Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO)
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CIWO at Rutgers SMLR is a space where labor and community connect; where new research, ideas and strategies are incubated and shared; and where leaders and staff at all levels can refine their skills and develop new ones. smlr.rutgers.edu/CIWO
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Congratulations to the recipient of the 2025 Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award - Claudia Quiñones Torrico, Organizing Director
@unitedwedream.org
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Claudia has been described as "the courageous fire of the movement" and we could not agree more! Thank you Claudia!🔥🎉
@unitedwedream.org
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Claudia has been described as "the courageous fire of the movement" and we could not agree more! Thank you Claudia!🔥🎉
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Congratulations to the recipient of the 2025 Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award - Claudia Quiñones Torrico, Organizing Director
@unitedwedream.org
🎉🎉
Claudia has been described as "the courageous fire of the movement" and we could not agree more! Thank you Claudia!🔥🎉
@unitedwedream.org
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Claudia has been described as "the courageous fire of the movement" and we could not agree more! Thank you Claudia!🔥🎉
Join Dr. Naomi R Williams in a discussion of their new book A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity on October 21st at 6pm ET!
This virtual event is co-hosted by CIWO and LEARN at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.
📘REGISTER: bit.ly/1021NW
This virtual event is co-hosted by CIWO and LEARN at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.
📘REGISTER: bit.ly/1021NW
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Join Dr. Naomi R Williams in a discussion of their new book A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity on October 21st at 6pm ET!
This virtual event is co-hosted by CIWO and LEARN at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.
📘REGISTER: bit.ly/1021NW
This virtual event is co-hosted by CIWO and LEARN at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.
📘REGISTER: bit.ly/1021NW
LAST CHANCE TO NOMINATE! One young courageous leader will be awarded $15,000! go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
Nominations EXTENDED to SEPTEMBER 1st for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award - $15,000!
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, and gender justice?
🔥 Nominate here by 9/1: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, and gender justice?
🔥 Nominate here by 9/1: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
August 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
LAST CHANCE TO NOMINATE! One young courageous leader will be awarded $15,000! go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
Nominations EXTENDED to SEPTEMBER 1st for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award - $15,000!
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, and gender justice?
🔥 Nominate here by 9/1: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, and gender justice?
🔥 Nominate here by 9/1: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
August 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Nominations EXTENDED to SEPTEMBER 1st for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award - $15,000!
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, and gender justice?
🔥 Nominate here by 9/1: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, and gender justice?
🔥 Nominate here by 9/1: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
The Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award is $15,000 for a leader who demonstrates exceptional commitment to racial, gender, and worker justice.
🚨Nominations are open now through August 25th!
➡️Link to nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
🚨Nominations are open now through August 25th!
➡️Link to nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
Nominations are NOW OPEN for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award ($15,000)‼️
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
August 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award is $15,000 for a leader who demonstrates exceptional commitment to racial, gender, and worker justice.
🚨Nominations are open now through August 25th!
➡️Link to nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
🚨Nominations are open now through August 25th!
➡️Link to nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
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Nominations are NOW OPEN for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award ($15,000)‼️
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
July 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Nominations are NOW OPEN for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award ($15,000)‼️
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
Nominations are NOW OPEN for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award ($15,000)‼️
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
July 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Nominations are NOW OPEN for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award ($15,000)‼️
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
✨ Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, & gender justice?
✅ Learn more + nominate: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
📅 Nominations are open NOW through August 25th!
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The arrest and apparent injury of David Huerta, a prominent California union leader, at an immigration protest has drawn condemnation from across the labor movement.
Arrest of Union Leader Highlights Link Between Workers’ and Immigrants’ Rights
David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union of California, was arrested while protesting immigration raids on work sites in Los Angeles.
trib.al
June 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The arrest and apparent injury of David Huerta, a prominent California union leader, at an immigration protest has drawn condemnation from across the labor movement.
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More than 90 scientists at the National Institutes of Health signed a letter in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health, in a rare sign of open resistance by career government employees.
NIH scientists have been angry for months. Now some are rebelling.
More than 90 NIH scientists sign their names to the “Bethesda declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
More than 90 scientists at the National Institutes of Health signed a letter in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health, in a rare sign of open resistance by career government employees.
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Providing access to basic cooling measures is an inexpensive way to keep people safe, with the added benefit of economic efficiency. “It’s not just the decent thing to do but the smart thing to do.” @sharblock.bsky.social in @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/comm...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/comm...
Common-Sense Measures Could Curb Heat-Related Deaths
Extreme heat is becoming more prevalent. We need to protect people who work and play outside
www.scientificamerican.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Providing access to basic cooling measures is an inexpensive way to keep people safe, with the added benefit of economic efficiency. “It’s not just the decent thing to do but the smart thing to do.” @sharblock.bsky.social in @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/comm...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/comm...
