CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Labor Studies and Urban Studies.

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This fall, we welcome 2 new faculty members! Danny Katch, a longtime educator of writing & journalism, joins as a substitute lecturer. We also welcome Fanon John Howell, who joins as a Substitute Asst. Prof. & Interim Program Dir. for Undergrad Studies: https://t.co/xqw2I0vJ5a

[CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies @CunySLU]

@NYCSchools seniors on track to graduate can apply to @CUNY for free from September 15th to November 16th! Take the first step toward a brighter future: https://t.co/rQYrojqZJ2

[CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies @CunySLU]

This summer, @CunySLU became the new home of the Strategic Corporate Research Summer School, a one-week intensive program co-sponsored by the @AFLCIO. Shout out to all 57 participants who joined from 18 US states, Mexico & South Africa!

Learn more: https://t.co/FhlPM6ncRV

[CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies @CunySLU]

On the season premiere of City Works, host @GRITlaura speaks with two of the most prominent labor leaders in the country: @rweingarten and Lee Saunders. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://t.co/faZQCt0yy2

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This summer, @CunySLU hosted 150 participants from 35 unions and worker groups for the 49th UALE Northeast Women’s+ Summer School, a program that brings together leaders to develop leadership skills. Congrats to all the participants!

Learn more: https://t.co/FdndzkRgzZ

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🚨 During #ClimateWeekNYC and #UNGA, we will participate in a movement‑led to advance a global #SocialSolidarityEconomy agenda rooted in community power, #ClimateJustice and #RightToTheCity

Co-organized by RIPESS, @solidarityeco @CunySLU

🔗 Join us! https://t.co/RNs1bBL8an

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Join us for a movement-led dialogue on economic democracy, climate justice and the UN SSE agenda at the convergence of Climate Week and the UN General Assembly! Save your spot: https://t.co/JOKb4rIHHk

📅 Thursday, Sept 24, 2026
📍 25 W 43rd St, Rm 1425 or Zoom
🕞 9am-11:30amEST

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Make time to invest in how you lead! The Movement Leader Fellowship gives experienced organizers the space to sharpen their strategy and learn alongside movement leaders from across the country. Last chance to apply by the priority deadline of Sept 21st: https://t.co/2jLFoUKyPP

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The eminent labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein joins New Labor Forum Editor-at-Large Micah Uetricht to talk about the ongoing conflicts in the @UAW on the latest episode of Reinventing Solidarity: https://t.co/p35gOKmPOd

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"The initiative follows calls at labor rallies by Mamdani for increasing 'union density,' the share of workers who are members of unions. An annual report released by @CunySLU found that the rates of unionization remain double the national rate." Report: https://t.co/VTGcBvSvb5

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A look inside @CunySLU's labor gallery, where the history of workers, unions, and the labor movement comes to life. We were proud to share this important part of our mission and history with Governor @KathyHochul during her visit. 🖼

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We were proud to welcome @GovKathyHochul to @CunySLU last week as she signed legislation into law and joined over 150 labor leaders at our school! Thank you to our staff, faculty, partners, and Labor Advisory Board for helping us showcase what SLU is - and what it is becoming.

[Roberta Reardon @NYSDOLCommish]

Proud to stand with @GovKathyHochul and organized labor partners at @CunySLU as she signed three new bills into law!

This is what labor appreciation is all about: protecting our workforce and making NYS a safer, fairer, and stronger place to work! 💼🗽 https://t.co/ZuRehYtVfy

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The priority deadline for the Movement Leadership Fellowship is approaching! Join us this Tuesday, Sept 15 at 4pmET for the next fellowship info session. Get a behind-the-scenes look and get the answers you need to decide if the MLF is right for you: https://t.co/Qb8hagdYjS

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"Ruth Milkman, chair of CUNY’s graduate labor studies department, said that NY is still a stronghold of organized labor, and reiterated that recent organizing and strong public support for unions bode well for the city’s labor movement." Read @THECITYNY: https://t.co/dJKa9gcfWD

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Join us on September 15 to hear Isaac Silver, the archivist and educator behind Buttons of the Left, to discuss how we save, study, and learn from historic labor material in the current political moment. This event is in-person and free and open to all: https://t.co/a1gi2Pktvt

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"Lynchings and mob attacks on individuals or small groups of people constitute a slow-burning structural violence that has led political scientists to compare Hindu nationalism to America’s Jim Crow South." Read the latest by our very own @mutinous_lass: https://t.co/jlQQMOCFVE

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

Gloria Steinem was known for many things. Less known was her dedication and central roles in publicizing the UFW's’ boycotts, marches, strikes and benefits during the 1960s and the decades that followed. We learned of her passing with genuine sadness. More
https://t.co/I0D064h5Rk

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

So called “Right to Work” is a union-busting corporate sham that lowers wages for working people.

They provide no rights to workers and should be overturned in every state where they are law.
https://t.co/GiSiNeuvWU

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New York remains one of the strongest centers of organized labor in the nation - even as overall union membership rates hold steady. @CunySLU's State of the Unions 2026 explores the workers, industries and organizing efforts sustaining NY’s labor movement: https://t.co/VTGcBvSvb5