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Education

Why We Strike

An announcement from SENS-UAW Strike Committee

May 7, 2018 • by SENS-UAW Strike Committee

The New School administration has completely abandoned the progressive principles on which it was founded. Sidestepping demands from the community to declare The New School a sanctuary campus, the administration is engaging in widespread union-busting practices while shelling out millions for flagship buildings and fancy new fonts. With an ongoing ...

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The Origins of Mutuality

How worker co-operation has emerged and re-emerged over time in the City of London

April 27, 2018 • by Ed Mayo

Ask people what they appreciate about London, and money is outranked by the people, the culture, the opportunities and even the parks and green spaces. But when it comes to the City of London, all people remember is finance. My contribution is to unpick some of this association by telling a ...

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Charity Workers, Organize!

A guide for the overworked and underappreciated

April 20, 2018 • by Simon Jones

If you work in a charity, chances are you are not in a union. Which is unfortunate, because you will almost certainly have seen things a union can fix: low morale, poor conditions and pay, infringements of labor rights, discrimination, poor or malicious management, and work-related illness. This is a guide ...

International Women's Strike NYC

Fighting for a Better World

The fight for abortion access is up to us

March 8, 2018 • by Kate Castle

“Life is winning in America.” Mike Pence’s words echoed across the national mall, where thousands of anti-abortion activists (antis) gathered for their annual March for life in January 2017. Since those early days in office, the Trump administration has delivered on its campaign promises, such as allowing states to deny Title ...

International Women's Strike NYC

Student Workers on the Line

The New School and its policy regarding student employees

March 8, 2018 • by Louisa Strothman

On the day of the International Women’s Strike, we offer an update on the situation of the student workers union at the New School. We are still here. We are still fighting. We stand strong in our commitment to participatory democracy and collective bargaining. SENS-UAW 7902 and the International Women’s Strike follow the vision ...

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International Women’s Strike

March 8th 2018 will be the second IWS

March 7, 2018 • by International Women's Strike NYC

March 8th, We Strike! New York is an affluent city, rich in many ways, a global hub of business, finance and commerce, and home for the highest number of billionaires. However, it is not the top 1% who keep this city alive, but the millions of workers. Their labor is essential ...

International Women's Strike NYC

Desy: Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC)

International Women’s Strike Interview Project

March 5, 2018 • by International Women's Strike NYC

In this project, IWS-NYC members perform interviews with women organizers from worker centers and cooperatives, as part of a process of militant knowledge co-production. We are particularly interested in unpacking the conditions that both enable and limit autonomous labor organizing and self-determination, as well as the way in which feminist ...

International Women's Strike NYC

Desy: Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) (Español)

International Women’s Strike Interview Project

March 5, 2018 • by International Women's Strike NYC

En este proyecto miembros del comité del paro internacional de mujeres de Nueva York entrevistaron con organizadoras de trabajos y cooperativas, como parte de un processo de co-produccion de sabiduría militante. Estamos interesadas particularmente en esclarecer las condiciones que a la vez permiten y limitan la organización laboral autónoma y la auto-determinacion. También nos interesa ...

Desy: Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) (Español)

International Women's Strike NYC

Erika: Worker’s Justice Project and Eco-cleaning Coop

International Women’s Strike Interview Project

March 5, 2018 • by International Women's Strike NYC

In this project, IWS-NYC members perform interviews with women organizers from worker centers and cooperatives, as part of a process of militant knowledge co-production. We are particularly interested in unpacking the conditions that both enable and limit autonomous labor organizing and self-determination, as well as the way in which feminist ...

International Women's Strike NYC

Erika: Worker’s Justice Project and Eco-Cleaning Coop (Español)

International Women’s Strike Interview Project

March 5, 2018 • by International Women's Strike NYC

En este proyecto miembros del comité del paro internacional de mujeres de Nueva York entrevistaron con organizadoras de trabajos y cooperativas, como parte de un processo de co-produccion de sabiduría militante. Estamos interesadas particularmente en esclarecer las condiciones que a la vez permiten y limitan la organización laboral autónoma y la auto-determinacion. También nos interesa ...

Erika: Worker’s Justice Project and Eco-Cleaning Coop (Español)

International Women's Strike NYC

Heleodora: Street Vendors Project

International Women’s Strike Interview Project

March 1, 2018 • by International Women's Strike NYC

In this project, IWS-NYC members perform interviews with women organizers from worker centers and cooperatives, as part of a process of militant knowledge co-production. We are particularly interested in unpacking the conditions that both enable and limit autonomous labor organizing and self-determination, as well as the way in which feminist ...

International Women's Strike NYC

Heleodora: Proyecto de vendedores ambulantes

International Women’s Strike Interview Project

March 1, 2018 • by International Women's Strike NYC

En este proyecto miembros del comité del paro internacional de mujeres de Nueva York entrevistaron con organizadoras de trabajos y cooperativas, como parte de un processo de co-produccion de sabiduría militante. Estamos interesadas particularmente en esclarecer las condiciones que a la vez permiten y limitan la organización laboral autónoma y la auto-determinacion. También nos interesa ...