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New Labor Forum Highlights: October 22nd, 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. As progressive organizing surges within and around the Democratic Party, activists looking toward “the left wing of the possible” increasingly turn
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What’s the Deal with Tariffs?
When the president starts talking trade protectionism, it can be hard to know how to evaluate his rhetoric. SLU professor Stephanie Luce untangled some of the history and policy particulars of the thorny subject of tariffs for Organizing Upgrade: Donald Trump voiced the real concerns of many Americans when he spoke of the need to
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Video: Energy from Unlikely Sources
On Friday, October 12th, members of the wider SLU community gathered to ask big questions about the future of the labor movement. 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 by employers of vehicles that enable them
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Welcome Letter from SLU Dean Greg Mantsios
Dear Friends of the Murphy Institute and the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies; On this Labor Day weekend, I want to welcome everyone to the new CUNY School for Labor and Urban Studies (SLU). As you may know, the School traces its roots to the Murphy Institute which was re-constituted as a CUNY
