labor studies
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Building Bridges with Cassy Klewicki
Cassandra Klewicki builds things. Train platforms. Bridges. And international labor organizations. Cassy is a concrete carpenter with Local 290, and how she got there was quite a journey. “I’ve worked all over, in six states and 24 countries.” she said. “I worked at a coffee farm in Ecuador. I took seasonal jobs where you live…
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Behind the Camera with Tsering Lama: Documenting Domestic Workers’ Fight for Rights
Tsering Lama knows something about story-telling. Perhaps that’s because she herself has quite a story to tell. Tsering is a Tibetan refugee, born and raised in Nepal. She came to the U.S. in 2008 hoping to work in health care, and studied psychology while supporting herself as a domestic worker. “Basically, I’ve been working and…
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Kayleigh Truman’s Journey to Broadway, and Beyond
Kayleigh Truman was destined for the spotlight. Not in it: the person behind it, running the show. Kayleigh grew up in the theatre. “My parents met at a famous old vaudeville house, Proctor’s in Schenectady, New York, so they always called me a ‘Product of Proctor’s.’ My dad got his union card when I was…
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Gabriela Quintanilla is a DREAMer
Gabriela Quintanilla is a DREAMer. And she has some big dreams. Born in El Salvador, Gabriela came to the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant at age 13 and grew up in the Catskills region of New York. She went to high school in Liberty, and was very active in her student government. When President Obama…
