Lowell Peterson
@lowellpeterson.bsky.social
Union activist and professional. Former Executive Director, Writers Guild of America East.
In my upcoming book I argue that the labor movement cannot rely on the federal government, including the NLRB. We must build power from the ground up, ourselves. #buildlaborpower www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump
National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workers’ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In my upcoming book I argue that the labor movement cannot rely on the federal government, including the NLRB. We must build power from the ground up, ourselves. #buildlaborpower www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
If government attacks workers, Portuguese unions shut things down. #buildlaborpower www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Portugal general strike stalls transport, closes schools in labour reform protest
Train services ground to a halt across Portugal on Thursday, hundreds of flights were cancelled, and schools closed as unions launched a first general strike in over a decade and thousands of workers ...
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If government attacks workers, Portuguese unions shut things down. #buildlaborpower www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Wallace-Wells notes that most politics "take a pretty narrow view of the appropriate scope of state action". To achieve progress, we must be bold enough to reject these limits on what is possible, politically. #buildlaborpower. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | To Understand America’s Border Surge, You Have to Look Elsewhere
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Wallace-Wells notes that most politics "take a pretty narrow view of the appropriate scope of state action". To achieve progress, we must be bold enough to reject these limits on what is possible, politically. #buildlaborpower. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
We need an @bsky group to discuss collective bargaining strategies on AI. Working people are in the best position to figure out how AI can devalue or eliminate their jobs - or maybe even to enhance them. #buildlaborpower
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We need an @bsky group to discuss collective bargaining strategies on AI. Working people are in the best position to figure out how AI can devalue or eliminate their jobs - or maybe even to enhance them. #buildlaborpower
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Today in NYC #LaborHistory: Some 400 New York City photoengravers working for the city’s newspapers, supported by 20,000 other newspaper unionists, begin what is to become an 11-day strike, shutting down the papers - November 28, 1953
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today in NYC #LaborHistory: Some 400 New York City photoengravers working for the city’s newspapers, supported by 20,000 other newspaper unionists, begin what is to become an 11-day strike, shutting down the papers - November 28, 1953
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Check out this upcoming event with @profwolff.bsky.social & C. G. Beck on #Labor, #Capitalism, #Architecture & the economy at the Peoples Forum based on Beck's new book! @democracyatwork.bsky.social @archworkersunited.bsky.social RSVP here: tinyurl.com/bde8atx7
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Check out this upcoming event with @profwolff.bsky.social & C. G. Beck on #Labor, #Capitalism, #Architecture & the economy at the Peoples Forum based on Beck's new book! @democracyatwork.bsky.social @archworkersunited.bsky.social RSVP here: tinyurl.com/bde8atx7
One day longer! www.wsj.com/business/boe...
Boeing Defense Workers Approve New Five-Year Contract
Roughly 3,200 St. Louis-area machinists ended a nearly 15-week strike that curbed jet-fighter production.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
One day longer! www.wsj.com/business/boe...
Big Dem victories, but not in Nassau County LI, where the Dems tried to run on the GOP agenda. Voters will always choose the real thing not the generic substitute. Nassau Dems need an agenda, not a mimic. Maybe not the DSA agenda in the suburbs, but one that moves people forward not backward.
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Big Dem victories, but not in Nassau County LI, where the Dems tried to run on the GOP agenda. Voters will always choose the real thing not the generic substitute. Nassau Dems need an agenda, not a mimic. Maybe not the DSA agenda in the suburbs, but one that moves people forward not backward.
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October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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MAGA comes unhinged:
Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
MAGA comes unhinged:
Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Even the Cato Institute says right-wingers committed most political violence in the U.S. But Trump is shutting down even the most moderate progressive voices. Nothing but a power grab. www.wsj.com/us-news/poli...
The Shifting Ideology Behind Political Violence
Researchers see a departure from a pattern that held for nearly 50 years. “This era of violent populism will get worse before it gets better.”
www.wsj.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Even the Cato Institute says right-wingers committed most political violence in the U.S. But Trump is shutting down even the most moderate progressive voices. Nothing but a power grab. www.wsj.com/us-news/poli...
Here's what's real: MAGA means worsening inequality. Source: Bank of America and Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/economy/us-e...
The Two-Speed Economy Is Back as Low-Income Americans Give Up Gains
High-earners and older Americans are faring better than ever, while fortunes are sliding again for low-wage and young workers
www.wsj.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here's what's real: MAGA means worsening inequality. Source: Bank of America and Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/economy/us-e...
