Labor
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New Labor Forum Highlights: Oct. 31st, 2016
The New Labor Forum has launched a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. In this week’s newsletter, we look policy issues — work and family — that normally fail to receive the political…
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Is this the Bad Kind of Unionism?
This article was originally featured in Jacobin and represents one of many perspectives on the question of police and unions. On Friday, October 21st, 2016, the Murphy Institute hosted Black, Brown and Blue, a conversation bringing together academics, activists, students, and practitioners to pose crucial questions concerning the criminal justice system and the labor movements’ place and…
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Police Organization Chief Apologizes for Mistreatment of Minorities
On Friday, October 21st, 2016, the Murphy Institute hosted Black, Brown and Blue, a conversation bringing together academics, activists, students, and practitioners to pose crucial questions concerning the criminal justice system and the labor movements’ place and responsibility within it. This week, an important — if controversial — announcement came from an unlikely place. Terrence Cunningham, president…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: Oct. 17th, 2016
NLF Editorial Board Member Adolph Reed starts this issue of Highlights with a pushback. While the increased attention to police brutality and the injustice of our criminal justice system is essential, Reed argues that the one-dimensional focus on race obscures an understanding of the “ immensely fortified and self-reproducing institutional and industrial structure” of the carceral…
