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  • News Round-Up

    News Round-Up

    Another March week gone by and it’s looking more like Feburary out in snowy New York City. Here at Murphy, martial arts met the workplace in a striking feature from our Arts & Culture section. And around the world of labor… Liz Robbins wrote a great profile of Make the Road Action Fund Senior Organizer…

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  • News Round-Up

    News Round-Up

    One step closer to Right-to-Work in Wisconsin, ACA comes before the Supreme Court once more, the Feds release a report on policing in Ferguson, and more… Wisconsin takes a big step closer to becoming a right-to-work state as the State Assembly passes legislation barring unions from requiring workers to pay the equivalent of dues The…

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  • News Round-up

    News Round-up

    To the weekend! February’s slowly passing by and NYC’s sticking to record-breaking lows. Here’s some news from this past week: How can teachers unions expand their self-conception, looking at the interests of the whole working class? Bob Peterson offers some ideas via Portside. Want more on labor and education? Check out the latest issue of…

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