JWJ-aligned LRAN @labor-research.bsky.social is pleased to announce a competition for seed grants ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 for those engaged in research as activists, policymakers, and academics. Details at the link!

Labor Research and Action Network New Scholars Research Grants Call for Proposals (2025) #LaborResearch #UnionYes @jwj.org www.lranetwork.org/news/labor-r...

Common Mistakes New Union Organizers Make—and How to Avoid Them To err is human, to be a union organizer is to make mistakes. We all do it, so don't sweat it. Here are some tips to try to avoid the next one.

Social Security turns 90 tomorrow. Social Security has never missed a payment, even during national crises like 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina. We should be increasing resources for this important program, not laying off critical staff and closing offices. www.epi.org/publication/...

I've been anxious to talk about this because it feels so selfish, but time to move past that. I have a book coming out! "Who's Got the Power? The Resurgence of American Unions", comes out October 14th from The New Press. It's an optimistic book for perilous times. 1/

Such a corrupt clown. I've been a fan of BLS, these nerds toil in the data basement, churning out the labor stats, including union membership and work stoppage data. Get ready for manufactured data to make the king look good. www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/b...

New LWIL is up! United Airlines’ flight attendants reject TA, AFL-CIO continues Better in a Union tour across U.S., railroad workers say Hell No! to merger, and more headlines you may have missed.

All right, to hell with it. One like, one enraging, amusing, or obscure labor history nugget.

Good morning from the Steel City! The #BetterInAUnion bus tour is in Pittsburgh to rally with @steelworkers.bsky.social and fight back against the cuts to our jobs, essential services, health and safety protections, and working people’s freedom, fairness and security.

NEW on the Labor Notes Podcast: Union members say that organizing around immigration defense in the workplace and in their communities has also helped mobilize members who've felt left behind by their unions Listen to the full episode: labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/fight-ice-build-the-union/ 1/3

Love LRAN, it's a great community of labor researchers and organizers, and I just donated, join me! @labor-research.bsky.social @jwj.org www.lranetwork.org

Sharing at @labor-research.bsky.social national conference on our realities on organizing in #NewJersey.

Had a great time, see folks next year!

Thanks to the more than 200 folks who came to #LRAN2025 and thanks to #Rutgers for hosting!

How can unemployment insurance build worker power? I’m delighted to be at the LRAN conference @labor-research.bsky.social to share findings from the Unemployed Worker Study www.nelp.org/insights-res...

The LRAN Three Minute Thesis Competition at #LRAN2025. Researchers use 3 minutes and 1 slide to present their project!

Talking international solidarity at #LRAN2025.

The LRAN membership meeting at #LRAN2025.

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social [A thread 1/8🧵]

Some of us are back east for the JWJ @labor-research.bsky.social Conference & JWJ Network Gathering @seiu1199nw.bsky.social & @32bjseiu.bsky.social out at NYC rally supporting David Huerta and the many immigrant workers who are being abused and raided at their workplaces and in their communities!

Hearing about a study on U.S Labor Centers at #LRAN2025

Discussion of the AFL-CIO Frontline Solidarity Toolkit at #LRAN2025.

Lookin' good! JWJ's annual Labor Research and Action Network conference LIVE with a solidarity statement! FREE DAVID HUERTA!

The #LRAN2025 conference says #FreeDavidEndRaids!

A call to support the Federal Employee Defense Fund! #LRAN2025 actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Opening Plenary at #LRAN2025!

On Friday night, @seiuca.bsky.social President David Huerta was lawfully observing immigration enforcement activity in his community when ICE agents violently arrested him. Join us across the country TODAY to peacefully demand justice for our union brother.

LRAN 2025 Conference Keynote speaker, Dr. Kendrick B. Roberson of AFGE! "We are fighting back!" #LRAN2025

At the Rutgers University Labor Education Center auditorium, we love all the union banners! #LRAN2025

👀 #LRAN2025

The Labor Research and Action Network 2025 conference kicks off with Linqua Franqa! #LRAN2025

i need to go to this next year.

Come heckle me

Garment workers confront Nike over wages - “I came to America to campaign for the rights of workers in Indonesia who were not paid by Nike during COVID," said Dedeh Nurhasanah. Activists from GLJ, Portland Jobs with Justice + other groups invited shoppers to take a quiz about Nike production.

Impossible to overstate how important data collection and analysis was to the progressive reforms of the past 90 years. If you don’t have accurate facts, it’s much harder to move policy.

🗣️ Calling all labor strategists, researchers, scholars, and more! @labor-research.bsky.social kicks off next week at Rutgers June 9-10. Register below!

Looking forward to this LRAN conference!

We're meeting for our 2025 Labor Research and Action Network conference next week at Rutgers University! #LRAN2025 @jwj.org www.lranetwork.org/news/registr...