME is one of the nation’s largest labor unions, representing public service employees and retirees across the country. Harvard’s Labor and Worklife Program, located in the Harvard Law…
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SLU Welcomes New Students For Spring Semester
On January 15th, 41 new students attended SLU’s Spring 2020 orientation. Students got to meet their spring cohort classmates and other current SLU students, and hear from faculty, advisors, and staff from career services, library services and IT. We look forward to what this wonderful new class of students will bring to our school. Welcome!
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The James Irvine Foundation Company Location Seeks Director of Program Development (DPD) (San Francisco, CA)
POSITION SUMMARY The Director of Program Development (DPD): Identifies opportunities for new projects and initiatives, utilizing multisector partnerships, grantmaking, and other Foundation assets, to advance Irvine’s singular focus on a California where all low-wage workers have the power to advance economically Builds relationships with leaders in other organizations (labor, private, public, and nonprofit) to develop…
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