Julie A. Su
@juliesulabor.bsky.social
NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice. Former acting U.S. Labor Secretary & CA Labor Secretary. Lifelong civil rights & workers rights advocate.
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As Zohran Mamdani takes over as mayor of New York City, he joins his new Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, Julie Su, to talk about building an economy that works for the many — not just a select few.
January 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
As Zohran Mamdani takes over as mayor of New York City, he joins his new Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, Julie Su, to talk about building an economy that works for the many — not just a select few.
Through the Rental Ripoff hearings, City Hall will not only be listening, we will take action to ensure that the law is followed without exception and that New Yorkers know their rights when it comes to the often hidden or deceptive fees associated with the hunt for housing.
Mayor Mamdani Appoints Dina Levy as Housing Commissioner, Announces Formation of “Rental Ripoff” Hearings
www.nyc.gov
January 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Through the Rental Ripoff hearings, City Hall will not only be listening, we will take action to ensure that the law is followed without exception and that New Yorkers know their rights when it comes to the often hidden or deceptive fees associated with the hunt for housing.
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. - Mayor Zohran Mamdani
January 2, 2026 at 9:52 AM
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. - Mayor Zohran Mamdani
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's vision is an NYC where economic growth & economic justice go hand in hand. That’s only a radical notion because we’ve become so accustomed to economic injustice as the norm.
Doesn’t get better than working with @linamkhan.bsky.social & @saalevine.bsky.social again!
Doesn’t get better than working with @linamkhan.bsky.social & @saalevine.bsky.social again!
Happy New Year! Zohran Mamdani is the mayor of New York City, and some of his most high-profile aides were among the most effective members of the Biden administration.
I talked to them about their plans for this, the first story at @prospect.org for 2026:
prospect.org/2026/01/01/m...
I talked to them about their plans for this, the first story at @prospect.org for 2026:
prospect.org/2026/01/01/m...
Meet Mamdani’s Biden Expats - The American Prospect
Several former members of the Biden administration, including a cabinet official, are going to work for New York City’s new mayor. Here’s what they have planned.
prospect.org
January 2, 2026 at 9:46 AM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's vision is an NYC where economic growth & economic justice go hand in hand. That’s only a radical notion because we’ve become so accustomed to economic injustice as the norm.
Doesn’t get better than working with @linamkhan.bsky.social & @saalevine.bsky.social again!
Doesn’t get better than working with @linamkhan.bsky.social & @saalevine.bsky.social again!
If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
@unitehere.org look forward to working with you to make sure one job is enough in NYC 💪🏼
December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@unitehere.org look forward to working with you to make sure one job is enough in NYC 💪🏼
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge tonight after an exciting day with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & team. Thank you for the warm welcome, NYC. Can’t wait to get to work.
December 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge tonight after an exciting day with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & team. Thank you for the warm welcome, NYC. Can’t wait to get to work.
I might start drinking coffee just so I can go somewhere besides Starbucks.
We are stronger TOGETHER. ✊ SAG-AFTRA President #SeanAstin & many #SagAftraMembers SHOWED UP in solidarity for @sbworkersunited.org baristas who are on ULP strike. We support them in their fight for a fair contract & an end to union-busting. #NoContractNoCoffee
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I might start drinking coffee just so I can go somewhere besides Starbucks.
Today I gave to @ndlon.bsky.social & @immdef.bsky.social
Pablo Alvarado: “…we need to build solidarity, love & power from the bottom up.” Yes we do.
ImmDefenders: “…we’re made for this moment.” Yes we are.
Please give if you can. #GivingTuesday
Pablo Alvarado: “…we need to build solidarity, love & power from the bottom up.” Yes we do.
ImmDefenders: “…we’re made for this moment.” Yes we are.
Please give if you can. #GivingTuesday
Opinion | Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Today I gave to @ndlon.bsky.social & @immdef.bsky.social
Pablo Alvarado: “…we need to build solidarity, love & power from the bottom up.” Yes we do.
ImmDefenders: “…we’re made for this moment.” Yes we are.
Please give if you can. #GivingTuesday
Pablo Alvarado: “…we need to build solidarity, love & power from the bottom up.” Yes we do.
