Organizing
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Grad Students Are Employees: NLRB’s Historic New Ruling
It’s a battle cry that graduate students have been chanting for years: let us organize! Today, in a historic 3-1 ruling, the NLRB declared that graduate students at private universities are, in fact, employees — and are therefore eligible to organize, unionize and bargain as such. This ruling marks a reversal of the 2004 Brown University decision, wherein…
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Fight for Fifteen: A National Convening
By Sarah Aziza Thousands converged in Richmond, Virginia over the weekend to participate in the Fight For $15’s first-ever national convention. Central to the two-day gathering was the historic Richmond Resolution, a statement of purpose and strategy that members approved unanimously on August 13. The convention culminated on Saturday, as 8,000 people marched in sweltering…
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Dial-an-Organizer: Using Storytelling and Emotion to Build Movements
By Kressent Pottenger Imagine: you call a hotline to complain about how you were fired for being pregnant or harassed by your manager. On the other end, an operator gives you advice on organizing and labor law. It sounds unlikely today, but in the 1970s, a group of women clerical workers, frustrated with their treatment,…
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Current and Former Murphy Students on Democracy Now!
Yesterday’s edition of Democracy Now! featured current Murphy Institute Advanced Certificate student Bob Master and Labor Studies MA alum Pam Galpern, participants in the Verizon workers strike, talking about why they’re striking, how Verizon has responded and where they’ll go from here. Check out the coverage at Democracy Now!
