Erin Shackelford
@birdie-e.bsky.social
Workers’ Capital Project @CLJEHarvard
birds, unions, justice
birds, unions, justice
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🚨California just lit the spark🚨
800K+ rideshare drivers are on the verge of winning collective bargaining rights, one of the biggest expansions of union power in generations.
This isn’t just a policy change. It’s a new chapter for worker power.
www.governing.com/workforce/ca...
800K+ rideshare drivers are on the verge of winning collective bargaining rights, one of the biggest expansions of union power in generations.
This isn’t just a policy change. It’s a new chapter for worker power.
www.governing.com/workforce/ca...
California Will Revolutionize Rideshare Industry With New Union Policy
A forthcoming state law will create the single largest new pool of workers with collective bargaining rights in decades.
www.governing.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🚨California just lit the spark🚨
800K+ rideshare drivers are on the verge of winning collective bargaining rights, one of the biggest expansions of union power in generations.
This isn’t just a policy change. It’s a new chapter for worker power.
www.governing.com/workforce/ca...
800K+ rideshare drivers are on the verge of winning collective bargaining rights, one of the biggest expansions of union power in generations.
This isn’t just a policy change. It’s a new chapter for worker power.
www.governing.com/workforce/ca...
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Who owns the economy?
www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
Labor Day 2025: Who Owns The Economy?
After nationwide repression of unions, wages fell more in markets where unions had previously delivered larger gains. When unions are weakened, pay falls.
www.forbes.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Who owns the economy?
www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
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📢 Friday morning, CTU members launched ourDefend Your Rightsinitiative — distributing fliers in school communities across this city to make sure families know their rights and that our schools remain safe spaces.
This is our city, these are our schools, and our students’ futures. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
This is our city, these are our schools, and our students’ futures. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
September 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
📢 Friday morning, CTU members launched ourDefend Your Rightsinitiative — distributing fliers in school communities across this city to make sure families know their rights and that our schools remain safe spaces.
This is our city, these are our schools, and our students’ futures. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
This is our city, these are our schools, and our students’ futures. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
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"Building a labor law that actually enables workers to form unions requires a lot more than tinkering with the existing systems."
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Unions are as popular as ever. Our labor laws haven't caught up yet.
Building a labor law that actually enables workers to form unions requires a lot more than tinkering with the existing systems.
www.msnbc.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Building a labor law that actually enables workers to form unions requires a lot more than tinkering with the existing systems."
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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🌆 Join CLJE, the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University, and the Harvard Center for African Studies, Africa Office on Sept. 16 to learn how Ahmedabad, Boston, and Cape Town have developed and implemented Heat Action Plans. Register ⬇️
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September 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🌆 Join CLJE, the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University, and the Harvard Center for African Studies, Africa Office on Sept. 16 to learn how Ahmedabad, Boston, and Cape Town have developed and implemented Heat Action Plans. Register ⬇️
harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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“Dutch pension funds have been under pressure from a local nonprofit, Fossil Free Netherlands, to end their ties with BlackRock. The Break with BlackRock initiative asked savers to urge their pension funds to act, and thousands have done so, according to the nonprofit’s website.”
BlackRock Loses $17 Billion Mandate at Dutch Pension Fund PFZW
BlackRock Inc. has lost a mandate worth €14.5 billion ($17 billion) with one of the largest pension funds in the Netherlands, amid concerns the world’s biggest money manager isn’t acting in the best i...
www.bloomberg.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“Dutch pension funds have been under pressure from a local nonprofit, Fossil Free Netherlands, to end their ties with BlackRock. The Break with BlackRock initiative asked savers to urge their pension funds to act, and thousands have done so, according to the nonprofit’s website.”
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A must-read by Mike Wishnie on why even tenured faculties of private universities should be able to unionize under EXISTING law!!
lpeproject.org/blog/why-not...
lpeproject.org/blog/why-not...
Why Not a Faculty Union?
