labor studies
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Labor Rights and College Education
This post was originally published at The Diamondback. Reposted with permission. By Olivia Delaplaine Top on the long list of worries for most graduating students is the prospect of finding a job. Each day a hiring manager doesn’t email us back or a website removes a job listing — and the looming anxiety of paying…
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A Warm Welcome to the Fall 2017 Union Semester Class!
Michael Devan Michael is a recent graduate of Queens College, where he double-majored in Political Science and Philosophy. As an undergraduate, Michael organized with student-led groups such as the Student Organization for Democratic Alternatives and the Students’ Empowerment Party, which sought to build concrete institutions for the implementation of student power. Finding many analogues between…
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Fall Graduate Class: Economic Democracy Against Economic Crisis
Taught by Evan Casper-Futterman With Guest Lectures by Dario Azzellini This class will be cross-listed in the Masters Programs of both Labor and Urban Studies. Speak to your adviser about registration. Monday nights at the Murphy Institute In the 1950s, labor unions claimed membership in 35% of the workforce. Today, density of labor unions outside of…
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Fall 2016 Capstone Presentations: Labor Studies MA
Compliments to our Fall 2016 Capstone students in the Labor Studies MA program! On November 29th and December 6th, with the supervision of Professor Lynne Turner, our MA candidates enlightened the audience and stimulated discussion about their research topics: Milica Bogetic – The Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the Incident: A Case Study of Investigators’ Emotional…
