Labor
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The Unmet Promise of Labor’s Resuscitation (12/8)
December 8th, 2017 5:30-8pm Murphy Institute 25 W. 43rd St., 18th Floor, New York, NY RSVP HERE New Labor Forum, first published in September 1997, was founded to contribute to the new possibilities for debate and discussion among labor and its allies in the wake of the AFL-CIO’s first ever contested elections in 1995. In…
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Jail Workers & the Fight to Close Rikers
The fight to close the Rikers Island Jail complex has received renewed attention since Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan last March to close down the facility in the next 10 years. Many have welcomed the moved, but one group has expressed resistance: correctional officers. In a recent article in the Daily News, Brooklyn…
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Conference: Janus & Beyond: The Future of Public Workers (11/17)
Friday, November 17th, 2017 9am-4pm Murphy Institute 25 W. 43rd St., 18th Floor, New York, NY REGISTER HERE Join union leaders, scholars and activists during this one-day conference to discuss the implications of the Janus v. AFSCMEcase for workers and organized labor, possible immediate outcomes, and strategic options for combatting the attack on public sector unionism.…
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Building Power before Janus – And After: Lessons from CUNY
This article was originally featured at Labor Notes. Want to learn more about public sector unionism? Join us for a one day conference on November 17th, “Janus and Beyond: The Future of Public Sector Unions.” By Luke Elliott-Negri As recently as 2014, just 22 percent of my co-workers were members of our chapter in our…
