Former President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff at the Murphy Insti...
The Murphy Institute is proud to be hosting the former President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff.
This talk will be in Portuguese. Please tag your Brazilian friends....
Labor Caucus at DNC in Atlanta
Labor caucus at the DNC in Atlanta with Chair Maria Elena Durazo, Stuart Appelbaum-President of the Jewish Labor Committee and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), President of the Georgia AFL-CIO Charlie Flemming, and Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO Tefere Gebre
Confronting the Tragedy: An Interview with Carmen Berkley
The ongoing killings of people of color too numerous to name, the killing of Police Officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas, and the occupations of the Fraternal Order of Police by BYP100 and the Movement for Black Lives Matter have escalated calls and action for systematic change. It is urgent that the Labor Movement and our communities confront the complex and interlocking dynamics of law enforcement, unionism, and racial justice.
The Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, CUNY aims to bring together academics, activists, students, and practitioners to pose crucial questions concerning the criminal justice system, and the labor movements’ place and responsibility within it. We will host a series of roundtables and discussions, opening with this October 21st forum and culminating with a two-day conference April 28th and 29th. These events are designed to wrestle with the fundamental questions of unionism and solidarity, race and class, with the ultimate goal of finding a real path toward more equitable criminal justice.
Carmen Berkley is a radical civil & labor rights activist, writer, and trainer who currently serves as the youngest Director for the Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Department at the AFL-CIO.
Ed Ott, Distinguished Lecturer in Labor Studies at the Murphy Institute. He has over 40 years of experience in the labor movement, most recently as Executive Director of the New York City Central Labor Council.
After Bernie... What Next?
Union, Workers, and the Democratic Party Excerpt
Watch an excerpt from the Murphy Institute event "Unions, Workers, and the Democratic Party." Organized labor is poised once again to spend millions of dollars on the Democratic candidate. What is labor shopping for? Will the larger, diverse working-class find a distinct voice in a political environment dominated by big money?
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