Unions
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Millennials and the Labor Movement that Refuses to Die
This post was originally featured at Mobilizing Ideas. By Ruth Milkman Two years ago I focused my ASA Presidential address on social movements led by Millennials, building on Karl Mannheim’s classic treatise on “The Problem of Generations.” As the first generation of “digital natives,” and the one most directly impacted by the economic precarity that emerged from the…
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Prof. Ruth Milkman on Future Hindsight Podcast
Future Hindsight is a podcast hosted by Mila Atmos where civic engagement meets civil discourse. On last week’s show, Atmos interviewed Murphy Professor Ruth Milkman, where the two discussed the role of unions for workers, the main factors of de-unionization, and the potential leadership by millennials in this space. Listen here. [soundcloud url=”[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/436402932″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&visual=true”…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: March 5th, 2018
The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. Recently released figures for 2017 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal a reversal in the decades-long decline in unionization…
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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.…