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Since the attacks on federal workers continue, so do the Workers' Rights Board Hearings with Jobs With Justice!
Join us for Civil Servants: Speak Out! ft. HUD workers on May 12 and learn about and discuss the impacts of DOGE’s inhumane handling of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Join us for Civil Servants: Speak Out! ft. HUD workers on May 12 and learn about and discuss the impacts of DOGE’s inhumane handling of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
May 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Since the attacks on federal workers continue, so do the Workers' Rights Board Hearings with Jobs With Justice!
Join us for Civil Servants: Speak Out! ft. HUD workers on May 12 and learn about and discuss the impacts of DOGE’s inhumane handling of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Join us for Civil Servants: Speak Out! ft. HUD workers on May 12 and learn about and discuss the impacts of DOGE’s inhumane handling of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers.
Immigrants are vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement. They are America’s workers.
Learn your rights, from @deptofworkers.bsky.social:
Immigrants are vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement. They are America’s workers.
Learn your rights, from @deptofworkers.bsky.social:
Immigration
One in five workers in America wasn’t born here. Immigrants are America’s workers, vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement.
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
May 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers.
Immigrants are vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement. They are America’s workers.
Learn your rights, from @deptofworkers.bsky.social:
Immigrants are vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement. They are America’s workers.
Learn your rights, from @deptofworkers.bsky.social:
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: EYES ON ICE!
We’re out this morning to tell ICE and GEO Group that New Jersey is for immigrant families, not immigrant detention 💥‼️
Your voice matters.
Join us.
We’re out this morning to tell ICE and GEO Group that New Jersey is for immigrant families, not immigrant detention 💥‼️
Your voice matters.
Join us.
May 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: EYES ON ICE!
We’re out this morning to tell ICE and GEO Group that New Jersey is for immigrant families, not immigrant detention 💥‼️
Your voice matters.
Join us.
We’re out this morning to tell ICE and GEO Group that New Jersey is for immigrant families, not immigrant detention 💥‼️
Your voice matters.
Join us.
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Lockheed Martin reported $24 BILLION in profits since 2022, but refuses to give the workers who make that profit possible the pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
We stand in solidarity with @uaw.org workers in Orlando and Denver as they strike for the strong contract they deserve!
We stand in solidarity with @uaw.org workers in Orlando and Denver as they strike for the strong contract they deserve!
While Lockheed Martin rakes in billions in taxpayer dollars—seeing $24 billion in profits between 2022 and 2024 — their latest offer would force most employees to work between 16 and 23 years to reach top rate and would start pay at just $15 per hour.
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UAW members at Lockheed Martin are on strike!
YouTube video by UAW
youtube.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Lockheed Martin reported $24 BILLION in profits since 2022, but refuses to give the workers who make that profit possible the pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
We stand in solidarity with @uaw.org workers in Orlando and Denver as they strike for the strong contract they deserve!
We stand in solidarity with @uaw.org workers in Orlando and Denver as they strike for the strong contract they deserve!
“We are taking our power back,” says Georgia Flowers Lee,
@neatoday.bsky.social vice president for United Teachers Los Angeles (and WILL Empower Emerging Leader for 2025-2026! 👏) #MayDay2025
www.democracynow.org/2025/4/29/tr...
@neatoday.bsky.social vice president for United Teachers Los Angeles (and WILL Empower Emerging Leader for 2025-2026! 👏) #MayDay2025
www.democracynow.org/2025/4/29/tr...
“Taking Our Power Back”: Immigrants & Workers Plan for May Day Protests as Trump Marks 100 Days
Organizers across the United States are planning a massive day of May Day protests against the Trump administration. Organizers say that they have broad support from groups targeted by the administrat...
www.democracynow.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“We are taking our power back,” says Georgia Flowers Lee,
@neatoday.bsky.social vice president for United Teachers Los Angeles (and WILL Empower Emerging Leader for 2025-2026! 👏) #MayDay2025
www.democracynow.org/2025/4/29/tr...
@neatoday.bsky.social vice president for United Teachers Los Angeles (and WILL Empower Emerging Leader for 2025-2026! 👏) #MayDay2025
www.democracynow.org/2025/4/29/tr...
🧵It's #MayDay2025 and some amazing CIWO, Build the Bench, and WILL Empower leaders shared messages for fellow workers @salonnewsroom.bsky.social:
www.salon.com/2025/04/30/i...
www.salon.com/2025/04/30/i...
"I ain't got nothing to say to Donald Trump": May Day organizers say their message is for Americans
Organizers say their goal for May 1 protests is to remind regular Americans that they have numbers on their side
www.salon.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🧵It's #MayDay2025 and some amazing CIWO, Build the Bench, and WILL Empower leaders shared messages for fellow workers @salonnewsroom.bsky.social:
www.salon.com/2025/04/30/i...
www.salon.com/2025/04/30/i...
