Jake Rosenfeld
@jakerosenfeld.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at Washington University-St. Louis
Flying soon? Prepare for delays. As I tell
@cnn.com air traffic controllers were an "understaffed and overworked group of employees" before the shutdown. Now add a lack of a paycheck with no end to the shutdown in sight.
@cnn.com air traffic controllers were an "understaffed and overworked group of employees" before the shutdown. Now add a lack of a paycheck with no end to the shutdown in sight.
Air traffic control staffing problems spiked over the weekend, raising concerns about growing disruption | CNN
Air traffic controller staffing shortages worsened over the weekend as the nation’s government shutdown hit its fourth week, leading to delays and anxiety, and experts say it won’t get better until ai...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Flying soon? Prepare for delays. As I tell
@cnn.com air traffic controllers were an "understaffed and overworked group of employees" before the shutdown. Now add a lack of a paycheck with no end to the shutdown in sight.
@cnn.com air traffic controllers were an "understaffed and overworked group of employees" before the shutdown. Now add a lack of a paycheck with no end to the shutdown in sight.
I wish the ‘where did colleges go wrong?’ genre reflected more on the ‘Walmart offering $30/hour’ aspect of the dynamic. The college-for-all push rested on the belief that noncollege jobs paid terribly. That changed, and it’s no wonder the marginal college student recalculated.
Colleges Face a Reckoning: Is a Degree Really Necessary?
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October 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I wish the ‘where did colleges go wrong?’ genre reflected more on the ‘Walmart offering $30/hour’ aspect of the dynamic. The college-for-all push rested on the belief that noncollege jobs paid terribly. That changed, and it’s no wonder the marginal college student recalculated.
Boeing benefits from the comparative lack of attention to this strike - one reason the company has bargained harder than in last year's West Coast dispute.
The ongoing union workers strike may damage Boeing's reputation.
WashU Professor and labor expert Jake Rosenfeld explains why in this @stlonair.bsky.social episode:
WashU Professor and labor expert Jake Rosenfeld explains why in this @stlonair.bsky.social episode:
Boeing’s strike response more aggressive in St. Louis than Seattle, labor expert says
A U.S. military official said deliveries of Boeing F-15EX aircraft are being delayed by the ongoing strike in St. Louis, but further negotiations have still not been scheduled.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Boeing benefits from the comparative lack of attention to this strike - one reason the company has bargained harder than in last year's West Coast dispute.
Why did the Teamsters endorse Ramaswamy? See this comment from the OH Plumbers & Pipefitters' head (also a Vivek endorser) for an explanation:
"We kind of try to read the tea leaves, and we believe that Vivek is going to be the next governor."
"We kind of try to read the tea leaves, and we believe that Vivek is going to be the next governor."
Some Ohio unions split endorsements between Ramaswamy, Brown in governor, Senate races
Some Ohio unions are splitting their endorsements, backing both Republican Ramaswamy and Democrat Sherrod Brown.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Why did the Teamsters endorse Ramaswamy? See this comment from the OH Plumbers & Pipefitters' head (also a Vivek endorser) for an explanation:
"We kind of try to read the tea leaves, and we believe that Vivek is going to be the next governor."
"We kind of try to read the tea leaves, and we believe that Vivek is going to be the next governor."
Ramaswamy, who has called for the elimination of teachers' unions and ending the right of federal workers to organize, wins Teamsters' endorsement *before* the Dems even have a nominee.
Ramaswamy nabs Teamsters endorsement
The state Teamsters conference is the latest state union to endorse him.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ramaswamy, who has called for the elimination of teachers' unions and ending the right of federal workers to organize, wins Teamsters' endorsement *before* the Dems even have a nominee.
Reposted by Jake Rosenfeld
The GOP reached out to union workers in 2024 and won many of their votes. But Trump's labor policies have largely continued the party's historically anti-union stance #LaborDay buff.ly/Oreb5Vc
Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board
Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take actions that make unions weaker.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The GOP reached out to union workers in 2024 and won many of their votes. But Trump's labor policies have largely continued the party's historically anti-union stance #LaborDay buff.ly/Oreb5Vc
In advance of Labor Day, I scored the GOP's new pro-worker agenda. Upside: lots of room for improvement! Downside: *lots* of room for improvement.
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Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board
Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take actions that make unions weaker.
theconversation.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In advance of Labor Day, I scored the GOP's new pro-worker agenda. Upside: lots of room for improvement! Downside: *lots* of room for improvement.
theconversation.com/trump-admini...
theconversation.com/trump-admini...
The demolition of what little remained of labor law continues.
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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SpaceX Keeps Labor Board Case Frozen With Fifth Circuit Victory
SpaceX and two other companies can keep their court orders freezing unfair labor practice cases as they litigate their constitutional challenges to the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeal...
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August 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The demolition of what little remained of labor law continues.
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Curious what O'Brien believes the outreach has achieved so far, aside from a Labor Secretary who has forsworn all of her past pro-labor positions.
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Teamsters pour money into GOP, shifting away from Dems
After years of loyally backing Democrats, Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien is diversifying the union's PAC to support Republicans, too.
www.politico.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Curious what O'Brien believes the outreach has achieved so far, aside from a Labor Secretary who has forsworn all of her past pro-labor positions.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Uncharacteristic about both last year's and this year's Boeing strike is the workers are out ahead of the union, voting down proposals the union urged them to accept. More of my thoughts @Marketplace www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Boeing defense workers strike for third day
The walkout comes during the aerospace giant’s “turnaround year.”
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August 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Uncharacteristic about both last year's and this year's Boeing strike is the workers are out ahead of the union, voting down proposals the union urged them to accept. More of my thoughts @Marketplace www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Wait - Columbia will be collecting applicants' 'color' now? How?
