All of this is why, as I wrote at The Atlantic this week, 'the fate of working people anywhere is the fate of working people everywhere.'

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Read more here:

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Public investment creates good union jobs. Tennessee's new BlueOval City is a great example. But, my new report highlights how policymakers must educate workers to see the connection between these jobs and the public policies supporting them.
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This NYT video is a great introduction to minimum standards councils to empower workers: nytimes.com/2024/01/17/opi…

Appreciate the mention in James Traub’s latest piece about the important role unions play in making democracy work: jamestraub.substack.com/p/are-unions-g…

In this month’s #PowerHour , Seth D. Harris is joined by American Progress’s David Madland and UCLA Labor Center’s Victor Narro. Tune in to hear them discuss strike activity, sectoral bargaining, immigration, and Bidenomics.
Watch: poweratwork.us/power-hour-nar…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law wage increases and the creation of a workers board for fast food workers in California — we recently highlighted the momentum worker boards have achieved in the last several years here: americanprogress.org/article/moment…

Biden made a bet that industrial policy will create quality jobs that voters will notice — I lay out the electoral stakes behind Bidenomics in this piece for Democracy Journal: democracyjournal.org/arguments/jobs…

My recent research details the ways the working class benefits from collective bargaining—higher wages, better benefits, more wealth, and more. Read more here: americanprogress.org/article/how-un…

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently gave an important speech on U.S. industrial policy and its implications on international affairs. Read the full remarks here: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Over the past year, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment took steps to make it easier for workers to organize or join a union, supporting a 20% increase of unionized federal employees. Read more updates here: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…