Mexico Labor Year in Review
This article was first published in Mexican Labor News and Analysis. By Dan La Botz 2015 was another in a series of very bad years for Mexico. Mexican working people continued to experience in 2015 the...
View ArticleUnions, Workers, and the Democratic Party
The Murphy Institute is known for its public programming, bringing thinkers, leaders and policymakers together to discuss the issues vital to making change in our city and our world. This past...
View ArticleScalia’s Death & The Future of Labor
The death of Antonin Scalia has marked a significant and surprising development in US politics. Republican senators are vowing to reject any nominee Obama makes to the court and attempting to call into...
View ArticleMexican Labor News and Analysis: February, 2016
Dan La Botz continues to bring us fascinating commentary on labor in Mexico with the February edition of Mexican Labor News & Analysis. Check out the contents below & read on: Contents for this...
View ArticleTime to double down: What the demise of Friedrichs means for labor
By Allison Porter When Antonin Scalia died in Texas last month, public sector unions got some breathing room. Friedrichs vs California Teachers Association — the case that was expected to overturn...
View ArticleNew Labor Forum Highlights: March 21, 2016
The New Labor Forum has launched 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...
View ArticleCUNY On Strike?
By Sarah Hughes If you’ve been around Murphy recently, you’ve probably heard rumblings about the PSC contract battle. As a labor school, Murphy Institute faculty, students and staff study and put into...
View ArticleFacing up to the Failure of Carbon Markets: TUED Working Paper #6
Carbon Markets After Paris: Trading in Trouble By Sean Sweeney, Coordinator of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the “intended nationally determined contributions”...
View ArticleEVENT: Reworking Labor: The Case of Uber and the Gig Economy (4/6)
A Student-Organized Forum RSVP Here This forum will examine the transformation of work at Uber, a leader in the burgeoning “gig economy.” Advocates of this new model argue that the “gig economy”...
View ArticleFriedrichs Decision Brings Victory for Public Sector Unions — For Now
It’s the case that’s had the labor movement on edge: Friedrichs v CTA. At stake? Public sector unions’ right to claim fees from their members. Today, the Supreme Court delivered a split vote decision....
View ArticleBangladesh Police Open Fire on Protest Against Coal Power Plants
By Michael O’Neil, for Trade Unions for Energy Democracy In the Chittagong district of Bangladesh, thousands of villagers held what they described as a peaceful protest over multiple days at the...
View ArticleWisconsin Right-to-Work Law Struck Down by District Court
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Some Americans known him from his short stint as an also-ran in the race for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Most on the left also know him as one of the more...
View ArticleMurphy Prof. Steve Brier in NYTimes Editorial on CUNY
What’s the future of CUNY? To understand what might come, it helps to look at what’s passed. How did CUNY become what it is today? What’s at stake in preserving an autonomous CUNY? An editorial by the...
View ArticleAnd a Union: Minimum-Wage Victories & the Fight for Worker Power
Minimum-wage victories must be part of a broader strategy to win worker power.
View ArticleCongress of Unions in São Paulo Urges Governments to Stop Fracking
With Dilma’s impeachment imminent, unions unite against “coups and corruption.” TUCA-CSA 3rd Congress, São Paulo, April 28th, 2016 More than 500 delegates representing unions in the Americas today...
View ArticleSummer Graduate Class: Occupational Health & Safety
Taught by Robin Gillespie Register for LABR669 Special Topics: Occupational Health & Safety M & W, 6:15-8:45 pm, from June 6 to July 21, 2016. Workplace health, safety and wellness determine...
View ArticleCurrent 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,...
View ArticleNew Labor Forum Highlights: May 31st, 2016
The New Labor Forum has launched 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...
View ArticleReflections from the Verizon Strike
After 45 days on strike, nearly 40,000 Verizon workers have agreed to head back to work. Having reached a tentative agreement with the communications giant, the workers state that they have achieved...
View ArticleLabor and Climate Change: What Comes Next?
For a while, it looked like we’d have to choose: labor or climate; jobs or the planet. But with unions like the CWA increasingly calling for action on climate change, some of these once-divergent...
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