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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.

  • SEIU Local 888 Hiring for Multiple Positions (Braintree, MA)

    Director of Internal Organizing Based in Braintree, MA GENERAL DESCRIPTION Be a part of a movement that is confronting corporate greed and mistreatment of workers, raising the standards of public service jobs, and winning dignity and respect on the job through solidarity and action. SEIU Local 888, a statewide union of public service workers uniting

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  • Event: Energy From Unlikely Sources: Opportunities For New Organizing (10/12)

    Fri, October 12, 2018 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10036 RSVP HERE For more than a quarter century, workers and the U.S. labor movement have sustained significant setbacks, including the broad expansion of “right-to-work” conditions; the increasing use

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  • New Labor Forum Highlights: October 1st, 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. CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies faculty Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce have released their annual report on the status

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  • Office of the Manhattan Borough President Seeks Interns

    Organization/Company: Office of the Manhattan Borough President Industry: Government Title: (3) Community Planning Internships Full-time/Part-time/Un-paid Job Description: Under supervision the intern would get engaged in the following activities: Developing their own research project on land use and planning related issues Assisting staff with collecting and preparing data for land use projects taking place in the borough of Manhattan Joining

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