LAWCHA President @josephamccartin.bsky.social shared more reflections on last week's Unmasking Union Antisemitism hearing on the Labor History Today Podcast. laborhistorytoday.podbean.com

#tdih 1858, 18-yr-old John Price was arrested by a federal marshal in Oberlin, Ohio under Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Group of local residents (Black & white) stormed hotel, found Price, & took him to freedom in Canada. Abolitionists were arrested. Read ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ob...

“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.” www.adl.org/resources/re...

Merely raising the name of AFT president @rweingarten.bsky.social triggered the "ire" of Rep Tim Walberg (R-MI) to such an extent that he couldn't resist making the malicious and obviously dishonest statement that she "has not said anything, anything, about antisemitism." Her response is priceless.

It was an honor to join KALW's Rose Aguilar and Johanna Miyaki, John Logan of SF State, and Victor Narro of UCLA for a discussion of the enormous rollback of union rights that's been instituted by the Trump administration and its frightening implications for all working people. tinyurl.com/hy3zarhj

I debated 20 far-far-far-right conservatives (racists? fascists?) on Jubilee's 'Surrounded.' Here are some of the highlights of them unable to answer my basic questions or rebut the simplest of points. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Here's the full 'debate': www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...

Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together. Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq

Veteran labor organizer/scholar Bob Bussel explains why we need to put efforts at labor law reform aside to focus on what unions themselves can do to revive the labor movement. nwlaborpress.org/2025/07/unha...

this shouldn't just prompt a resignation, it's almost like negligent homicide if any of those people died

#FusionVoting incentivizes what D.C. fears most: cooperation. On issues like immigration—where 60%+ of Americans agree—we get gridlock because the two parties are locked in combat. Fusion lets coalition-minded voters back candidates across parties who support real solutions. #ElectionReform

#OtD 10 Jul 1949 Black @IWW dockworker activist Ben Fletcher died at his home in Brooklyn, aged 59. He had been the leading organiser who organised the Philadelphia docks in the early part of the 20th-century, and was imprisoned during World War I. More: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e73-...

📢Birmingham bin workers, I back you 100%, @unitetheunion.bsky.social backs you 100%! Today from Conference hall, you have the support and weight of the whole union! Solidarity. ✊

if Trump were actively trying to impoverish and deskill the united states for the sake of our competitors, what would he be doing differently?

When billion-dollar companies like MGM and Fenway Park rake in profits, workers shouldn’t have to beg for fair wages and basic protections. Standing in full solidarity with the workers ready to strike. You are owed better! seiu.co/408UO1K

We want ICE out of our Hospitals.

I wrote about the floods in Central Texas, ICE in Los Angeles, and why this moment feels so discordant with the last decade of climate politics in the U.S. newrepublic.com/article/1977...

90 years after the Wagner Act, labor unions must return to their roots of civil disobedience and join forces with other progressive forces to protect workers, get real legislation passed and rebuild from the rubble prospect.org/labor/2025-0... @josephamccartin.bsky.social for The American Prospect

Although the Wagner Act was once the labor movement’s “magna carta,” today it is a toothless piece of legislation that has exposed the fallacy of the labor movement’s overreliance on the legislative process. From ‪@josephamccartin.bsky.social‬:

July 5 marked the 90th anniversary of the signing of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act. There are important lessons to be taken from the sorry state of this aged labor law. One is that labor law reform will not rescue unions. Only union struggles can do that. prospect.org/labor/2025-0...

I love this. It absolutely speaks to this moment. I wish we had a lot more Willi Carlisles, but how lucky we are to have one.

Alito's opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor is poisonous homophobia that gives parents a de facto right to ban books in public school classrooms. It's violently stigmatizing toward LGBTQ families and filled with lies and bigotry. Every justice who joined it should be ashamed. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

Now this is a parade.

Than goodness his term is up in 6 months. Hope he goes the way of political oblivion taken by his Republican predecessors.

