Dave Kamper
@dskamper.bsky.social
Avuncular unionist, uxorious husband, labor historian, cat guy. "Who's Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions" coming in 2025 from New Press. Lives in Minnesota. Posts are personal. The cat in the profile pic is Laverne, aka Peanut.
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Dave Kamper
@dskamper.bsky.social
· Aug 23
Omigodomigodomigod it’s a real book and everything.
On sale October 14th!
On sale October 14th!
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As the Trump-Vance admin continues to fight for the legal right to let Americans go hungry, food insecurity threatens Native families disproportionately.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As the Trump-Vance admin continues to fight for the legal right to let Americans go hungry, food insecurity threatens Native families disproportionately.
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Become Ungovernable
Jeff the Neighborhood Opossum update: really has a problem with the camera.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Become Ungovernable
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Jeff the Neighborhood Opossum update: really has a problem with the camera.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Jeff the Neighborhood Opossum update: really has a problem with the camera.
Jeff the Neighborhood Opossum update: really has a problem with the camera.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Jeff the Neighborhood Opossum update: really has a problem with the camera.
You just had a fucking chance to hold them accountable, and you caved. And don't give me the "I didn't vote for it" crap. You did nothing to stop them, which means you're happy they dud it but wanted deniability.
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
You just had a fucking chance to hold them accountable, and you caved. And don't give me the "I didn't vote for it" crap. You did nothing to stop them, which means you're happy they dud it but wanted deniability.
Outstanding news. One of the biggest weapons the boss has, when fighting unions, is playing for time. Congratulations and solidarity to the @pghguild.com members and leaders who stayed strong all this time. It ain't easy.
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Outstanding news. One of the biggest weapons the boss has, when fighting unions, is playing for time. Congratulations and solidarity to the @pghguild.com members and leaders who stayed strong all this time. It ain't easy.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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BIG NEWS OUTTA PITTSBURGH 🔥
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
BIG NEWS OUTTA PITTSBURGH 🔥
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again, if chuck schumer wants to energize Ds for the fight ahead, the absolute best thing he could do is resign.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
again, if chuck schumer wants to energize Ds for the fight ahead, the absolute best thing he could do is resign.
This is another thing that I think ought to be considered in terms of the exchange @kcolempls.bsky.social, @dbrauer.net, and I, along with others, had over the weekend.
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is another thing that I think ought to be considered in terms of the exchange @kcolempls.bsky.social, @dbrauer.net, and I, along with others, had over the weekend.
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“An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times”: An Interview with Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper workdaymagazine.org/an-optimisti... #1u #Books
"An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times": An Interview with Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper - Workday Magazine
In the forthcoming book, Who’s Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions, Minnesota-based labor writer and historian Dave Kamper unpacks the tumultuous wins and losses of the labor movement of...
workdaymagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times”: An Interview with Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper workdaymagazine.org/an-optimisti... #1u #Books
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Chuck Schumer is a miserable failure
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Chuck Schumer is a miserable failure
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Me in the @startribune.com today on the moral obligations of elected officials: www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Me in the @startribune.com today on the moral obligations of elected officials: www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
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Of course lots of folks want Schumer primaried. But due to his behavior, there may be some confusion, so remember, if he runs, it'll be in the 2028 Democratic primary, not the Republican one.
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Of course lots of folks want Schumer primaried. But due to his behavior, there may be some confusion, so remember, if he runs, it'll be in the 2028 Democratic primary, not the Republican one.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
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"What if, hear me out, we aligned with & helped pass the agenda of the people voters just rejected Tuesday and sports fans are booing?"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"What if, hear me out, we aligned with & helped pass the agenda of the people voters just rejected Tuesday and sports fans are booing?"
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Not sure what's more embarrassing: admitting you're afraid of a sandwich or admitting you believe MAGA will revisit their promise to vote on anything other than blow jobs for billionaires.
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Not sure what's more embarrassing: admitting you're afraid of a sandwich or admitting you believe MAGA will revisit their promise to vote on anything other than blow jobs for billionaires.
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Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
Gus the Neighborhood Tomcat update:
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Gus the Neighborhood Tomcat update:
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“An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times”: An Interview With Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper
portside.org/2025-11-06/o...
portside.org/2025-11-06/o...
“An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times”: An Interview With Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper
In the forthcoming book, Who’s Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions, Minnesota-based labor writer and historian Dave Kamper unpacks the tumultuous wins and losses of the labor movement of...
portside.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“An Optimistic Book for Horrifying Times”: An Interview With Labor Writer and Historian Dave Kamper
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Goddammit
Utah’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar closes amid workers’ union push: ‘We feel extremely disposable’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Utah’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar closes amid workers’ union push: ‘We feel extremely disposable’
Workers at the SunTrapp – opened in 1973 in Salt Lake City – claim the shuttering was a ‘stunt’ to prevent unionization
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Goddammit
One of the things the very strongest and the very weakest unions have in common is they don’t go on strike. The weak ones can’t, while the strong ones don’t need to because the boss knows they can.
MFE striking in 2022 set up this win last night.
MFE striking in 2022 set up this win last night.
‼️ MFE Local 59 @mfelocal59.bsky.social announced a tentative agreement with Minneapolis Public Schools. 💙
#WhenWeFightWeWin
#WhenWeFightWeWin
The deal covers three different contracts for teachers, educational support professionals, and adult educators in MPS.
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One of the things the very strongest and the very weakest unions have in common is they don’t go on strike. The weak ones can’t, while the strong ones don’t need to because the boss knows they can.
MFE striking in 2022 set up this win last night.
MFE striking in 2022 set up this win last night.