Over half of nonunion public sector workers would join a union if given the opportunity.

An article appeared in Science Magazine about our 2024 Directory & its useful in higher ed collective bargaining w/ a quote by Joseph van der Naald from The Graduate Center, who was one of the study's co-authors. The study can be downloaded here: conta.cc/47gadPX science.org/content/articl…

Legendary Marxist critic Fredric Jameson (1934-2024) spent his life and career committed to socialist ideas. In Jacobin last year, Jameson, argued that socialists today can revive utopian ideals by showing that change is, in fact, possible. jacobin.com/2023/01/freder…

It was a pleasure to write a short piece on findings from the @Highered-cb.bsky.social's 2024 Directory for Power At Work.

The public-sector pay gap is widening, and it's affecting all of us—not just workers. Learn how unions can help strengthen public-sector collective bargaining rights and close this gap in Monique Morrissey & Jennifer Sherer's latest post for Power At Work at poweratwork.us/the-public-sec…!

The National Center has issued a new study today examining anti-discrimination provisions in higher education collective bargaining agreements. The study can be downloaded here: conta.cc/3UQ7VSY

November is in the books. Thanks to Shane Burley בד, Mattie Armstrong-Price, Justin Akers Chacón, Soledad Santana, Cody R. Melcher, Joseph van der Naald, and C. K. Seymour for writing for us last month. Links to all the articles in the thread 👇🏽🧵

Happy New Year from the Labor Action Tracker team 💫 We are pleased to share our November 2024 Monthly Report. We are looking forward to bringing you continued updates from the picket line in 2025. #InSolidarity ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 (p.s. follow us on 🦋 if you're there!)

Michael Burawoy understood that because the political project of socialism changes with history, Marxism itself has continually transform. He understood history is not just facts, but always seen through new eyes. From “Two Methods in Search of Science: Skocpol versus Trotsky.”

Shen Yun sounding like some higher education administrators "Representatives of Falun Gong have said that state and federal labor laws do not apply to their student performers because they are receiving a learning opportunity, not working as employees." nytimes.com/2025/02/06/nyr…

📢 Federal workers keep our nation running! On Feb 19, join the #SaveOurServices Day of Action: ✅ Wear red, white & blue 🇺🇸 ✅ Take a photo showing how your work benefits the public 📸 ✅ Post with #SaveOurServices Let’s stand up for vital public services!

Latest from the Spencer Lindsay and Cody Melcher dream team: "Investigating the Origins of Status Threat among White Americans," in Public Opinion Quarterly Oxford Academic. Using several survey experiments, we suggest that racism has a material base. doi.org/10.1093/poq/nf…

Thanks to Ruth Milkman for her moving tribute in Jacobin to her mentor and longtime friend Michael Burawoy: jacobin.com/2025/02/michae…

Trump's #DOGE initiative accelerates a 50-year trend of government privatization. Government contracting reached $1.98 trillion in 2023, 7% of the total economy. #economics #ElonMusk buff.ly/UzX8yLc

🧵IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

We are devastated to say that our comrade, teacher and friend Joshua Clover passed away last night. We will miss him forever.

Jane Komori on the Japanese Camp and Mill Workers’ Federal Union (JCMWU), out now in Long-Haul issue 2: “The JCMWU was part of an ecosystem of formal and informal ethnic and Indigenous labor organizations that were as diverse as the region’s workforce.” longhaulmag.com/we-are-workers…

longhaulmag.com/yet-it-moves/

Everyone in academia is functionally contingent now. It’s just that not everyone realizes it. columbiachronicle.com/topstory/break…

As the mayor of Philly refuses to meet the needs of the city’s workers, including the santitation department, the consequences are very literally piling up.