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The School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) comes out of a singular collaboration among labor unions, city workers, community organizations and academic institutions and their faculty and staff. Our blog is a window into this dynamic intellectual and politically engaging community.
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4M ago
As we end 2023, we turn to the light of a new year. As hard as the suffering and injustice is this year, and as we know with great sadness ..read more
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4M ago
Co-op Cincy hosted its symposium in October and we were there along with many from the Union Co-op Council of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives. We mapped the unionized ..read more
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4M ago
Sign up for the listserve and notifications here: Union Co-ops Council Join our Case Study Working Group CWOP is hosting a collaborative to collect case studies that can be shared ..read more
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4M ago
Sociocracy for All In October CWOP and the Murphy Institute at SLU hosted training with SoFA in partnership with Brooklyn Legal Services A. This aimed to help develop those coming ..read more
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4M ago
On the weekend of October 20th, 2023 two CUNY graduate students affiliated with the Community and Worker Ownership Project (CWOP) at the School of Labor and Urban Studies traveled to ..read more
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4M ago
Exploring Worker Justice: A Journey into the Intersection of Immigration, Labor Rights, and Cooperative Business Models By Vanessa Crowe As an Economics student who is deeply passionate about social service ..read more
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4M ago
By Abbie Harper The paradox of noble-cause corruption, unethical actions taken in pursuit of the greater good, is so prevalent in the non-profit sector that it’s become normalized. And due ..read more
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8M ago
Author: Rob Persons, SLU MA student The economy doesn’t work for the vast majority of people. Wages are low, costs are high, and employers treat workers like replaceable cogs. The ..read more
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11M ago
The real Mother’s Day present is ending forced family separation – says working Filipino mothers who labor as domestic workers in the US while their children are in the Philippines ..read more
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1y ago
In SLU’s Urban Studies undergraduate program, students deepen and explore their interests in social, economic, and political issues affecting city residents. Students in URB 340: Contemporary Urban Social Problems with ..read more