The guy who accused Lisa Cook of filing bad mortgage applications is the guy in line to take her job at the Federal Reserve (His name is Bill Pulte; he's a stooge.) It's pulp fiction, my friends. Low-minded grift. MAGA's assault on unions, cities, courts - all bad. But corruption also stinks.
August 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The guy who accused Lisa Cook of filing bad mortgage applications is the guy in line to take her job at the Federal Reserve (His name is Bill Pulte; he's a stooge.) It's pulp fiction, my friends. Low-minded grift. MAGA's assault on unions, cities, courts - all bad. But corruption also stinks.
Bold strategy, powerful solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...
Air Canada and Striking Flight Attendants’ Union Reach Tentative Deal
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Bold strategy, powerful solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...
Trump says D.C. has been taken over by violent thugs, but he doesn't realize they have gone home to their districts to do fundraisers.
August 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Trump says D.C. has been taken over by violent thugs, but he doesn't realize they have gone home to their districts to do fundraisers.
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All working people deserve the freedom, fairness and security that comes from a union contract. That’s what America’s unions are fighting for every day. #BetterInAUnion
August 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
All working people deserve the freedom, fairness and security that comes from a union contract. That’s what America’s unions are fighting for every day. #BetterInAUnion
Crises of unequal power and wealth lead to bold solutions. A century ago in NYC this meant rent control and limited-equity coops. What will the movement demand and win during this crisis? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/n...
For More Than a Century, New Yorkers Have Said the Rent Is Too Damn High
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Crises of unequal power and wealth lead to bold solutions. A century ago in NYC this meant rent control and limited-equity coops. What will the movement demand and win during this crisis? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/n...
There are actual Democrats asking Trump to support Cuomo. O.M.G. Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...
Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
There are actual Democrats asking Trump to support Cuomo. O.M.G. Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...
Next up, Trump's BLS joins the grift. Argh. Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Next up, Trump's BLS joins the grift. Argh. Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
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The bipartisan bill to restore federal workers’ union rights has majority support in Congress.
Tell your representative to sign the discharge petition to bring the Protect America’s Workforce Act to the floor for a vote without delay
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Tell your representative to sign the discharge petition to bring the Protect America’s Workforce Act to the floor for a vote without delay
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
July 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The bipartisan bill to restore federal workers’ union rights has majority support in Congress.
Tell your representative to sign the discharge petition to bring the Protect America’s Workforce Act to the floor for a vote without delay
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Tell your representative to sign the discharge petition to bring the Protect America’s Workforce Act to the floor for a vote without delay
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
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Tonight at a meeting of Delegates to the NYCCLC, Brendan Griffith was elected and sworn in as President. Thanks to all of our Delegates who made their voices heard in support of a strong & united future for the NYC Labor Movement.
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Tonight at a meeting of Delegates to the NYCCLC, Brendan Griffith was elected and sworn in as President. Thanks to all of our Delegates who made their voices heard in support of a strong & united future for the NYC Labor Movement.
This is horrible for the writers and the whole staff, and it's going to make democracy a lot less energetic. CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is horrible for the writers and the whole staff, and it's going to make democracy a lot less energetic. CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...
Plutocrats believe they can buy elections. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | New York’s Financial Crowd Rushes to Build Anti-Mamdani War Chest
A new group plans to raise $20 million to stop the democratic socialist in the city’s mayoral race.
www.wsj.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Plutocrats believe they can buy elections. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The Writers Guild of America East will no longer be active on X.com.
Please follow the Guild on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/wgae... and on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads at WGAEast.
Please follow the Guild on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/wgae... and on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads at WGAEast.
July 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Writers Guild of America East will no longer be active on X.com.
Please follow the Guild on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/wgae... and on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads at WGAEast.
Please follow the Guild on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/wgae... and on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads at WGAEast.
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America’s unions are taking a road trip!
We’ll travel across the country this summer to meet with workers, organize, and fight for freedom, fairness and security for ALL working people.
We’ll see you in the streets 🚌
We’ll travel across the country this summer to meet with workers, organize, and fight for freedom, fairness and security for ALL working people.
We’ll see you in the streets 🚌
First to NBC News: AFL-CIO to launch a summer bus tour
The AFL-CIO is hitting the road for a cross-country bus tour to oppose White House priorities that the union conglomerate believes hurt working people,
www.nbcnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
America’s unions are taking a road trip!
We’ll travel across the country this summer to meet with workers, organize, and fight for freedom, fairness and security for ALL working people.
We’ll see you in the streets 🚌
We’ll travel across the country this summer to meet with workers, organize, and fight for freedom, fairness and security for ALL working people.
We’ll see you in the streets 🚌