actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... Cooperative principles include democracy, equity, and solidarity - bedrock principles of the labor movement as well. Sign the petition if you believe both cooperatives and unions should together supporting working people.

YOU should get a job at Starbucks. Yes, YOU. 🫵 If you're wanting to make a difference, why not get a job as a barista and organize your store? Apply for our new program. We'll help you get the job and teach you how to organize a union. Let's do this! bit.ly/getastarbucksjob

Federal research funding cut? Don’t stop now. Two quick-response grants can help: Spencer Foundation – bridge funding for education researchers: bit.ly/4jvA7oi RWJF – racial & Indigenous health equity research support: bit.ly/44VUJ4D #SRCD #ChildDevelopment

Judge strikes down Trump’s executive order targeting law firms he doesn’t like: “No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch agencies”

Today we received the 2nd NIH grant termination for life saving work on #eatingdisorders This one impacts a postdoc who has devoted his life to improving treatments for EDs for EVERYONE. He no longer has funding for his salary or work As of yesterday (we received notice this morning).

@jacobmunoz.bsky.social Not sure what you are up to but there’s a remote job opportunity I would like to share. Email me!

Today the D.C. District Court granted a preliminary injunction against the Treasury. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION v. DONALD J. TRUMP et al, Docket No. 1:25-cv-00935 (D.D.C. Mar 31, 2025). Have not heard what happened at the hearing in the KY District Court.

Any efforts to take down disparate impact, even if mired in court, will essentially kill all efforts to make AI systems less biased. We know what happens when we don't mitigate bias in AI, and I can assure it's not meritocracy and equality of opportunity.

www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw... Today's Bloomberg Daily Labor Report headline. May be behind a pay wall, but will likely be picked up by other press this morning. @dancanon.bsky.social @joedunman.bsky.social @traderjoesunited.bsky.social

This tracker from @insidehighered.com is a stinging wake up call to shake University leaders, workers, and students out of any lingering sleepwalk toward authoritarianism. An active tracker of 400+ Visa revocations. These are only “quietly revoked” (per the headline) if we let it happen quietly.

Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States? We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!

This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting. The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.

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actionnetwork.org/letters/univ... 5 minutes of your time = Presidents standing up = huge positive impact @joedunman.bsky.social @dancanon.bsky.social @murphycartoons.bsky.social

Join us next weekend at one of Louisville's co-ops for a good cause and a fun evening. Please donate and vote if you are able.

Come to @scholars.org info session on Weds, Feb. 19 to learn how SSN’s free membership can support your public engagement. Scholars Strategy Network @levinsonariana.bsky.social @pamelametz.bsky.social @scholars.org 🔗 Register now: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

“The outside world is Black and White, With only one color dead” Peter Gabriel, Biko

Campus friends Thursday, February 13, 2025: Movie Screening and Discussion of the film "Union" Ekstrom Library W 104 www.canva.com/design/DAGec... Friday, February 14, 2025: www.canva.com/design/DAGd6... @ucw.bsky.social @murphycartoons.bsky.social @joedunman.bsky.social @dancanon.bsky.social

While Trump signed executive orders to strip diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs from the federal government, Aretha Fuqua traveled to Atlanta to accept the DEI Champion award from the USTA. The irony is not lost on her. This week's column: www.creators.com/read/bonnie-...

For the first time in its history, the UAW is making inroads in the South. Could its next prize could be a massive EV battery plant in rural Glendale, Kentucky? From Lisa Autry at WKU:

200 law professors from across the country have signed on to a Statement of Urgency about the peril of the constitutional crisis that is now upon us. Complete list of signers below. Please read and repost!! Thank you!

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Who: @levinsonariana.bsky.social @scholars.org @writerbonniejean.bsky.social @nicholashartlep.bsky.social What: Op-Ed Writing & Pitching Workshop When: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 12:00pm-1:30pm EDT Where: Zoom Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...

Join us! @scholars.org @pamelametz.bsky.social @bereacollege.bsky.social @levinsonariana.bsky.social

Register. Op-Ed Writing and Pitching Workshop, Jan 21st 12-1:30 pm ET. scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s... Online. Featured: Bonnie Feldkamp, former op-editor for the Courier-Journal. Time and support to work on an op-ed to submit during this Kentucky legislative session.

This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

Nearly 5 years after #BreonnaTaylor was killed we’re about to find out the consequences of both the FOP contract and the DOJ Consent Decree being negotiated in secret. At the same time. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2...

Our union went on the biggest Starbucks ULP strike in history right before the holidays, and as we head into 2025, we’ll keep fighting until Starbucks bargains a fair contract with us. Make no mistake — this was just the beginning. ✊🔥 Happy New Year!

Opportunity for a recent law grad - couldn't be more timely palestinelegal.org/position-mic...

Earlier this morning in Queens, NY, officers cracked down on strikers and arrested Amazon driver Jogernsyn Cardenas for attempting to join the picket line. inthesetimes.com/article/arre...

Starbucks workers are on STRIKE nationwide! Baristas are walking out because Starbucks’ failure to bring viable economic proposals to the bargaining table and to resolve hundreds of outstanding unfair labor practice charges. ALLIES: Here's how you can help us this week - tinyurl.com/SBWU-canvass

Save the Date. "Op-Ed Writing and Pitching Workshop," on Jan 21st (12-1:30 pm ET). Online. Registration opens Jan 6. Sponsored by the Kentucky Chapter of SSN. Will provide time and support to work on an op-ed to submit to publications during this Kentucky legislative session. @scholars.org

Hello UofL students and alumni! Happy holidays. Please sign and share this open letter form for individuals to sign the UofL DEI coalition letter with 62 groups/organizations signed on at bottom: actionnetwork.org/forms/uofl-c... @murphycartoons.bsky.social

We are hiring for our 2025 Paid Legal Internship! If you are a current law student who wants to learn about protecting civil liberties in Kentucky, learn more at the link! bit.ly/49FyTCJ

One of the highest honors is a speaker invitation from a former student. Thank you Jessica Morgan Robles for introducing my talk “Advocacy in Administrative Hearings” at the KAAA Fall CLE at the Berry Hill Mansion yesterday! @profmelaniebjacobs.bsky.social @joedunman.bsky.social

My advice to policy and political researchers across fields is to scrape and archive all the federal data you can now. You have two months until a major compromise begins in terms of integrity, transparency, and availability.

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Today is Labor Day. As you know, I've dedicated my life to the study and teaching of labor and employment law. ,https://actionnetwork.org/forms/fair-pay-at-uofl/ 1/

Had a fun conversation today. www.whas11.com/article/news...

Here is what looks like a great remote-work opportunity for a JD with government experience and commitment to workers' rights. drive.google.com/file/d/1Oaic...

Emily Bingham is right. Basic empathy - even decency - requires now that we retire this song. It’s the musical equivalent of a Confederate statue in the middle of the track. At this point, it’s a statement - a discredited statement from which we should move. emilybingham.net/books/my-old...