Michael McQuarrie
@mgmcquarrie.bsky.social
Sociologist at Arizona State University. Director of the Center for Work and Democracy: cwd.asu.edu. Writing on cities, politics, governance, labor, and liberation movements.
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*the bond market will not save us
*the Harvard president will not save us
*the courts will not save us
Mass organizing to build working class power is what we need. A new report in @inequality.org by @cwd-asu.bsky.social (@mgmcquarrie.bsky.social et al.) shows how:
inequality.org/article/thre...
*the Harvard president will not save us
*the courts will not save us
Mass organizing to build working class power is what we need. A new report in @inequality.org by @cwd-asu.bsky.social (@mgmcquarrie.bsky.social et al.) shows how:
inequality.org/article/thre...
Three Promising Innovations in Worker Organizing Beyond the NLRB
With continued attacks on organized labor from the current administration, the labor movement needs to look for innovative strategies for working-class elevation.
inequality.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
*the bond market will not save us
*the Harvard president will not save us
*the courts will not save us
Mass organizing to build working class power is what we need. A new report in @inequality.org by @cwd-asu.bsky.social (@mgmcquarrie.bsky.social et al.) shows how:
inequality.org/article/thre...
*the Harvard president will not save us
*the courts will not save us
Mass organizing to build working class power is what we need. A new report in @inequality.org by @cwd-asu.bsky.social (@mgmcquarrie.bsky.social et al.) shows how:
inequality.org/article/thre...
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“One common feature of many of the strategies discussed [in the new report] is a willingness to experiment with new organizational forms. Unions are limited, legally and organizationally, in many ways, and they can be greatly aided by an eclectic organizational network”
From ASU News: Ben Fong, author of “Beyond the NLRB,” sat down with Jennifer Moore to discuss the CWD’s newest report and promising new strategies and practices for the labor movement.
Check out the story here: news.asu.edu/20250213-loc...
Check out the story here: news.asu.edu/20250213-loc...
What’s next for unions? ASU center investigates evolving strategies in new report | ASU News
Port workers hanging up their hats on the East Coast. Starbucks employees putting down their aprons before Christmas. Ski patrollers signing off in Park City as fresh powder piles up. The past year ha...
news.asu.edu
February 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“One common feature of many of the strategies discussed [in the new report] is a willingness to experiment with new organizational forms. Unions are limited, legally and organizationally, in many ways, and they can be greatly aided by an eclectic organizational network”
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“Hat’s off to the [CWD] team for producing your ‘Beyond the NLRB’ report. It’s comprehensive, insightful, thought-provoking, altogether a tour de force… It will be a tremendous resource for the labor movement for years to come.”
Read the report here 👇
Read the report here 👇
February 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Hat’s off to the [CWD] team for producing your ‘Beyond the NLRB’ report. It’s comprehensive, insightful, thought-provoking, altogether a tour de force… It will be a tremendous resource for the labor movement for years to come.”
Read the report here 👇
Read the report here 👇
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“With the National Labor Relations Act now in the crosshairs of the Right, organized labor needs to confront an uncomfortable truth: even at its best, this framework has severe limitations. It’s time to explore alternatives.”
In his new piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social , Ben Fong (CWD AD and co-author of “Beyond the NLRB”) talks about the new report, the changing conditions of American labor law, and possible paths forward for the labor movement.
Read it here: jacobin.com/2025/02/labo...
Read it here: jacobin.com/2025/02/labo...
A Labor Movement Beyond the NLRA?
With the National Labor Relations Act now in the crosshairs of the Right, organized labor needs to confront an uncomfortable truth: even at its best, this framework has severe limitations. It’s time t...
jacobin.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“With the National Labor Relations Act now in the crosshairs of the Right, organized labor needs to confront an uncomfortable truth: even at its best, this framework has severe limitations. It’s time to explore alternatives.”
