THIS THURSDAY, August 15: Intern Happy Hour: Know Your Rights/Share Your Stories!!!

[Dedunu Sylvia]

Hey fam!

Just sending out a friendly reminder about our next Intern Happy Hour to learn more about your rights and share your stories this Thursday, August 15th, 6:00pm  @ Brad's!!!

Please forward this e-mail to others! Spread the word to fellow interns, organizers, students, educators, artists, and/or anyone else you think might be interested! Even if you may be participating in a program that supports unpaid internships, we encourage you attend, as we hope to come together and discuss constructive strategies for creating better environments for fair internships!

And respond to our Facebook event if you can attend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Thanks so much!!

With love,

Dedunu

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Intern Labor Rights Intern Happy Hour View this email in your browser THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 6PM at BRAD’S, 10 Waverly Place, NYC As summer nears its end, and with it thousands of internships - Intern Labor Rights is hosting an Intern Happy Hour! Join us to discuss the rights of interns in the workplace, share your past or present internship stories, and learn how to contribute to the growing intern movement!  All are welcome! Did you know? Receiving college credit is *not* sufficient grounds for an internship to be unpaid! ABOUT INTERN LABOR RIGHTS Intern Labor Rights aims to raise awareness to the exploitation of unpaid laborers. We have experienced firsthand the detrimental effects of a practice whereby workers contribute to their employers’ success but receive no wages in compensation. This has been enabled by the emergence of an “intern” labor market that operates without a set of consistent policies. Such unpaid internships are often in direct violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) and subsequent U.S. Department of Labor guidelines including Fact Sheet #71. In this era of historic inequality, class divide, skyrocketing student debt and persistent unemployment—all of which are compounded by the widespread acceptance of unpaid internships— we call to an end of the exploitative practice of unpaid internships: Pay your interns. Contact us: Internlaborrights.com Facebook.com/InternLaborRights Intern.la...@gmail.com @internlabor   unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences