Biodiversity looks different everywhere, and people on iNaturalist are documenting what they notice! Here's a small glimpse at what's been shared in the International Day for Biodiversity 2026 project so far ... 🧵⤵️ #IDB2026 #BiodiversityDay #LocalAction #ForNature @UNBiodiversity

New article in RSF! How much progress has been made on single-mother poverty since welfare reform? Sarah K. Bruch, @janetgornick.bsky.social, and I document both real improvements and enduring racial disparities. www.rsfjournal.org/content/12/1...

It's been nearly two weeks since we lost Bill Herbert (@highered-cb.bsky.social) and my shock has yet to really fade. The magnitude of Bill's impact on my professional development is difficult to capture. Properly eulogizing Bill here is impossible, but I wanted to share some stories nevertheless.

Excellent new report co-authored by William Herbert (@highered-cb.bsky.social) on academic freedom in union contracts. Check it out!

This Day in Labor History: March 18, 1970. Postal workers around the nation went on strike. This was illegal but the workers won and forced the Nixon administration to give in. This ushered in a decade of militant public sector organizing that ended when Reagan fired the air traffic controllers!

The central constraint on public-sector performance is not the power of unions—it is chronic underinvestment. @hshierholz.bsky.social + @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social: If we want a high-functioning public sector, we need to pay for it. There is no shortcut.

For the Scontras Center for Labor and Community Education, Kevin Van Meter (@americanwork47.bsky.social) and I wrote a report on the state of organized labor in Maine. Here are some of our findings 👇

Really interesting citizen social science project by Benjamin Y. Fong at @ArizonaState. Send him photos of your Amazon Package Labels! open.substack.com/pub/onthesea...

Have collective bargaining data a click away by registering and contributing for our Contract Research Site: webforms.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep/vie... Access begins on October 1 for registrants to this contribution-based platform.

Excited this database is seeing the light of day! The National Center's contract research site is going to be a game changer for anyone involved in academic collective bargaining.

The @cunyslu.bsky.social State of the Unions 2025 is out! The report documents how citizenship status and sector of employment help shape unionization rates among immigrants. Read the full report here: bit.ly/CUNYSLUstateofunions

The Trump Admin’s scapegoating of immigrants, cruel policy of mass deportation, & attacks on union rights are pages from the same authoritarian playbook…NY is a city of immigrants & a union town. We can fight fascism w/strong unions & active solidarity. thechiefleader.com/stories/immi...

A report by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies shows that immigrant workers represented a majority of New York City union members.

America now has more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021.

On Labor Day, Ruth Milkman and I released the 2025 @cunyslu.bsky.social State of the Unions report. Here's a few highlights from our findings: (🧵) slu.cuny.edu/2025/08/25/t...

AFSCME District Council 33 represents the blue-collar city workers who make Philadelphia run. After sacrificing through the pandemic and years of bruising inflation, they say they're on strike so they can afford to live in the city they serve.

Brilliant op ed by my CUNY colleague Ángeles Donoso Macaya on the need for sanctuary campuses

@aaronsojourner.org and Adam Reich @epi.org: Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever www.epi.org/blog/america...

Elite institutions of higher education tend to grab most headlines. But non-elite public colleges have dealt with relentless austerity for decades — which is why Illinois State University faculty just voted to authorize a strike.

William Herbert, Jacob Apkarian of the @highered-cb.bsky.social and I have an article in this volume the Journal that documents new unionization of faculty, graduate and undergraduate workers, and post-docs over the last year. Check it out! thekeep.eiu.edu/jcba/vol16/i...

Trump's #DOGE initiative accelerates a 50-year trend of government privatization. Government contracting reached $1.98 trillion in 2023, 7% of the total economy. Nathan Meyers @umassamherst.bsky.social #economics #ElonMusk

The Labor Action Tracker Annual Report is out now! Join @mrsethharris.bsky.social & project director, Johnnie Kallas, to discuss the key statistics showing trends & data behind 2024's collective action and strikes! Watch @poweratwork.bsky.social's blogcast at poweratwork.us/labor-action...!

📢 Federal workers keep our nation running! On Feb 19, join the #SaveOurServices Day of Action: ✅ Take a photo showing how your work benefits the public — or, if you're a community member, how you benefit from federal services 📸 ✅ Post with #SaveOurServices ✅ Wear red, white &/or blue 🇺🇸

I only recently met Michael for the first time at the 2024 ASA meeting after more than a decade of admiring his scholarship and activism. In addition to being an incredible thinker, he was an extremely down-to-earth and kind person. We couldn't have lost him at a worse time. Rest in Power!