#uale2019 opening plenary

"#GigEconomy companies #Lyft #Uber & #Postmates are racing to file IPOs..a mad dash replete w/multibillion-dollar valuations. But is rush to start trading on public markets also a sprint to evade compliance w/#Labor law?" The Intercept #rideshare #drivers theintercept.com/2019/04/01/lyf…

I’m tired of folks reading: “working class” as white “rural” as white “suburban” as white “Appalachian” as white “rust belt” as white “undecided” as white This flattening and reductionist thinking is lazy and racist. Do better or lose always in every way.

Congrats to Union Semester @CUNYSLU student Bailey Miller on winning the Metro NY Labor Comm 2019 Student Journalism Contest #1u metrolabornyc.org/student-labor-…

Congrats to Bailey Miller current Union Semester Student at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and intern at Laborers Local 79 on being one of the awardees of the Metro NY Labor Comm Journalism Award! metrolabornyc.org/student-labor-…

Join us on Friday, May 10th! Celebrate labor journalists and communicators and Bailey! metrolabornyc.org/annual-convent…

Congrats to our Union Semester participants who have spent the semester engaging in rigorous academic study and gaining first-hand experience within the labor movement and worker-rights organizations. We are immensely proud of all they have accomplished.#Unionstrong #Democracy

Congrats to the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Spring 2019 Union Semester Students on completing the program! Laborers Local 79 PSC/CUNY New York Professional Nurses Union Writers Guild of America East NewsGuild of New York NYC NoWC United for Respect Workers United, NY NJ Joint Board

Interested in labor, community organizing, and advocacy? Join us CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies this spring semester for the Union Semester program. Take classes and get experience working the NYC social justice movement. Early applications are due Oct 1st, Apply today! slu.cuny.edu/labor-studies/…

Deadline approaching for Union Semester Spring 2020: All Apps are due by November 1st. Apply today! slu.cuny.edu/labor-studies/…

I spy a Union Semester/CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies alum standing with his colleagues and Chicago Teachers Union educators! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️ #CTUSEIUstrike #PutItInWriting #FairContractNow

Join us at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers March & Rally: What are you hiding, Wendy’s? Monday, November 18 at 5PM Trian Partners (280 Park Ave, near E 49th St.)

Young people from Immokalee are leading chants in front of the offices of Wendy’s leaders, calling for the fast food giant to combat sexual violence in its supply chain by joining the @fairfoodprogram! Want to cheer them on? Join the National #BoycottWendys Call-in Day!

#CunySLU is proud to announce that Diana Robinson, our Union Semester Program Coordinator, was named to the inaugural 2020 City & State NY Labor 40 under 40 list! Congratulations Diana! #LaborMovement #LaborOrganizer ow.ly/jtJM50z6Ezr

Thank you CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies 4 the shout out! Diana Robinson, Coordinator of SLU's Union Semester Program, has been named City & State NY 's #2020Labor40Under40." The publication describes the annual list as "rising stars in labor ... who are leading the charge." bit.ly/39Q9Jkj

.Félix V. Matos Rodríguez has announced an Emergency Relief Fund to help students facing financial hardship. Visit cuny.edu for more information.

The Metro NY Labor Comm is inviting undergrad. & grad. college journalism (& other majors) students in the tri-state area to write an essay on the theme: “The 2020 elections and My Life/My Community.” Instructions on how to submit your essay or video below. Submission deadline, May 4

Organizing 2.0 will be online on April 17 -18! Get training on the various techniques that community activists and organizers are using now, to keep working people engaged in improving their own social outcomes, in these uncertain times. RSVP now: ow.ly/ICxe50zb70b

* ONLINE TODAY! FIGHTING COVID / BUILDING POWER: Workers & Unions on the Frontlines w/ Angeles Solis Make the Road NY 🦋 Eric Loegel TWU Local 100 Mark Henry #ATULocal1056 Nikki Kateman Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW Josh Freeman CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Diana Robinson Union Semester REGISTER: tinyurl.com/FightingCOVIDM…

* ICYMI: CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies Professor Stephanie Luce, Labor Studies MA student Haley Shaffer & Union Semester students produced this important report on Writers Guild of America East & digital media workers. #1u Learn about Labor Studies at #CUNYSLU: slu.cuny.edu/labor-studies digitalmediarising.org/#better