ImmDefenders: “…we’re made for this moment.” Yes we are.
Please give if you can. #GivingTuesday
Why can’t working families afford to live? Because companies like Amazon pay millions to ensure they can keep paying poverty wages to their workers. @dschneider.bsky.social, @profsheenalives.bsky.social, Kevin Bruey & I document how poor the conditions for Amazon delivery drivers are.
Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers - The Shift Project
Read the Full Article Amazon has revolutionized shopping and challenged traditional brick-and-mortar retail. But at the heart of this logistics […]
shift.hks.harvard.edu
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Why can’t working families afford to live? Because companies like Amazon pay millions to ensure they can keep paying poverty wages to their workers. @dschneider.bsky.social, @profsheenalives.bsky.social, Kevin Bruey & I document how poor the conditions for Amazon delivery drivers are.
Starbucks workers deserve a first contract.
Companies delay “to punish workers for unionizing, to undermine the effort, or to send a message that there is no benefit to joining a union because nothing changes at work for years. Usually all of the above. This is unacceptable.”
Companies delay “to punish workers for unionizing, to undermine the effort, or to send a message that there is no benefit to joining a union because nothing changes at work for years. Usually all of the above. This is unacceptable.”
I spoke with @sbworkersunited.org @juliesulabor.bsky.social about their ongoing strike for a first contract at Starbucks and the four long years they've been fighting
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike
Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Starbucks workers deserve a first contract.
Companies delay “to punish workers for unionizing, to undermine the effort, or to send a message that there is no benefit to joining a union because nothing changes at work for years. Usually all of the above. This is unacceptable.”
Companies delay “to punish workers for unionizing, to undermine the effort, or to send a message that there is no benefit to joining a union because nothing changes at work for years. Usually all of the above. This is unacceptable.”
This Thanksgiving is the first I’ve spent in LA in a few years. As the daughter of immigrants, I’ve always felt that it’s people who make a place home.
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This Thanksgiving is the first I’ve spent in LA in a few years. As the daughter of immigrants, I’ve always felt that it’s people who make a place home.
On the biggest shopping day of the year, and as we head into the holiday shopping season, I’m thinking of the many workers who power Amazon, especially workers in warehouses who sort & move goods and drivers who deliver them who are struggling to get by.
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
On the biggest shopping day of the year, and as we head into the holiday shopping season, I’m thinking of the many workers who power Amazon, especially workers in warehouses who sort & move goods and drivers who deliver them who are struggling to get by.
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Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.
What a year. Amidst chaos and cruelty, the clearest thing that came through from Selma to San Francisco, Amherst to Atlanta, New York to New Orleans, in Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Dallas, my home base of DC for 4 years and beyond, I’m incredibly grateful to have friends everywhere. #thanksgiving #grateful
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What a year. Amidst chaos and cruelty, the clearest thing that came through from Selma to San Francisco, Amherst to Atlanta, New York to New Orleans, in Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Dallas, my home base of DC for 4 years and beyond, I’m incredibly grateful to have friends everywhere. #thanksgiving #grateful
Kent Wong was uniquely able to bring both humility and grandeur, to mix authenticity with majesty…at events, in organizing campaigns, and in life. Because of him, we know what we need to do, even though it hurts. juliesulabor.substack.com/p/kent-wong-...
Kent Wong Power
As we began, we heard his voice, as we’d heard it over the decades. Rise up, rise unafraid. Rise up in spite of the ache.
juliesulabor.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kent Wong was uniquely able to bring both humility and grandeur, to mix authenticity with majesty…at events, in organizing campaigns, and in life. Because of him, we know what we need to do, even though it hurts. juliesulabor.substack.com/p/kent-wong-...
What a cruel, sick joke DOGE was. It took a chainsaw to people’s lives, cut services, killed jobs, and had to lie about how much money it saved. Now it’s over but the harm it caused isn’t.
“When this administration and Elon Musk talk about ‘efficiency,’ we should remember: workers die in the name of efficiency.”