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In his new article for @thenation.com , CWD AiR Jonathan Rosenblum reflects on the recent organizing loss for independent union, CAUSE, in their fight against Amazon in NC and articulates a number of keys that organizers can learn for future efforts against Amazon: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
After North Carolina Election Loss, Amazon Union Organizers Must Think Bigger, Bolder
Local organizers built a bold multiracial, multigenerational union with grassroots energy and tenacity. But Amazon is too big to beat through site-by-site organizing and striking.
www.thenation.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In his new article for @thenation.com , CWD AiR Jonathan Rosenblum reflects on the recent organizing loss for independent union, CAUSE, in their fight against Amazon in NC and articulates a number of keys that organizers can learn for future efforts against Amazon: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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Our newest report, “Beyond the NLRB: Contemporary Strategies and Practices for Labor Movement Renewal,” is officially here! drive.google.com/file/d/1qT1j...
February 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Our newest report, “Beyond the NLRB: Contemporary Strategies and Practices for Labor Movement Renewal,” is officially here! drive.google.com/file/d/1qT1j...
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“What has happened in Quebec ought to put the entire labor movement on notice. Site-by-site organizing... will be a failed strategy at Amazon... Amazon can be beaten, but it’s going to take strategic coordination among its approximately 1.7 million US workers”
New from CWD Activist in Residence Jonathan Rosenblum and Associate Director Ben Fong:
Amazon’s union-busting reaches new heights in Canada as execs close down ALL SEVEN warehouses in Quebec to avoid contract negotiation with one recently-unionized warehouse. Learn more: jacobin.com/2025/01/amaz...
Amazon’s union-busting reaches new heights in Canada as execs close down ALL SEVEN warehouses in Quebec to avoid contract negotiation with one recently-unionized warehouse. Learn more: jacobin.com/2025/01/amaz...
Amazon’s Retribution in Quebec Should Be a Wake-Up Call
In response to a successful unionization effort at a warehouse in Quebec, Amazon is shuttering its operations in the entire province. Its punitive behavior demonstrates that traditional organizing met...
jacobin.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“What has happened in Quebec ought to put the entire labor movement on notice. Site-by-site organizing... will be a failed strategy at Amazon... Amazon can be beaten, but it’s going to take strategic coordination among its approximately 1.7 million US workers”
My colleague Ben Case breaks down Pittsburgh's effort to put a divestment initiative on the ballot and tells us what it means for our politics and possibilities for future mobilizations. convergencemag.com/articles/not...
‘Not on Our Dime’: Divesting from Genocide through Direct Democracy
This campaign is working to make Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the first city to put divestment directly on the ballot.
convergencemag.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My colleague Ben Case breaks down Pittsburgh's effort to put a divestment initiative on the ballot and tells us what it means for our politics and possibilities for future mobilizations. convergencemag.com/articles/not...
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Thank you so much to the team at SEIU-UHW for hosting members of the CWD at the UHW Staff Retreat! It was so amazing to get to see our allies and learn more about the roots and future of your organization.
February 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thank you so much to the team at SEIU-UHW for hosting members of the CWD at the UHW Staff Retreat! It was so amazing to get to see our allies and learn more about the roots and future of your organization.
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“How do we not only take care of our union members... but also how do we go out into the community... where our members live and recruit our friends and family into allied health care jobs so that they can come and work side by side?”
In the final video from our #ConferenceClip series, UHW Healthcare Justice Director Hortencia Armendáriz explains how unions can support the growth and future of our workforce.
Check it out here on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/w3hKEuALTkE?...
Check it out here on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/w3hKEuALTkE?...
Conference Clips: Hortencia Armendáriz on Building the Future Workforce Today
YouTube video by ASU Center for Work and Democracy
youtu.be
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“How do we not only take care of our union members... but also how do we go out into the community... where our members live and recruit our friends and family into allied health care jobs so that they can come and work side by side?”
