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Union Semester Success Story: Brittany Anderson
How do you create a labor organizer? SLU’s Union Semester program is a good place to start. Just ask Brittany Anderson. Brittany suspected early on that the American Dream wasn’t real for most working people. Raised in rural Minnesota by a single mom who worked multiple jobs, income inequality wasn’t a theoretical concept, it was…
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NEW DEADLINE: Spring 2020 Tuition Scholarship Application Now Open
DEADLINE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO JANUARY 9th, 2020 The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) is offering both continuing and new SLU students and LEAP to Teacher (LTT) students tuition assistance scholarships for the Spring 2020 semester. Scholarships will be awarded on a semester-by-semester basis by the SLU Scholarship Committee. Transcripts, financial aid…
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Video: Going Big: Reversing Trump’s Agenda & Modernizing Labor Rights
On Friday, November 15th, SLU hosted a Labor Forum on the future of labor rights. 135 people attended to hear how the labor movement can fight for workers’ rights and protections while the Trump administration continues to attempt to roll them back. Featured speakers included: Randi Weingarten — President of the American Federation of Teachers…
