Rutgers LEARN was delighted to run a union rep training for the North Bergen Federation of Teachers yesterday. A great group of educators and union leaders! AFT AFT New Jersey #supportthelaborcenter

Today we remember A. Philip Randolph, born on this day in 1889.

Randolph was one of the most important labor leaders of the 20th century, organizing and leading the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in the 1920s and fighting for labor and civil rights throughout his lifetime.

Packed house at #NJClimateActionGathering - fighting against climate change AND environmental justice and equity - New Labor pherister njuguna Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) 🌻🍉 Rutgers_LEARN plenary

New Jersey Grassroots Organizing Conference is underway at the Labor Ed Center! #supportthelaborcenter NJPIRG NJWEC New Labor NJEA Rutgers_LEARN Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union New Jersey Citizen Action Working Families Party 🐺
Sign to support the labor center: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

ANNOUNCEMENT: Rutgers–New Brunswick Appoints New Dean to the School of Management and Labor Relations. Mark Anner, a professor at Pennsylvania State University, assumes role from Dean Adrienne Eaton. Welcome, Dean Anner! 🎉

To learn more, please visit: rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-n…

Join us on 3/29 for 'The Struggle Continues: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Legacy and Worker Activism Today' event at the Labor Education Center. Attend a series of engaging panel discussions (see page 2 for topics). To register, visit smlr.rutgers.edu/March29

Join us on 3/29 for 'The Struggle Continues: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Legacy and Worker Activism Today' event at the Labor Education Center. Attend a series of engaging panel discussions (see page 2 for topics). To register, visit smlr.rutgers.edu/March29

Join us at the Labor Education Center on March 27 from 6-8pm to learn about The Fair Food Program. There will be a reception with some hors d'oeuvres and beverages. Register here to attend: rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_di…

📣NJ Grassroots Organizing Conference 4/6th📣
We are excited to partner in this year’s semi-annual activist training event. Join us to learn from knowledgeable organizers, improve your advocacy skills & connect w/ activists across NJ! Learn more & register:njgoc2024.org

Still tome to sign up for our next online Union Leadership Academy class with Michael Reagan starting March 14. Community and Labor Organizing from A to Z. ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/coursedisplay.…
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Join our Virtual Info Session on 3/7 to learn about exciting opportunities available through #Rutgers #MLER program! Explore topics including diversity & inclusion, workplace laws, globalization & conflict resolution. 100% online option available! 👏

smlr.rutgers.edu/March7_MLER

Today's LEARN Lesson bridges #WomensHistoryMonth & #BlackHistoryMonth . Professor Danielle Phillips-Cunningham explores how Black women demanded labor rights before recognition in labor unions by building their own organizations from the 1860-1930s.

➡️ smlr.rutgers.edu/LEARN-Lessons

As #BlackHistoryMonth flows into #WomensHistoryMonth , we're thinking of our We Innovate Labor Leadership (WILL Empower) Awards in March 2023 when April Sims, first woman elected Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO President & first Black woman elected President of an AFL-CIO ✊ state federation, delivered the keynote! 🔥 #BlackFutures

Starting soon!

The third and final edition of our tri-labor center collaborative webinar series on recent NLRB rulings is tomorrow night (Thursday 2/29) at 7pm EST. Deets below! AFL-CIO ✊ New Jersey AFL-CIO AFT Connecticut Maine AFL-CIO NYC CLC, AFL-CIO

Don't miss the latest video in our #BlackHistoryMonth LEARN Lesson series with Rutgers_LEARN instructor and Rutgers SMLR professor Fran Ryan AFL-CIO ✊ New Jersey AFL-CIO District 1199C AFSCME AFT New Jersey CWA District 1 Bernie Sanders New Jersey Department of Education NJ Working Families Party Governor Phil Murphy

Today's #BlackHistoryMonth LEARN Lesson by Professor Francis Ryan looks at the story of health care workers organizing in the early 1970’s. Norman Rayford, organizer with 1199C was killed by a hospital guard on a strike line at Metropolitan Hospital smlr.rutgers.edu/LEARN-Lessons

This is a truly powerful film. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Last May I interviewed Kaiulani Lee, who wrote the film and played Mother Jones, about why MJ's legacy is as relevant today as ever: truthout.org/articles/mothe…