–Former Acting Secretary of Labor @juliesulabor.bsky.social on DOGE’s devastating effects on the federal workforce and American workers
–Former Acting Secretary of Labor @juliesulabor.bsky.social on DOGE’s devastating effects on the federal workforce and American workers
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What a cruel, sick joke DOGE was. It took a chainsaw to people’s lives, cut services, killed jobs, and had to lie about how much money it saved. Now it’s over but the harm it caused isn’t.
Affordability isn’t about a race to the bottom for cheap stuff and cheap labor. It’s about shared responsibility, corporate accountability, public investments in public goods, strong unions & workers with power, and jobs with dignity, security, and meaning.
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Affordability isn’t about a race to the bottom for cheap stuff and cheap labor. It’s about shared responsibility, corporate accountability, public investments in public goods, strong unions & workers with power, and jobs with dignity, security, and meaning.
Que gusto verte en Los Angeles, @yolandadiaz.bsky.social! With Labour Minister Diaz, we strengthened international efforts to combat worker abuse & misclassification, and addressed threats to worker safety that have no borders like heat and consolidation of power by multinational corporations.
Ha sido un placer volver a encontrarme con Julie Su, exSecretaria de Trabajo de EEUU, con la que continúo trabajando. Su defensa de los derechos laborales es un ejemplo.
En estos momentos de retrocesos y persecución sindical en el mundo, es clave seguir tejiendo alianzas.
En estos momentos de retrocesos y persecución sindical en el mundo, es clave seguir tejiendo alianzas.
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Que gusto verte en Los Angeles, @yolandadiaz.bsky.social! With Labour Minister Diaz, we strengthened international efforts to combat worker abuse & misclassification, and addressed threats to worker safety that have no borders like heat and consolidation of power by multinational corporations.
What an honor to do the first public talk at the James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, the house that Kent Wong built, alongside the extraordinary Saba Waheed, the exact leader we need for the UCLA Labor Center.
On Tuesday, labor advocates and community members joined UCLA Labor Center director Saba Waheed in a conversation with former US Secretary of Labor Julie Su. 🔥
This timely discussion marks the first public talk held at the newly renovated James Lawson Worker Justice Center.
This timely discussion marks the first public talk held at the newly renovated James Lawson Worker Justice Center.
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What an honor to do the first public talk at the James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, the house that Kent Wong built, alongside the extraordinary Saba Waheed, the exact leader we need for the UCLA Labor Center.
Celebrating women apprentices shouldn’t just be a one-day thing so today, I’m saying to all the women apprentices out there CHANGING the world, BREAKING DOWN barriers, and BUILDING UP communities, I see you and am grateful to you.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Celebrating women apprentices shouldn’t just be a one-day thing so today, I’m saying to all the women apprentices out there CHANGING the world, BREAKING DOWN barriers, and BUILDING UP communities, I see you and am grateful to you.
Atlanta is showing that at a time of relentless attacks by our own federal government on our nation’s cities, the workers, unions, mayors, and community leaders in Georgia continue to hold the line and even to advance it.
What Labor Leaders and Policymakers Can Learn from Georgia
Georgia labor leaders are used to fighting against the odds for workers' rights and racial justice.
juliesulabor.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Atlanta is showing that at a time of relentless attacks by our own federal government on our nation’s cities, the workers, unions, mayors, and community leaders in Georgia continue to hold the line and even to advance it.
As workers continue to lose ground in the face of relentless federal attacks, states can hold the line and even advance it. I joined EARNCon in New Orleans to unveil TCF’s State Playbook, written with Rachel West. These are high impact ideas where states are already leading and more can do so.
How States Can Lead the Way for Workers
A playbook for building fair pay, safe jobs, and worker power across the U.S.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
As workers continue to lose ground in the face of relentless federal attacks, states can hold the line and even advance it. I joined EARNCon in New Orleans to unveil TCF’s State Playbook, written with Rachel West. These are high impact ideas where states are already leading and more can do so.
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More scenes from the @nationalnurses.bsky.social rally at University Medical Center New Orleans yesterday. There's still time today to show your support for nurses.
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
More scenes from the @nationalnurses.bsky.social rally at University Medical Center New Orleans yesterday. There's still time today to show your support for nurses.