murphy events
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Photos and Video: Janus and Beyond: the Future of Public Sector Unions
Many thanks to everyone who supported our recent conference, “Janus and Beyond: the Future of Public Sector Unions,” held November 17th and sponsored by the Cornell Worker Institute and the Murphy Institute at CUNY. Over 170 union activists, leaders, staff and allies attended, coming from over 40 labor locals, councils and federations. The energy in…
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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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Photos: The City is The Factory: Discussion and Book Party
On November 3rd, faculty, students and community members gathered for a lively discussion and celebration of The City Is the Factory: New Solidarities and Spatial Strategies in an Urban Age, co-edited by Miriam Greenberg, University of Santa Cruz and Penny Lewis, Murphy Institute, CUNY. Contributors Penny Lewis, Miriam Greenberg, Stephanie Luce, Shannon Gleason and Melissa Checker…
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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.…