This has been a long-running project @cwd-asu.bsky.social. The labor movement needs a strategy for rebuilding the power of workers in the economy and the polity. Campaign analysis by armchair generals will not get us there.
Our newest report, “Beyond the NLRB: Contemporary Strategies and Practices for Labor Movement Renewal,” examines various strategies for working class elevation in the 21st century in order to answer a question decades in the making: what might reverse organized labor’s decline?
January 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This has been a long-running project @cwd-asu.bsky.social. The labor movement needs a strategy for rebuilding the power of workers in the economy and the polity. Campaign analysis by armchair generals will not get us there.
Reposted by Michael McQuarrie
New from CWD Activist in Residence Jonathan Rosenblum and Associate Director Ben Fong:
Amazon’s union-busting reaches new heights in Canada as execs close down ALL SEVEN warehouses in Quebec to avoid contract negotiation with one recently-unionized warehouse. Learn more: jacobin.com/2025/01/amaz...
Amazon’s union-busting reaches new heights in Canada as execs close down ALL SEVEN warehouses in Quebec to avoid contract negotiation with one recently-unionized warehouse. Learn more: jacobin.com/2025/01/amaz...
Amazon’s Retribution in Quebec Should Be a Wake-Up Call
In response to a successful unionization effort at a warehouse in Quebec, Amazon is shuttering its operations in the entire province. Its punitive behavior demonstrates that traditional organizing met...
jacobin.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New from CWD Activist in Residence Jonathan Rosenblum and Associate Director Ben Fong:
Amazon’s union-busting reaches new heights in Canada as execs close down ALL SEVEN warehouses in Quebec to avoid contract negotiation with one recently-unionized warehouse. Learn more: jacobin.com/2025/01/amaz...
Amazon’s union-busting reaches new heights in Canada as execs close down ALL SEVEN warehouses in Quebec to avoid contract negotiation with one recently-unionized warehouse. Learn more: jacobin.com/2025/01/amaz...
A much-needed wake-up call on Amazon and labor movement strategy from my terrific colleagues Ben Fong and Jonathan Rosenblum. This challenge can be met, the question is: will it be met. Most laborist discussion isn't even beginning to have this discussion. jacobin.com/2025/01/amaz...
Amazon’s Retribution in Quebec Should Be a Wake-Up Call
In response to a successful unionization effort at a warehouse in Quebec, Amazon is shuttering its operations in the entire province. Its punitive behavior demonstrates that traditional organizing met...
jacobin.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A much-needed wake-up call on Amazon and labor movement strategy from my terrific colleagues Ben Fong and Jonathan Rosenblum. This challenge can be met, the question is: will it be met. Most laborist discussion isn't even beginning to have this discussion. jacobin.com/2025/01/amaz...
seconded, for-profit healthcare is immoral (and also a disaster by every possible public health and fiscal metric).
The response from the American public in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing is not one of theory; it is one of tangible experience.
Read my latest in @jacobin ⬇️ jacobin.com/2024/12/nina...
Read my latest in @jacobin ⬇️ jacobin.com/2024/12/nina...
Nina Turner: For-Profit Health Care Is Immoral
Nina Turner reflects on the outpouring of anger at our for-profit health system in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing — and her concern that without radical change to our politi...
jacobin.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:17 PM
seconded, for-profit healthcare is immoral (and also a disaster by every possible public health and fiscal metric).
@maxkiefel.bsky.social on the Dems2024 election in @thebaffler.com, one of the best magazines out there: "The crux of the problem is that Democrats use data to reflect the mirage of public opinion." And, also, it isn't a party. It's a network of consultants and donors. thebaffler.com/latest/the-c...
The Consultant Con | Max Kiefel
Democrats need to dump the consultants and rebuild the party—from the bottom up.
thebaffler.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:14 PM
@maxkiefel.bsky.social on the Dems2024 election in @thebaffler.com, one of the best magazines out there: "The crux of the problem is that Democrats use data to reflect the mirage of public opinion." And, also, it isn't a party. It's a network of consultants and donors. thebaffler.com/latest/the-c...
