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AFT Hiring Senior Associate
Job Title: Senior Associate Unit: AFTSU Job Number: AOF-58-31-1015-V Supervisor: Assistant to the President for Research and Strategic Initiatives Department: Research and Strategic Initiatives Annual Salary: $82,463.54 Special Note: The purpose of the position is to conduct research in close coordination with AFT staff and affiliates, with a particular focus on AFT’s Nurses and Health Professionals…
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Why America Needs Worker Co-Ops More Than Ever
Featured photo credit: USDA Photo by Lance Cheung, via Flickr CC This article originally appeared at Triple Pundit. By Daniel Faris America is no longer a representative democracy—a fact underscored by decades of grotesque and steadily worsening economic inequality and an election process that depends more on wealthy donors than on an informed electorate. Case in point: the…
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UC Labor Center — 2016 Lead Organizer Training
The coming years will present exciting challenges for labor and community groups. Unions and community-based organizations will need skilled staff in order to tackle the mounting needs placed before them and their constituents. The UC Berkeley Labor Center will offer a Lead Organizer Training on January 20-22, 2016, featuring these topics: Staff/Leadership Development • Wellness/Healthy…
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“Black Lives Matter/Fight For $15: A New Social Movement” Sparks Conversation
On October 19th, the Murphy Institute had a packed house for “Black Lives Matter/Fight For $15: A New Social Movement,” sponsored by the Murphy Institute and the Sidney Hillman Foundation. The forum panelists highlighted that the growing movements, Black Lives Matter and Fight For $15, share in the struggle for access to justice and equality. These…
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