The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (also known as CUNY SLU) is a public undergraduate, graduate, and professional school in

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associated with the

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system. Founded in 2018 as an outgrowth of the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, the Murphy Institute is now one of incorporated programs at the School of Labor and Urban Studies, which provides undergraduate and graduate degrees in Labor Studies and Urban Studies, as well as certificate programs and

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for members of labor unions. It publishes the journal ''

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''.

History

The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies was established in 2018 as an outgrowth of the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, otherwise known as The Murphy Institute. The Murphy Institute was first established in 1984 at

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in collaboration with three New York City labor unions for the purposes of providing worker education to labor union members. In 2005, the Murphy Institute was incorporated into the

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, expanding to provide undergraduate and graduate degrees. Though New York labor unions had been petitioning for the Murphy Institute to become its own stand-alone school since 2012, when the New York State

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passed a resolution endorsing the proposal, it was only until Governor

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added $1.5 million to the state budget in 2018 that funding was available.

Faculty

Among the faculty include: * Mimi Abramovitz *

Steven Attewell Steven Attewell was an author, policy historian, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Policy at CUNY's Murphy Institute for Labor Studies. He was best known for his blog ''Race for the Iron Throne'', which covered the historical and political ...

* Kafui Attoh *

Juan Battle Juan Jose Battle is an academic, author, activist, and feminist. He is currently Presidential Professor of sociology, public health, and urban education at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He also serves as the Coordinato ...

Deepak Bhargava Deepak Bhargava is an immigration reform advocate and until 2018 was the executive director of the nonprofit Center for Community Change in Washington, D.C. Early life Bhargava was born in Bangalore, India. His family emigrated to the New York Ci ...

* Stephen Brier * Ellen Dichner *

Francis Fox Piven Frances Fox Piven (born October 10, 1932) is an American professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where she has taught since 1982.

Joshua Freeman Joshua B. Freeman (born 1949) is an author and professor of history at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Graduate Center.Ruth Milkman Ruth Milkman (born December 18, 1954) is an American sociologist of labor and labor movements. She is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and the director of research at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies.

John Mollenkopf John Hull Mollenkopf (born March 16, 1946) is an American political scientist, sociologist, and professor. He is recognized for his analyses of United States urban politics conducted in the latter part of the twentieth century, contributions to prog ...

* James Steele

References

External links

Official website
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