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Event: Solidarity Economies & Worker Coops (12/4)
December 4, 8:30 -10:30am The Murphy Institute 25 W. 43 Street, 18 Floor The local movement of worker cooperatives, supported by the City Council, has increasingly caught the imagination of workers and organizers. What is the potential and what are the limitations of worker co-ops in building a movement for economic and social justice? To what…
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Graduate Class: Climate Crisis and the Labor Movement
The Labor Studies Program invites all union members, activists, and CUNY & non‐CUNY graduate-level students to enroll in our special topics graduate class: CLIMATE CRISIS AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT: Trade Unions and Social Movement Approaches to Climate Change and Ecological Degradation Taught by Sean Sweeney Thursdays, January 28th to May 12th, 2016 @ 6:15-8:45pm The emergence…
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What is Worker Cooperative Development?
Want more on worker cooperatives, solidarity economies, and the role of organized labor? Join us at the Murphy Institute on December 4th for our upcoming Labor Breakfast Forum, Solidarity Economies: Worker Coops. This article originally appeared at Grassroots Economic Organizing. By Christopher Michael In the 1980s, the British government supported a comprehensive system of local worker…
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Raise the Age!
By Ken Francis It’s October, and a group of students are lined up against a fence outside their school, bundled up against the unexpected frost. Hoodies are pulled taut, hands are gloved and beanies with bright pom-poms are pulled low. These students, aged 10 through 15, are waiting to shake their principal’s hand before they…
