Spend This Spring in the NYC Labor Movement!
“It let me know that there are ways to have a career in social activism…I can say that this is the most I ever learned in one semester of my life.” – student participant New York Union Semester pairs...
View ArticleWelcoming a New Class of Union Semester Students!
Welcome our spring 2016 NY Union Semester class! Andrew Brockwell Born and raised on Long Island, Andrew is a recently graduate of SUNY Old Westbury with a degree in Labor Relations. Ambitious and...
View ArticleOrientation Week at Union Semester
Photo features Union Semester Spring 2016 students January 25 saw the arrival of a new crop of Union Semester students to the Murphy Institute. Students spent the next four days diving into the labor...
View ArticleCelebrating Union Semester’s Wrap
Huge congratulations to our graduating NY Union Semester students of spring 2016! We are so pleased that so many of our students had life-changing experiences this semester. This semester, our students...
View ArticleMeet NY Union Semester Fall 2016!
Welcome our Fall 2016 NY Union Semester class! We have 18 dedicated students joining us at the Murphy Institute next week. They will participate in our week-long orientation process, then be placed in...
View ArticleCommunity College Faculty Strike, Win Contract
This week, Labor Notes published an article by Union Semester alum Michael McCown, who served as staff organizer for AFT 2121’s recently contract campaign and strike. That article, outlining the...
View ArticleSpring 2017 Union Semester Arrives!
Meet this year’s terrific new Union Semester interns! Priscilla Acuña Mena Priscilla Acuña Mena is a December 2016 graduate eager to begin her post-college life with Union Semester in the hope that it...
View ArticleA Warm Welcome to the Fall 2017 Union Semester Class!
Michael Devan Michael is a recent graduate of Queens College, where he double-majored in Political Science and Philosophy. As an undergraduate, Michael organized with student-led groups such as the...
View ArticleWelcoming the Spring 2018 Union Semester Class
Nadja Barlera Born in New York and raised in many places, Nadja is a recent graduate from USC with a degree in English. She was a community and labor organizer with the Student Coalition Against Labor...
View ArticleUnion Semester
New York Union Semester is one of a kind full-time semester-long program that combines rigorous academic study with first-hand experience within the labor movement. Students in the program are paired...
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