Ed Ott

Ed Ott

Ed Ott is the Distinguished Lecturer in Labor Studies with the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education & Labor Studies.

Forward

In the early 1980s Ed Ott, contributed to Forward, the magazine of the League of Revolutionary Struggle.

Rainbow Coalition

Ott was active in the Rainbow Coalition in 1987.

Socialist Scholars Conference 1990

The Socialist Scholars Conference 1990, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:

New York City Fiscal Crisis, 1990: Dinkins and Labor

• Sponsor: Labor Solidarity Network and Punch Out
• Paul Bartlett, La Guardia College, CUNY and Punch Out
• Ed Ott, Labor Laison, Mount Sinai Hospital
• Penelope Pi-Sunyer, The City

Communist "Manifestivity"

On October 30 and 31, 1998 the Brecht Forum presented the "Communist Manifestivity to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto" at Cooper Union's Great Hall, New York.

The Manifesto Commemoration Committee included Eric Canepa, coordinator; Sam Anderson, Sylvia Aron, Steve Brier, Mary Boger , Kira Brunner, Andrew Comer, Peggy Crane, Steve Duncombe, Peter Filardo, Rosa Garcia, Dan Georgakas, Joan Greenbaum, Ron Hayduk, Bill Henning, Diane Greene Lent, Danny Luce, Bill Koehnlein, Biju Mathew, Eli Messinger , Liz Mestres, Yusuf Nuruddin, Adele Oltman, Ed Ott, Leo Panitch, Renee Pendergrass, Merle Ratner, Colin Robinson, Rosina Rodriguez, Frank Rosengarten, Rob Saute, S Shankar, Sean Sweeney, Kit Wainer, Paul Washington, Juanita Webster, Ethan Young.

Center for Working Families

In 2008 Ed Ott, Executive Director NYC Central Labor Council served on the advisory board of Center for Working Families.

Center for the Study of Working Class Life

In 2009 Ed Ott, Executive Director of New York City Central Labor Council served on the Advisory board of the Center for the Study of Working Class Life.

Left Forum 2010

Struggles of an Independent Radical Union: The Case of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance:

• Victor Salazar, (Chair), New York Taxi Workers Alliance
• Ed Ott, Former Executive Director, New York City Central Labor Council; Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute, CUNY
• Ron Blount, Taxi Workers Alliance of Pennsylvania
• Beresford Simmonds, New York Taxi Workers Alliance
• Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director, New York Taxi Workers Alliance
• Biju Mathew, New York Taxi Workers Alliance

The History of May Day and the 2010 New York May Day March:

• Larry Moskowitz, (Chair), Left Labor Project
• Ai-jen Poo, former Executive Director, Domestic Workers United
• Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition
• Ed Ott, former Executive Director, New York City Central Labor Council
• Bhairavi Desai, Executive Director, New York Taxi Workers Alliance
• Frances Liu, Immigration Advocacy Field Coordinator, New York Immigration Coalition

Support for Bernie Sanders

Ed Ott pledged support for Bernie Sanders through Labor for Bernie, a "nationwide network of labor activists, backing Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign."

People for Bernie

In 2016 Ed Ott Faculty, Murphy Institute/CUNY, was a leader of People for Bernie.

Revolutionary Strategies to Beat the Rising Right Wing

Revolutionary Strategies to Beat the Rising Right Wing, was a nationwide conference call organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Sunday October 30, 2016.

What's the nature of this right-wing threat? What has this election cycle changed about the political terrain we're fighting on? How do we need to prepare for whats coming after the election? Hear about these crucial questions from our panel of top political strategists, including Nelini Stamp, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Linda Burnham, and Sendolo Diaminah.

Those invited, on Facebook included Ed Ott .

External links

• Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education & Labor Studies website