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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.

  • ORGANIZING BEYOND BARRIERS: Organizing or Research Internships and Training

    Organizing Beyond Barriers (OBB) is UNITE HERE’s nationally coordinated program to build a progressive alliance of workers and students by teaching, agitating, and inspiring people to fight for justice. We place a lot of emphasis on training and fieldwork. People learn by doing, whether it’s hearing about the real situations of working people in a

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  • 32 BJ, Senior Regional Communications Specialist: NEW YORK

    32BJ SEIU, the largest property service union in the country, is seeking an aggressive, nimble and creative Senior Regional Communications Specialist to help develop and drive a comprehensive and strategic communications program centered on 32BJ’s new organizing campaigns in the New York City region, among other responsibilities.  The communications program includes media relations, social media

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  • In Solidarity: Working-Class Organization and Strategy in the United States

    Featuring Kim Moody Friday, May 2, 2014 – 7:00pm The New School, room 404 66 West 12 St New York, NY 10011 See map: Google Maps Haymarket Books and Jacobin Magazine are hosting a labor panel featuring Labor Notes founder Kim Moody, “one of the leading intellectuals of the labor movement” according to Robin Kelley,

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  • March with the PSC on May Day—Thurs., May 1

    Demand $5K for CUNY’s Low-Wage Workers Demand Fair Contracts, Fair Wages and Job Security for All Working People Adjuncts, full timers, faculty, and staff—we need your presence and your indomitable spirit at the May Day march and rally, Thurs., May 1, 5:00 p.m., starting at City Hall. As part of a national mobilization, academic unions

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