⏰ UPCOMING next Friday!
📗 Prentis Hemphill will be with us virtually to talk learnings from their book What It Takes to Heal! Co-hosted by CIWO and Transformative Leadership for Change
➡️ Register now: bit.ly/4hv3vtW
📗 Prentis Hemphill will be with us virtually to talk learnings from their book What It Takes to Heal! Co-hosted by CIWO and Transformative Leadership for Change
➡️ Register now: bit.ly/4hv3vtW
Save the date for our upcoming virtual event co-hosted with Transformative Leadership for Change. Author Prentis Hemphill will discuss their powerful new book "What it Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World"✨ May 9th at 2pm EST! ✨REGISTER: bit.ly/4hv3vtW
May 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
⏰ UPCOMING next Friday!
📗 Prentis Hemphill will be with us virtually to talk learnings from their book What It Takes to Heal! Co-hosted by CIWO and Transformative Leadership for Change
➡️ Register now: bit.ly/4hv3vtW
📗 Prentis Hemphill will be with us virtually to talk learnings from their book What It Takes to Heal! Co-hosted by CIWO and Transformative Leadership for Change
➡️ Register now: bit.ly/4hv3vtW
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The survey is from the @aflcio.org in partnership with @uclalabor.bsky.social @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social @cunyslu.bsky.social @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social & @rutgersciwo.bsky.social, who are mapping the landscape of academic labor centers and their relationships with the labor movement.
April 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The survey is from the @aflcio.org in partnership with @uclalabor.bsky.social @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social @cunyslu.bsky.social @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social & @rutgersciwo.bsky.social, who are mapping the landscape of academic labor centers and their relationships with the labor movement.
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"We should remove weapons of war from our streets and communities, fund community violence intervention programs, enforce background checks and safe-storage laws, ban high-capacity magazines, and pass more risk-protection laws." - @rweingarten.bsky.social
'We Don't Have to Live This Way,' Says Teachers Union Leader After Florida Shooting | Common Dreams
American Federation of Teachers vows to push for gun safety reform following deadly shooting at FSU. Urgent action needed to prevent tragic events.
www.commondreams.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"We should remove weapons of war from our streets and communities, fund community violence intervention programs, enforce background checks and safe-storage laws, ban high-capacity magazines, and pass more risk-protection laws." - @rweingarten.bsky.social
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The President’s executive order eliminating collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is union busting.
AFGE and all of America’s unions are fighting this outrageous attack with everything we’ve got.
AFGE and all of America’s unions are fighting this outrageous attack with everything we’ve got.
Inside a Union’s Fight Against Trump’s Federal Job Cuts
Leaders of the union representing government workers say their battle is galvanizing but also alarming. “It’s insulting to say,” one said, “that we are lazy.”
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The President’s executive order eliminating collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is union busting.
AFGE and all of America’s unions are fighting this outrageous attack with everything we’ve got.
AFGE and all of America’s unions are fighting this outrageous attack with everything we’ve got.
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Monday, April 28, 11:30AM-12:30PM: Join the NYCCLC and NYCOSH for our annual Workers’ Memorial Day commemoration to honor those who have died or suffered injuries or illnesses while on the job.
April 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Monday, April 28, 11:30AM-12:30PM: Join the NYCCLC and NYCOSH for our annual Workers’ Memorial Day commemoration to honor those who have died or suffered injuries or illnesses while on the job.
University-affiliated labor studies/research programs/centers working with unions & worker centers on applied & community-engaged projects, we want to hear from you! bit.ly/SURVEYLC 📊
@aflcio.org @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social @cunyslu.bsky.social @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social @rutgersciwo.bsky.social
@aflcio.org @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social @cunyslu.bsky.social @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social @rutgersciwo.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
University-affiliated labor studies/research programs/centers working with unions & worker centers on applied & community-engaged projects, we want to hear from you! bit.ly/SURVEYLC 📊
@aflcio.org @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social @cunyslu.bsky.social @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social @rutgersciwo.bsky.social
@aflcio.org @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social @cunyslu.bsky.social @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social @rutgersciwo.bsky.social
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NJ has made it clear, private prisons and detention centers have no place in our community. I stand with those pushing back against an increased ICE presence in Union County—it does nothing to make us safer.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/27/a...
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Activists fear Union County jail could become new migrant detention center • New Jersey Monitor
Union County is taking steps to sell its unused jail at a time federal officials say they want increased immigrant detention capacity in N.J.
newjerseymonitor.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NJ has made it clear, private prisons and detention centers have no place in our community. I stand with those pushing back against an increased ICE presence in Union County—it does nothing to make us safer.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/27/a...
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/27/a...