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New Labor Forum Highlights: Oct 16th, 2017
The New Labor Forum has launched 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. Nearly a month ago, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico at the speed of 150 miles per hour. To this day,…
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Building Power before Janus – And After: Lessons from CUNY
This article was originally featured at Labor Notes. Want to learn more about public sector unionism? Join us for a one day conference on November 17th, “Janus and Beyond: The Future of Public Sector Unions.” By Luke Elliott-Negri As recently as 2014, just 22 percent of my co-workers were members of our chapter in our…
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Video: Getting Back on Track: The New York Transit Crisis – Part 1
This morning, the Murphy Institute hosted a forum exploring the nature and causes of the current mass transit crisis, and focusing on solutions that could enable New York to sustain itself as a world-class city. Panel 1: Kafui Attoh, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, Murphy Institute Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, City College of…
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How Poor Public Transit Makes Idiots of Us All
This post originally appeared on the London School of Economics Policy Blog. For more on the public transit crisis, join us for our October 13th forum “Getting Back on Track: The New York Transit Crisis.“ By Kafui Attoh The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities,…
