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Fall 2014 NY Union Semester Students
Holiday decorations have taken over nearby Bryant Park, the mornings are getting chillier, midterms have come and gone, our mid-semester internship check-ups are complete, and New York Union Semester will be winding down in just a few weeks. Before they move on to other exciting endeavors, meet our students! They each bring something unique to…
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Rev. Al Sharpton Talks Protest and Policing at Murphy
Earlier this semester, a full house attended a special forum entitled “From Protest to Policy: Policing in Communities of Color,” kicking off the Fall 2014 Labor Breakfast Forum series at the Murphy Institute. The event was moderated by CUNY Prof. John Mollenkopf and featured the Reverend Al Sharpton, who talked about the controversial policing tactics…
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Labor & the Climate Justice Movement at Murphy
On Friday, Oct 31st, the New Labor Forum hosted Bill McKibben, Jill Furillo, Chris Erikson, Estela Vazquez and Sean Sweeney to discuss labor and the climate justice movement. Check out some of the conversation here: [youtube:http://youtu.be/5JqxysFucU0?t=30s] Want more from the New Labor Forum? Come to one of our upcoming events. The next Labor and…
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Organized Labor Hopes to Grow by Helping Immigrants Gain Citizenship
By Steve Brier One of the persistent tragedies in the history of the U.S. labor movement has been the repeated opposition of unions to organizing new immigrant workers into their ranks. Not only the old AFL, but even the more progressive and inclusive Knights of Labor, attacked new immigrants (the Chinese, in the case of…