This admin's Orwellian effort to rewrite history is ever clearer. Notices like this are going up at National Historic Sites urging people to report "any signs that are negative about either past or living Americans." Can we now say nothing "negative" about supporters of enslavement and segregation?

Kudos to my colleague James Benton for this excellent piece on Pope Leo XIV, Catholic Social Teaching, and our need to ensure that AI isn’t used to degrade and oppress labor. www.ncronline.org/news/ai-issu...

We are aware of multiple federal operations impacting farm workers across California today. To all working people in California, remember: we are in this together. Our statement: ufw.org/ufw-statemen... #WeFeedYou

You can see why MARINES are necessary.

there’s a lot of talk about how “gnarly” things are in L.A. right now. not at this interfaith vigil a few blocks from the protest. this is nice. ❤️

Amazing how hard it is to write: “Police shoot at journalists.”

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

That's a little less than the NEH spent all of last year on grants.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about why fascists attack public schools. They fear teachers and work to undermine education. I try to answer why in my new book. You can pre-order it here. www.aft.org/book

I’m excited to join @fedworkersunited.bsky.social and allies and supporters for this town hall to further resistance to the abuse of federal workers and the dismantling of government and its services by DOGE and this administration. actionnetwork.org/events/feder...

I’m excited to join @fedworkersunited.bsky.social and allies and supporters for this town hall to further resistance to the abuse of federal workers and the dismantling of government and its services by DOGE and this administration. actionnetwork.org/events/feder...

Breaking: 250 academic primary care docs from 29 clinics at Mass General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) voted overwhelmingly today to unionize, forming the first union of academic primary are physicians in MA. The vote was 183-26. Solidarity forever, MGH & BWH!

A great analysis by @sarahljaffe.bsky.social, that discusses the progress @fedworkersunited.bsky.social‬ are making in organizing resistance to this unprecedented assault on federal workers and our government. @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/dona...

‘It is a positive sign that unions immediately decided to fight back, unlike some of the other institutions targeted by Trump. The universities and law firms that preemptively surrendered to Trump’s shakedowns have tarnished their reputations and credibility while forfeiting massive sums of money.’

In this sharp piece, Nick Wertsch of @demosorg.bsky.social shows why this is a "do or die" moment for federal workers & their unions & what they can learn from the #RedforEd strikes of 2018 that can help them save their jobs, unions, & our democratic government. www.commondreams.org/opinion/fede...

LABOR's latest issue was born at a conference at the Ruhr-Universität in Bochum Germany. Check out @hannahforsyth.bsky.social's blog for the story of how she traveled halfway around the world (made longer by a bit of train chaos in Düsseldorf) to get there hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/that-time-...

A revealing thread. It suggests both that public opinion would support firmer union resistance to Trumpism’s billionaires’ agenda and that labor has the most work to do among workers w the least education and lowest wages.

#fortworth #tarrantcounty #nokings #june14 @repjasmine.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisiblefwa.bsky.social @fightingliberal.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

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The Greek Food Festival and the Armenian Food Festival are both happening in DC this weekend! 🇬🇷🇦🇲🇬🇷🇦🇲 Greek Fest is at St. Sophia's in Woodley Park and Armenian Food Fest is at St. Mary's in Friendship Heights on Saturday and Sunday. You could make both right off Wisconsin Avenue if you're ambitious!

On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation in public education was unconstitutional under Brown v. Board of Education. The decision sparked massive resistance among white segregationists and leaders across the South.

"Rather than accept the premise that the workforce should hustle harder, Democrats and unions can offer a clear counter: Workers deserve far more time off the job to enjoy their lives."

Artists, influencers, CEOs, athletes--anyone who anyone pays attention to ought to be speaking up and speaking out right now. Create a national discourse of dissent.

Every person deserves the right to live authentically and without fear. Our Union is committed to fighting for inclusive, accepting, workplace environments that are free from hate.