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Welcome to our story hub—a place where every voice, experience, and perspective comes together. Here, you’ll find all the stories we’ve shared across the site, from inspiring journeys and insightful interviews to behind-the-scenes moments and community highlights. Whether you’re looking to catch up, explore something new, or simply get inspired, this is your gateway to everything we’ve been talking about.

  • New Labor Forum Highlights: December 2019

    The New Labor Forum has a monthly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. Surveillance capitalism has opened up a whole new era in capital accumulation, the developments of which New Labor Forum continues to examine. Relying on…

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  • NEW DEADLINE: Spring 2020 Tuition Scholarship Application Now Open

    DEADLINE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO JANUARY 9th, 2020 The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) is offering both continuing and new SLU students and LEAP to Teacher (LTT) students tuition assistance scholarships for the Spring 2020 semester. Scholarships will be awarded on a semester-by-semester basis by the SLU Scholarship Committee. Transcripts, financial aid…

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  • Leap Fund Seeks Program Associate (P/T) (Brooklyn, NY)

    Leap Fund is seeking a Program Associate, who is a self-starter looking to make a meaningful contribution to a social impact start-up at the front lines of the benefits cliff. About The Problem: Millions of low income Americans are getting punished for getting a raise: the culprit is called a benefits cliff. Here’s a video…

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  • SLU and China’s SWUPL Establish MOU for International Education Exchange

    Last June, SLU adjunct professor Joshua Bienstock and China Program Manager Jiajing “Jojo” Xu visited Southwest University of Political Law and Science (SWUPL) in Chongqing, China. Joshua taught courses in negotiation and collective bargaining, and Jojo held a number of preliminary information sessions with freshman and sophomore students majoring in labor and business fields who were…

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