Despite a recent surge in campus organizing, tenured faculty at private universities haven't unionized. Why is this? The conventional answer is that the Supreme Court said they can't. Fortunately…
lpeproject.org
September 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A must-read by Mike Wishnie on why even tenured faculties of private universities should be able to unionize under EXISTING law!!
lpeproject.org/blog/why-not...
lpeproject.org/blog/why-not...
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More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. workforce under Trump, preliminary data shows
As parades and other events celebrating the contributions of workers in the U.S. are being held for the Labor Day holiday, experts say President Donald Trump’s stepped-up immigration policies are impa...
to.pbs.org
September 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
Great examples of states taking action to protect workers’ rights when/if federal laws are no longer available.
Organized Labor Pushes Blue States to Protect Private University Student Workers
Without a quorum at the NLRB, state legislation that codifies collective bargaining for private-sector employees may be key to preserving workers’ rights.
prospect.org
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Great examples of states taking action to protect workers’ rights when/if federal laws are no longer available.
Always good to see Frances Perkins get a shout out.
A small Maine town takes big pride in legacy of pioneering labor leader Frances Perkins - The Boston Globe
The Frances Perkins Homestead in Maine is celebrating its first Labor Day as it a national monument, honoring the nation’s first woman labor secretary.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Always good to see Frances Perkins get a shout out.
“The most recent labor statistics show that nationwide, Black women lost 319,000 jobs in the public and private sectors between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period”
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“The most recent labor statistics show that nationwide, Black women lost 319,000 jobs in the public and private sectors between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period”
“My fear is that if this continues, where corporations and corporate billionaire donors have an outsized voice and directly influence our democracy, we’re going to find ourselves living in an environment such as what we lived in before 1935 when the National Labor Relations Act was enacted,”
How Trump and corporations have hobbled US labor watchdog
Former NLRB counsel Jennifer Abruzzo says firings and court rulings have left agency toothless
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“My fear is that if this continues, where corporations and corporate billionaire donors have an outsized voice and directly influence our democracy, we’re going to find ourselves living in an environment such as what we lived in before 1935 when the National Labor Relations Act was enacted,”
Hope to see you at “Boston’s First Labor Day Parade”!
Boston’s First Labor Day Parade · AFL-CIO
🎉 Be Part of History and Join Boston’s First Labor Day Parade! 🚶♀️✊
The Greater Boston Labor Council is making history with Boston’s first-ever Labor Day Parade!
YOU’RE invited to march with us! 💥
W...
www.mobilize.us
August 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hope to see you at “Boston’s First Labor Day Parade”!
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Instead of bargaining with our union and achieving TAs toward our contracts, Starbucks is back to getting charged with Unfair Labor Practices!
Tell Starbucks that TAs are better than ULPs. Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge!
bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee
Tell Starbucks that TAs are better than ULPs. Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge!
bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee
August 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Instead of bargaining with our union and achieving TAs toward our contracts, Starbucks is back to getting charged with Unfair Labor Practices!
Tell Starbucks that TAs are better than ULPs. Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge!
bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee
Tell Starbucks that TAs are better than ULPs. Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge!
bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee
In contract negotiations, coffeeshop unions build on and set industry standards
In contract negotiations, coffeeshop unions build on and set industry standards - Cambridge Day
Blank Street Coffee, with one location in Harvard Square and six others around the Boston area, unionized in a landslide election June 23, using tools and lessons from ongoing labor organizing and neg...
www.cambridgeday.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In contract negotiations, coffeeshop unions build on and set industry standards
“For Wall Street analysts who depend on B.L.S. data to advise clients on how to deploy capital, having an ideologue at the head of the agency is not reassuring.“
Trump’s Pick to Lead Labor Data Agency Adds to Fears of Political Interference
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“For Wall Street analysts who depend on B.L.S. data to advise clients on how to deploy capital, having an ideologue at the head of the agency is not reassuring.“
Yes!
Better wages, better benefits, and dignity and respect on the job.
North Carolina workers know: It’s ALWAYS #BetterInAUnion!
North Carolina workers know: It’s ALWAYS #BetterInAUnion!
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Yes!
Why? Oh, private equity.
