Professor Dan Opler of the College of Mount Saint Vincent History Department recently published a book entitled, For All White-Collar Workers: The Possibilities of Radicalism in New York City’s Department Store Unions, 1934 to 1953.  The work is a study in the rise and fall of department store unions in New York City, and in a broader context, the failure of the white collar labor movement in an era that predates the mega mall and recognizes the sharp class distinctions that existed between salesperson and customer. More...

Richard Barnet, an Associate Professor in the Humanities Department at the College of Mount Saint Vincent is one of the 36 artists to have his work displayed at the National Sculpture Society’s exhibition in midtown Manhattan. The showcase will be open on Monday, July 14 at the organization’s headquarters in the Park Ave. atrium and will end on November 14, 2008.

 

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