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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 York New Jersey Regional Joint Board Seeks Organizer (Mandarin-Speaking)

    Labor Organizer The New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board, Workers United a/w SEIU seeks an experienced organizer who views labor organizing through a social justice lens. S/he must be deeply connected to issues such as workplace fairness, immigration, racial justice, education, and housing rights, for example. As an organizer at the Joint Board, you

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  • CUNY Central Seeks International Education Specialist (Non-Teaching Adjunct/Part-Time)

    Apply Here Non-Teaching Adjunct/International Education Specialist CUNY Office of Academic Affairs Description: CUNY’s Central Office of Academic Affairs is seeking a part-time International Education Specialist to provide a range of services to support the Office of Academic Affairs’ oversight of study abroad programming in collaboration with the Office of General Counsel, Office of Environmental Health,

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  • Warehouse Workers for Justice Seeks Organizer

    Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ) leads the fight for good, living wage jobs among the thousands of transportation and logistics workers in the Chicago area, the largest intermodal logistics hub on the planet. The campaign blends union and worker’ center models, focuses on long-term leadership development, alliances with community organizations, and development of innovative organizing

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  • Mexico Labor Year in Review

    This article was first published in Mexican Labor News and Analysis. By Dan La Botz 2015 was another in a series of very bad years for Mexico. Mexican working people continued to experience in 2015 the difficulties of a stagnant economy, the violence of the drug war, repression of the labor and social movements, and

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