We'll view this era nostalgically when the bulldozers pull up outside.
Maybe one of the reasons there are so many unhinged academics is that in order to keep your job, you’re constantly required to tout yourself as a Scholar of World-Historical Significance, even as your office’s ceiling tiles slowly dislodge themselves to fall on your head.
December 7, 2024 at 8:32 PM
We'll view this era nostalgically when the bulldozers pull up outside.
Note to Minnesota elected officials and editorial writers: the people will celebrate their heroes.
Happening now at Washington Square Park: A United Healthcare CEO shooter lookalike competition, including people who intentionally and unintentionally dressed the part.
December 7, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Note to Minnesota elected officials and editorial writers: the people will celebrate their heroes.
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Happening now at Washington Square Park: A United Healthcare CEO shooter lookalike competition, including people who intentionally and unintentionally dressed the part.
December 7, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Happening now at Washington Square Park: A United Healthcare CEO shooter lookalike competition, including people who intentionally and unintentionally dressed the part.
Editorial standards in 2024: 1.) humanize the chairman of a death council, 2.) dehumanize Palestinian children. Level up of necropolitics achieved.
Washington Post article on slain CEO quotes an unnamed company staffer saying “he was known within the company for his focus on keeping premiums low” — claiming anonymity necessary to protect their job (lol).
Also claims with zero attribution that CEO “was well liked internally”
Also claims with zero attribution that CEO “was well liked internally”
December 7, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Editorial standards in 2024: 1.) humanize the chairman of a death council, 2.) dehumanize Palestinian children. Level up of necropolitics achieved.
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In which I think about how much we've lost already and how much worse it will get.The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Bitter Taste of What’s Coming www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Bitter Taste of What’s Coming
In the case involving medical care for transgender adolescents, ignoring doctors is part of the point.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:45 PM
In which I think about how much we've lost already and how much worse it will get.The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Bitter Taste of What’s Coming www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...
the implications...
Our recent paper, in ASR: While many sociologists assume that people turn to their “strong ties” when they need a confidant, people are actually as likely to avoid as to talk to their closest friends and family.
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December 4, 2024 at 4:51 PM
the implications...
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It’s true, and (my preliminary analysis suggests) this barely cracks the top 10 of most gerrymandered maps over the past 15 years. Partisan gerrymandering is just on a whole nother level since 2010
December 4, 2024 at 4:45 PM
It’s true, and (my preliminary analysis suggests) this barely cracks the top 10 of most gerrymandered maps over the past 15 years. Partisan gerrymandering is just on a whole nother level since 2010
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Online influencers are selling the trad wife life, but we have to ask: why are young women willing to buy what they sell?
As I show in Holding It Together, the appeal of that life--and Christian nationalism--stems from how the US has forced women to stand in for a social safety net. 1/
As I show in Holding It Together, the appeal of that life--and Christian nationalism--stems from how the US has forced women to stand in for a social safety net. 1/
"Trad wives aren’t just selling simplicity, they’re selling biblical patriarchy, a way of life endorsed by fundamentalist Christians that’s seeking to shape life in America in the name of God." @tialevingswriter.bsky.social on how trad wives helped elect Trump www.teenvogue.com/story/how-tr...
I'm a Former Trad Wife. I Know Exactly Why Young People Voted for Trump
The lure of simplicity is understandable, but it's really a tool to spread Christian Nationalism.
www.teenvogue.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Online influencers are selling the trad wife life, but we have to ask: why are young women willing to buy what they sell?
As I show in Holding It Together, the appeal of that life--and Christian nationalism--stems from how the US has forced women to stand in for a social safety net. 1/
As I show in Holding It Together, the appeal of that life--and Christian nationalism--stems from how the US has forced women to stand in for a social safety net. 1/