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Unions and Cooperatives: How Workers Can Survive and Thrive
This article was originally featured at Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. By Brian Van Slyke, Truthout The year 2008 was when the big banks were bailed out, but it was also the year that catalyzed one group of window makers into democratically running their own factory. On the former industrial hub of Goose Island in Chicago,…
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Artists-in-Residence: SPS Workers Share Their Photography, Inspiration
By Zenzile Greene-Daniel In December of last year, I was honored to be invited to participate in a special Brown Bag lunch at SPS in which I and three of my colleagues gave individual presentations on our use of the medium of photography. I was very excited to take part — and especially to learn…
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Damayan Cleaning Cooperative: From Labor Trafficking to Worker Ownership
On the Laura Flanders Show this week, Damayan Cleaning Cooperative, the first Filipina migrant worker-cooperative in the United States had a chance to tell their story. Comprised primarily of survivors of labor trafficking, these cooperative members have created dignified, democratic livelihoods for themselves by starting a cleaning cooperative. This work connects to Damayan Migrant Workers Association‘s work…
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Welcoming a New Class of Union Semester Students!
Welcome our spring 2016 NY Union Semester class! Andrew Brockwell Born and raised on Long Island, Andrew is a recently graduate of SUNY Old Westbury with a degree in Labor Relations. Ambitious and intelligent, he is joining the Union Semester program to gain insight and experience in working for a union and learn how, as…
