Will certainly be interesting to see how much Starbucks store closures overlap with unionized stores.

With all the noise it has been easy to miss the ways Trump has been undermining minimum wage protections progressive.org/op-eds/trump...

Good move by @gallego.senate.gov leading 15 Senators to fight union busting by using the power of the bully pulpit www.gallego.senate.gov/press-releas...

New report showing recently adopted labor reforms in Australia have helped increase collective bargaining coverage, union membership, and wage growth and may serve as a model for pro-labor advocates in the United States. www.americanprogress.org/article/aust...

This is HISTORY. 800,000 rideshare drivers are on the verge of winning their union rights. The Senate just passed #AB1340. After a quick assm concurrence vote, it heads directly to Governor @GavinNewsom. Workers fought, organized and WON. #CaLeg seiuca.org/press-releas...

I agree with McDonald's efforts to create a more level playing field www.msn.com/en-us/food-a...

New study on unions and wealth academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Here are 5 numbers that show what the administration is up to this Labor Day: 81.8 percent: The number of federal workers who lost collective bargaining rights $9,256: Cut to the annual federal contractor minimum wage

Great update on goings on with the NLRB - with key point: Hypothetically, the president could now stop the NLRB from pursuing a charge against a company owned by a political ally, or prevent a union from being certified at a company owned by a presidential donor. tcf.org/content/comm...

Trump will hurt the U.S. economy. Banana Republic level of abuse of power will bring down even to the richest country in the world. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Elon Musk finally found a court that accepts his ridiculous argument that the NLRB is unconstitutional. No surprise that it’s the far-right Fifth Circuit. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/cvhRAPF

Algorithmic wage discrimination was first documented in app-controlled ride-hail and food-delivery work. Read more on how surveillance pay works and where it is deployed in the U.S. economy, along with recommendations to ensure fairness in setting workers’ pay: equitablegrowth.org/how-artifici...

Just an early reminder to submit proposals by November 15 lera.memberclicks.net/assets/image...

Great update on how small differences between Canadian and US labor law can really help workers unionize. Now, will the unionized Uber and Amazon workers in Canada get a contract?

More on why I think Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner will hurt the US economy www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump trying to exempt some industries from a general duty to protect their workers -- and invoking Supreme Court to justify www.theregreview.org/2025/08/06/m...

More and more we look like the countries you don't want to emulate -politically or economically

One of the reasons democracies are generally rich and autocracies generally are not.

Power Half-Hour is a livestreamed, bi-weekly roundtable w/ a rotating group of guests! This episode features @thecity.nyc's @clauirizarry.bsky.social, @laborradionet.bsky.social's @bhamharold.bsky.social, & @americanprogress.bsky.social's @davidmadland.bsky.social: poweratwork.us/power-half-h...

Many tipped workers will be worse off under Trump tax law. www.americanprogress.org/article/desp...

Job opening to help my colleagues and me www.americanprogress.org/job/director...

An important new study by the Center for Working Class Politics shows the working class is moving left on social issues—just not as fast as the Brahmin left—and on economic issues the Brahmin left is catching up and on some issues overtaking the proles. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1981...

Exciting new resources from our Tech and Work team: a searchable inventory of collective bargaining provisions related to digital workplace technologies. It includes provisions from more than 175 agreements, drawn from a review of over 500 contracts! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...

A new study reveals that the working-class beliefs has gotten slightly more conservative on social and economic issues over the past 65 years, while the middle/upper class has gotten more liberal. What should Dems do? From Harold Meyerson: https://trib.al/BXy2rDl

New book to check out www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704686...

New report highlighting Republican plans to gut overtime nationalpartnership.org/report/theyr...

Our new report analyzes why union member support for Democrats reached a recent high during the 2024 election after falling to a low point during Donald Trump's first presidential election in 2016. www.americanprogressaction.org/article/wome...

New, from me: how might automation fail in public services? The Australian Robodebt case provides a compelling set of insights that governments lurching toward AI or algorithms need to pay attention to. 🧵 substack.com/home/post/p-...

Always great to talk with Ed Ferenc. awf.labortools.com/listen/progr...

The way forward for NCAA and its athletes -- collective bargaining onlabor.org/cut-college-...

We think this dismantling of the best public health care system in the country is vitally important, which is why we've created a special section for veterans coverage at @prospect.org.

Trump's union busting continues. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

Rep. Budzinski says passing the PRO Act is the way to connect with working-class voters — from my discussion with @repcasar.bsky.social and @budzinski.house.gov last week on the future of working-class voters.

Progressive Caucus chair Rep. Casar: “The PRO Act isn’t just anti-inequality. It is both anti-inequality and pro-democracy” — from my discussion with @repcasar.bsky.social and @budzinski.house.gov last week on the future of working-class voters.

Rep. Budzinski and Rep. Casar both think winning the working class starts with a focus on economics. So glad I got to moderate a discussion with these rising stars. Watch the full video here www.americanprogressaction.org/events/repre...

Exactly -- focus on making work pay

Building a coalition of working-class and college educated starts with economic policies to improve work www.americanprogress.org/article/work...

Exactly -intellectual bankruptcy, policy incoherence & political vacuousness -- and harmful to people and the future of the country.

Donald Trump is fighting for workers' right to die in the workplace without woke government mommy-state interference.

Key fact from this new report smlr.rutgers.edu/sites/defaul... WHD just hit its lowest investigator headcount since 1973. As of May 14, the U.S. Wage and Hour Division (WHD) employed just 611 investigators to protect 165 million workers. That’s a ratio of one investigator to every 278,000 workers

Most voters don't have a college degree, yet too many elected officials struggle to represent their interests. RSVP to join CAP Action at 2pm Wed, June 4 for a discussion on the working class with Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) and Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL). www.americanprogressaction.org/events/repre...