Profs Vilna Bashi Treitler & Robert Cherry on the Job Market
CUNY TV, 09.14.15 Read more
Organized Labor Wants Joe Biden to Run
Politico.com, 9.7.15 Read more
New York City’s union rate has grown more than 16 percent since 2012, and about one in four New York City residents are union members — a percentage that is double the national average, a... Read more
Defying the national trend of diminishing labor union membership in most parts of the United States, the New York City union rate has grown more than 16 percent since 2012. Read more
In a New York Times feature published this week, Professor Ruth Milkman (Sociology) commented on efforts to raise wages and organize workers at McDonald’s and other fast-food chains abroad. Read more
Union Takes a McDonald’s Challenge Overseas
The New York Times, 8.19.15 Read more
In a new Al Jazeera America op-ed, Professor Treitler (GC/Baruch, Sociology) explores why Americans of color are only about half as likely to visit U.S. national parks as whites. Read more
Study with the Best: The City and CUNY
CUNY TV, 7.26.15 Read more
Push To Lift Minimum Wage is Now Serious Business
The New York Times, 7.23.15 Read more
Presidential Professor Bryan S.Turner, director of the Graduate Center’s Committee for the Study of Religion, will receive the prestigious Max Planck Research Award for his work on secularization and modernity, focusing on social and religious pluralism. Read more