The Race, History, and Academic Freedom March 2 virtual teach-in is endorsed by HANWOO CHA UMass Labor Center Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations USC Pullias Center for Higher Education American Association of University Professors National Education Association Southern Labor Studies Association (SLSA) African American Policy Forum Register today: conta.cc/3LiZSYr

THIS MORNING: More than 100 students walked out of Tewksbury HS in a show of SUPPORT for educators & staff who have been trying to negotiate a new contract since last February. #maedu whdh.com/news/students-…

⁦Providence Journal⁩ quotes UMass Labor Center report saying nearly 1 in 10 RI bosses misclassify workers as indept contractors to evade taxes. The state loses at least $25 million due to payroll fraud. Let’s make wage theft a felony! ⁦@PatCrowley401⁩ providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

UMass Labor Center professor Cedric de Leon in Mother Jones taking on REI’s anti-union campaign: a consumer co-op ain’t a worker co-op. Period.

NEW: Nearly 10% of #RhodeIsland employers misclassifying workers as independent contractors, saving a third in labor costs, according to a new report by UMass Amherst UMass Labor Center #employment #labor RI Department of Labor & Training PBN pbn.com/report-nearly-…

Nearly 1 in 10 employers in Rhode Island are misclassifying employees as independent contractors, per a new UMass Labor Center report. My take on what's driving this trend and what it means for workers and the economy, via PBN Cassius Shuman: pbn.com/report-nearly-…

Say hello to the newest unionized Starbucks partners in Mesa, AZ!

The question of how to organize megacorporations is urgent for everyone who works for justice. Don’t miss the latest issue of The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice — ORGANIZING MEGACORPORATIONS — guest edited by Jasmine Kerrissey and Dania Rajendra forgeorganizing.org/article/organi…

Dear Elon, We're going to help train up the best organizers ever and get that done for you. ❤️ TheLaborCenter npr.org/2022/03/03/108…

Please join UMass Labor Center director Cedric de Leon moderate a LRAN webinar April 14, 4pm ET on how unions are pushing for alternatives to policing. Panelists include leaders from Grad Employees' Org UMich and UE. Register at bit.ly/3j1vu7V

BREAKING NEWS: 99% vote "yes" to unionize Richmond Public Schools, with the Richmond Education Association (REA) serving as collective bargaining representative. This victory belongs to the rank-and-file union militants who organized their colleagues. #Union #UnionStrong

#UMassGives is happening today! Your gift of $5 or more benefits future ULA students! umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/99748366114

Dear Howard, you may like your coffee 3/4 full, but we like ours union made. Madison Park partners in Seattle, Howard Schultz’s home store, are filing for a union!

Labor Center Professor Tom Juravich in @CommonWealthMag on why it's so hard to hold bad actors accountable for wage theft and what needs to change. commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/we-nee…

Today is #TeacherAppreciationDay! We'd like to thank the 214 parent groups, civil rights groups, student groups, religious groups & fellow unions representing more than 10 million people nationwide to say “thank you” to America’s teachers. #TeacherAppreciationDay #ThankATeacher

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Thank you, everyone who donated, for getting us closer to an endowed scholarship for ULA students. We raised over $2000 in the 2 days of #UMassGives.

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE VICTORY FOR THE WORKERS OF 874 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE!!!!!

Labor Center at UMass Amherst Director Jasmine Kerrissey commented in an October 12th piece in TIME covering the potential railroad #strike. time.com/6221312/rail-w…

"[A] sign that the balance of power between workers and employers, which has been tilted toward employers for nearly a half-century, is beginning to shift." - Jasmine Kerrissey (UMass Sociology & UMass Labor Center) offers an analysis of '23's labor strikes: buff.ly/41J5iV1