July 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Why? Oh, private equity.
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"Reimagining the purpose and function of science and innovation policy will be a core component of asserting our bigger vision of democracy..." More on democratically deploying AI from @sharblock.bsky.social and @michelleimiller.bsky.social: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/democra...
July 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Reimagining the purpose and function of science and innovation policy will be a core component of asserting our bigger vision of democracy..." More on democratically deploying AI from @sharblock.bsky.social and @michelleimiller.bsky.social: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/democra...
Takeaway from Samir Sonti: “It’s incumbent on those who oversee pension funds to recognize the real threats . . . that DOGE and the Trump administration more broadly present to their existence.”
ICYMI: Major retirement systems in blue states — where many governors and AGs are fighting hard to counter extreme and likely illegal actions by the Trump administration — have invested billions of dollars in some of the biggest corporate supporters of those actions.
Partnership w/@rollingstone.com
Partnership w/@rollingstone.com
Blue States Invest Retirees’ Savings in Firms Boosting Trump’s Extreme Agenda - EXPOSEDbyCMD
California, New York, and Illinois have invested their public employees’ retirement savings in firms promoting and profiting off Trump’s second term.
www.exposedbycmd.org
July 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Takeaway from Samir Sonti: “It’s incumbent on those who oversee pension funds to recognize the real threats . . . that DOGE and the Trump administration more broadly present to their existence.”
Sen Warren raising important points about risks to retirement security by allowing 401(k)s to invest in private markets: “Your response did not meaningfully address how you would shield plan participants, and our financial system, from the structural risks inherent in private markets.”
Elizabeth Warren pushes back on plan to get private equity into 401(k)s | CNN Business
A typical 401(k) plan only offers stock and bond funds that invest in publicly traded companies. But private companies — traditionally the domain of institutional and high-net-worth investors — have b...
www.cnn.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Sen Warren raising important points about risks to retirement security by allowing 401(k)s to invest in private markets: “Your response did not meaningfully address how you would shield plan participants, and our financial system, from the structural risks inherent in private markets.”
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BREAKING: In a major win for all working people, a federal judge has ordered that the administration cannot revoke federal workers' collective bargaining rights.
Victory for Working People as Judge Blocks Trump’s Efforts to Bust Federal Employee Unions
Trump’s union-busting executive order was retaliation against labor unions for challenging administration’s illegal workplace actions, judge finds
www.afscme.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BREAKING: In a major win for all working people, a federal judge has ordered that the administration cannot revoke federal workers' collective bargaining rights.
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A new article from Time quotes our report, Worker Power and Voice in the AI Response: "Workers are in the best position to ensure that we understand all the implications of the rise of AI in the workplace." Check out the report here: clje.law.harvard.edu/worker-power...
time.com/7290751/ai-f...
time.com/7290751/ai-f...
AI Will Devastate the Future of Work. But Only If We Let It
Will we harness AI to augment human potential rather than simply replace it, asks Gary Rivlin.
time.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A new article from Time quotes our report, Worker Power and Voice in the AI Response: "Workers are in the best position to ensure that we understand all the implications of the rise of AI in the workplace." Check out the report here: clje.law.harvard.edu/worker-power...
time.com/7290751/ai-f...
time.com/7290751/ai-f...
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Senator Padilla pledged to help us answer some questions on why California’s workers are being hunted down like prey.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Senator Padilla pledged to help us answer some questions on why California’s workers are being hunted down like prey.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
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"We need meaningful human oversight and worker input." @bostonglobe.com op-ed from @sharblock.bsky.social and Mass AFL-CIO President Chrissy Lynch delves into the AI provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and the impact it will have on workers. Read more ⬇️
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/o...
Big Beautiful Bill would ban regulating AI - The Boston Globe
Workers would be powerless to react to how AI affects their lives and livelihoods.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"We need meaningful human oversight and worker input." @bostonglobe.com op-ed from @sharblock.bsky.social and Mass AFL-CIO President Chrissy Lynch delves into the AI provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and the impact it will have on workers. Read more ⬇️
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/o...