CIWO News and Events

KMSP-TV reports longtime union president Javier Morillo is joining the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

Medium publishes an op-ed by Javier Morillo, reflecting on his time in the labor movement and his decision to join the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports on Javier Morillo’s new role with the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

The Star Tribune reports on Javier Morillo’s legacy in Minnesota politics and previews his role with the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

The Progressive Radio Network interviews Sheri Davis-Faulkner of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about the WILL Empower program and strengthening women’s leadership at work.

Rutgers University’s Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) continued to build and strengthen its relationship with the Interstate Labor Standards Association (ILSA), the national association of the state wage and hour enforcement agencies. ILSA invited CIWO and our partner, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), to present two skills training sessions on strategic enforcement at this year’s national conference. CIWO and CLASP used this opportunity to pilot two of the six training modules it developed on strategic enforcement following the Strategic Enforcement Convening in May 2018.

In late February 2018, the ‘Bargaining for the Common Good in Higher Education Convening” brought together over 200 labor, community and racial justice leaders representing 50 campuses across the country to strategize about common good bargaining and organizing.

Building the Bench (BTB) and Membership and Sustainability Convening looked closely at distributed leadership models that have been used successfully in electoral settings and see what is applicable or useful in our organizations. Over 75 participants attended the conference from economic justice organizations, including local, regional and national worker centers/community organizations and their networks.