Labor
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On Equity in Our Workforce
By Rebecca Lurie As I read the latest paper by Steve Dawson on workforce, once again I am grateful for the principles and practices he describes so well. (And succinctly! So if you have time to read a one-pager, do it! And don’t bother to read my post!) Dawson’s paper, “Class Dismissed Defining Equity in…
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Video: The Next Generation: Young Workers Building Movements
On December 6th, members of SLU community gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by young adults in building the labor movement. Despite the recent weakness of the U.S. labor movement, young workers are invigorating unions and other working-class organizations throughout the country, showing the promise of a new broad-based progressive movement. Social media-driven…
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Event: The Next Generation: Young Workers Building Movements (12/6)
Thursday, December 6th, 2018 6pm – 8pm ET CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10036 RSVP HERE Despite the recent weakness of the U.S. labor movement, young workers are invigorating unions and other working-class organizations throughout the country, showing the promise of a new broad-based…
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Video: Energy from Unlikely Sources
On Friday, October 12th, members of the wider SLU community gathered to ask big questions about the future of the labor movement. For more than a quarter century, workers and the U.S. labor movement have sustained significant setbacks, including the broad expansion of “right-to-work” conditions; the increasing use by employers of vehicles that enable them…