"Columbia shall provide...admissions data...showing both
rejected and admitted students broken down by race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests, in a form permitting appropriate statistical analyses."
"Columbia shall provide...admissions data...showing both
rejected and admitted students broken down by race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests, in a form permitting appropriate statistical analyses."
July 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Wait - Columbia will be collecting applicants' 'color' now? How?
"Columbia shall provide...admissions data...showing both
rejected and admitted students broken down by race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests, in a form permitting appropriate statistical analyses."
"Columbia shall provide...admissions data...showing both
rejected and admitted students broken down by race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests, in a form permitting appropriate statistical analyses."
Early results suggest Chavez-DeRemer's prior pro-labor stances weren't exactly deeply held.
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Trump to cut protections for home health aides, migrant farmworkers
The Labor Department unveiled an “aggressive deregulatory” effort this week.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Early results suggest Chavez-DeRemer's prior pro-labor stances weren't exactly deeply held.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
This, from the Sunday Times, is hard to believe. Admittedly I'm old and know nothing of the influencer trend, but ~12m full-time creator/influencers would mean this is now the largest occupation - by about 8 million workers.
April 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This, from the Sunday Times, is hard to believe. Admittedly I'm old and know nothing of the influencer trend, but ~12m full-time creator/influencers would mean this is now the largest occupation - by about 8 million workers.
Fantastic and timely book!
At last! Very excited to have this book out in the world. I loved working with Diana on this project. Save 25% with promo code POWERLESS when you order here: www.russellsage.org/publications...
April 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Fantastic and timely book!
At this point, the Teamsters' victory in the labor secretary battle seems utterly inconsequential.
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Labor Department to Lose 20% of Staff to Resignation Offers (1)
Nearly one in five workers at the US Department of Labor opted to leave their jobs later this year as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two DOL employees br...
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April 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
At this point, the Teamsters' victory in the labor secretary battle seems utterly inconsequential.
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"Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b...
Unions Form Pro Bono Legal Network for Federal Workers Targeted by Trump
Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court. A new service will offer more individualized representation.
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April 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court."
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"None of this is normal."
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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April 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"None of this is normal."
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The conflation of "manufacturing jobs" w/ "good jobs" will be news to many recently hired (non-union, large #s working for staffing firms) manufacturing workers. See Myth #5:
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five...
Perspective | Five myths about compensation
Actually, very few workers are paid based on their job performance.
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April 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The conflation of "manufacturing jobs" w/ "good jobs" will be news to many recently hired (non-union, large #s working for staffing firms) manufacturing workers. See Myth #5:
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five...
There is nothing inherent about these jobs that make them (to quote Lutnick today) “the coolest jobs, the highest-paying jobs" - it's worker power that makes all the difference.
"Manufacturing jobs" have that connotation because of unions. "30-and-out" retirement w/ a defined-benefit pension, health insurance for yourself & your spouse -- thank the UAW, the USWA, and so on.
April 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There is nothing inherent about these jobs that make them (to quote Lutnick today) “the coolest jobs, the highest-paying jobs" - it's worker power that makes all the difference.
Reposted by Jake Rosenfeld
In particular, some Obama-era economists (some of whom also worked in the Biden WH) have noted that when manufacturing jobs get re-shored, the wage premium doesn't come back, they pay like service sector jobs.
We could try sectoral bargaining or tight labor markets + focus on food/gas prices?
We could try sectoral bargaining or tight labor markets + focus on food/gas prices?
"Manufacturing jobs" is shorthand for "work 40 hours/week for 30 years; then retire w/ health benefits and a pension. Send your kids to college. Have a camper by the lake where you go on weekends in the summer."
April 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In particular, some Obama-era economists (some of whom also worked in the Biden WH) have noted that when manufacturing jobs get re-shored, the wage premium doesn't come back, they pay like service sector jobs.
We could try sectoral bargaining or tight labor markets + focus on food/gas prices?
We could try sectoral bargaining or tight labor markets + focus on food/gas prices?
Fitting.
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Newsmax CEO to Ring Opening Bell Thursday at NYSE
Newsmax Inc. CEO Christopher Ruddy will be ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to celebrate the company's stunning debut earlier this week, which captured the attention of the financial world.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Fitting.
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DOGE comes for CNN's headline writers.
March 31, 2025 at 2:23 AM
DOGE comes for CNN's headline writers.
In case anyone doubted the importance of public sector unions: "Unions have been a major obstacle in Mr. Trump’s effort to slash the size of the federal work force and reshape the government to put it more directly under his control."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Trump Moves to End Federal Union Protections Across Government
An executive order signed by the president would cancel collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of workers, the largest federal employees union said. The union was preparing legal action.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In case anyone doubted the importance of public sector unions: "Unions have been a major obstacle in Mr. Trump’s effort to slash the size of the federal work force and reshape the government to put it more directly under his control."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Reposted by Jake Rosenfeld
The Trump admin just illegally stripped collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal workers in 18 different departments across multiple agencies.
The regime stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared war on President Trump’s agenda.”
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
The regime stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared war on President Trump’s agenda.”
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Exempts Agencies with National Security Missions from Federal Collective Bargaining Requirements
PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of
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March 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Trump admin just illegally stripped collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal workers in 18 different departments across multiple agencies.
The regime stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared war on President Trump’s agenda.”
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
The regime stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared war on President Trump’s agenda.”
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
"If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days."
Should do wonders for FL's test scores.
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Should do wonders for FL's test scores.
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Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants | CNN Business
Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...
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March 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days."
Should do wonders for FL's test scores.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/b...
Should do wonders for FL's test scores.
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