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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.

  • Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium Seeks Program Coordinator Consulting Services

    If you have a passion for improving working conditions for workers in apparel industry supply chains and would like to support public procurement practices that reflect those values, then serving as the Program Coordinator for the Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium may be for you.   The Sweatfree Purchasing Consortium (“the Consortium”) is seeking part-time consulting services

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  • New Labor Forum Highlights: Dec. 19th, 2018

    The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly 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. In this holiday season, if you’ve resisted online shopping through Amazon, you’re in the diminishing minority. More than half of all

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  • NYC Public Design Commission Seeks Quality Affordable Housing Research Associate

    Scope of Work: The Quality Affordable Housing Research Associate will work with the Public Design Commission (PDC) and the AIANYC Housing Committee for a term of 33 weeks to create an inventory and public-facing geodatabase of affordable housing case studies from across the globe. This effort is Phase II of the Quality Affordable Housing initiative, following the

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