Where is CUNY School of Labor and Urban Affairs?

The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Affairs, part of Murphy Institute, offers master's programs in labor relations, urban studies, and public administration, focusing on workers' rights, economic justice, and city policy. It bridges academia and practice for professionals in unions, government, and nonprofits.

• Collective Bargaining: Negotiation strategies, arbitration, contract administration.
• Economic Policy Analysis: Labor markets, inequality, fiscal policy, and globalization.
• Employment Relations: HR management, diversity, workplace law, and union organizing.
• Environmental Justice: Urban sustainability, green jobs, community impacts.
• Immigration and Labor: Policy, migrant workers, rights, and integration.
• Labor History: Movements, strikes, union development, and social change.
• Nonprofit Management: Fundraising, governance, program evaluation, and leadership.
• Public Budgeting: Government finance, taxation, expenditure analysis.
• Quantitative Methods: Statistics, econometrics, data for policy research.
• Research Methods: Qualitative interviews, surveys, case studies in urban contexts.
• Social Policy: Welfare, poverty, health policy, and equity.
• Urban Economic Development: Planning, real estate, infrastructure, and revitalization.
• Urban Politics: Governance, community organizing, elections, and power dynamics.
• Worker Education: Training programs, adult learning, leadership development.
• Workplace Democracy: Employee participation, cooperatives, alternative models.

Programs include MA in Labor Studies and Urban Affairs, with executive tracks for working professionals. Partnerships with AFL-CIO and NYC agencies. Internships in policy and unions. Research centers on inequality and worker centers. Evening classes accommodate careers. Graduates lead in labor organizations, city hall, and academia, advancing fair labor and urban equity.