Labor
-
Cooperative Business and the State of Higher Education
Cooperative business models are increasingly recognized as an essential element for transforming our economy. But where can you go to learn about them? In a recent article in the Chronicle Review (Curricular Cop-out on Coops), Nathan Schneider offers a somewhat dispiriting picture of the higher education landscape for cooperative economics. He writes: Education has been a basic…
-
Harvard Dining Service Workers Commence Strike
This morning, Harvard dining service workers walked off the job and went on strike. This marks the first walk out at the University since 1983. Today’s strike saw 700 workers rallying in Science Center Plaza and marching to Massachusetts Hall. From the Harvard Crimson: Over the course of the months-long bargaining—which began mid-June—Harvard and union…
-
Standing Rock-Solid with the Frackers
This post was originally featured at New Labor Forum. By Sean Sweeney If anyone were looking for further evidence that the AFL-CIO remains unprepared to accept the science of climate change, and unwilling to join with the effort being made by all of the major labor federations of the world to address the crisis, the…
-
UMass Labor Center in Jeopardy
While the Murphy Institute establishes itself as a labor school, the state of labor education nationwide remains perilous. The latest news comes from the Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst: with the sudden departure this month of its director Eve Weinbaum, who has said the she was forced out of her position, plus the…
