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Unions, Collective Bargaining and Soccer Players
By Jay Youngdahl This June, the men’s World Cup will begin. Billions of people throughout the world will cheer their favorite team and players. Given the diverse nature of the Murphy Institute community, there will be cheerful disagreement as to which team is the best. However, in a special treat for soccer fans associated with…
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“Salting” Built the Labor Movement—It Can Help Rebuild It, Too
This post was originally featured at Jacobin. By Erik Forman The Left has a long tradition of asking ourselves, “What is to be done?” Ever since Lenin posed this rhetorical question, it has served as the hook for an ever-expanding genre of think pieces and calls to action on every imaginable social-movement dilemma. “What is…
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New Ruling Protects NYS Workers Paid Via Prepaid Debit Cards
Approximately 200,000 workers get paid via debit cards and have long suffered from the fees that come along with them. From ATM withdrawal fees to charges for paper statements and even inactivity fees, these extra charges add up — and can be have a big impact on workers’ take-home pay. Now, thanks to new rules released last…
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Interpretations of Work: New Calendar From CUNY, NYTimes
The CUNY/New York Times in Education 2016 calendar was just released. Called “Working People,” it’s a beautiful and informative document that lifts up work and workers, serving as a piece of art, journey through history, and useful calendar all-in-one. From CUNY Chancellor James B. Milliken’s introduction to the calendar: Work. It’s what most of us have to do to earn the money we need…
