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Calling All Applicants: 2018 Diversity Scholarship
To be eligible for the Diversity Scholarship, you must apply to and be accepted into the MA in Labor Studies, or the BA in Urban and Community Studies, labor concentration. MA or BA application deadlines: 11:59 pm, February 20th, 2018 For information about the MA and BA programs and applications, please contact: Graduate applicants contact Laurie…
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Preparing a Public Pathway to Renewable Energy: TUED Working Paper #10
Why a profit-based approach to renewable energy is failing to deliver the energy transition, and why we urgently need to pursue public alternatives. By Sean Sweeney and John Treat Why, in a world awash with “idle capital” and in desperate need for a just energy transition to a renewables-based system, are global investment levels in…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: Nov. 13th, 2017
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. While important revelations of workplace sexual harassment committed by men in the entertainment industry continue to come to light, we take…
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Jail Workers & the Fight to Close Rikers
The fight to close the Rikers Island Jail complex has received renewed attention since Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan last March to close down the facility in the next 10 years. Many have welcomed the moved, but one group has expressed resistance: correctional officers. In a recent article in the Daily News, Brooklyn…
