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Report Release: Results from the Human Services Workforce Study (10/11)

Oct 8, 2018

Featured – Labor Studies

Thu, October 11, 2018 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, 2180 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10035 RSVP HERE The results are in! Join us on October 11, 2018 for the community roll-out of the Human Service Workforce Study, sponsored by the Human Services Council, Silberman School…
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From Fast Food to Nonprofits: $15/hr in NYS

Aug 18, 2015

Featured – Labor Studies – Urban Studies

As New York State moves towards a $15/hr wage floor for fast food workers, some are asking: are fast food workers enough? In City & State this week, James Parrott and Jennifer Jones-Austin (Opinion: The Importance of a $15 Wage Floor for New York’s Nonprofits) argue for a wage increase for “[t]he 250,000 workers in…
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Prof. Abramovitz’s Human Services Research Gains Press

Dec 9, 2014

Featured – Murphy News

Prof. Mimi Abramovitz, who teaches at Hunter’s Silberman School of Social Work and here at Murphy, has been working on a study along with co-coordinator Jennifer Zelnick that looks at human service workplace and practice trends. Recently, this work has been picking up press: in November, New York Nonprofit Press wrote about the human service workforce study,…
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