Labor & Organizing

Stories about unions, workplace issues and social justice movements.

CLARION | CUNY UNION

Who decides funding for CUNY?


Union maps key city and state lawmakers shaping the university budget.


Photo credit: Courtesy of Albany Times Union

CLARION | CUNY UNION

CUNY union sets organizing calendar for contract year

Union maps out contract campaign with pressure points to win more university funding.


Illustration Credit: Jud Guitteau

CLARION | CUNY UNION

Steering the CUNY union in her quiet way


Zauderer built collective power through training, data and institutional memory.


Photo credit: Dave Sanders

CLARION | CUNY UNION

CUNY faculty examine race, policing and inequality

From police training to Black students, professors rethink how they teach justice.


Photo Credit: Getty Images

CLARION | CUNY UNION

Fifty years ago, City College students marched in Selma

Alumni reflect on the political moment that drew them in the civil rights movement.


Photo Credit: Stephen Somerstein

WABE | ATLANTA’S NPR

MLK Day speeches turn to politics


At Ebenezer, leaders emphasize voting rights while others stress charity.


Photo Credit: Edward Stojakovic, Wikimedia Commons