And then there were 12, who’s next? LFG!!
05.02.2026 13:20
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And then there were 12, who’s next? LFG!!
With Trump’s impending return, rebuilding a fighting labour movement is more important than ever. Here @ericblanc.bsky.social and @radishresearch.bsky.social make the case for how unions can keep building in the Trump era:
open.substack.com/pub/radishre...
"Sometimes going on the offense is also the best form of defense."
Good insights and data from Chris Bohner @radishresearch.bsky.social and Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2024/11/labo...
The instinct of a lot of unions will be to retreat and hunker down and try to ride out the Trump years. That instinct will get us killed. Offense is defense now.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/lean-into-...
Trump's reelection brings challenges for workers, but the fight isn't over. Learn why labor can still thrive and why bold organizing is essential in @ericblanc.bsky.social & @radishresearch.bsky.social's piece for Labor Politics, now posted on @poweratwork.bsky.social: poweratwork.us/labors-resur...
Trump’s election doesn't have to mean the labor resurgence is over
Unions actually organized more workers under George W. Bush than under Obama (mostly because labor seriously funded organizing in the early 2000s)
Here's why unions can still go on the offensive today 🧵
Thoughtful & tough reflection on next steps for labor:
"We can’t afford to turn down any of the 52 percent of non-union workers who say that...they would vote to join a union today..This effort will require unions to radically rethink their organizing strategy"
www.bostonreview.net/articles/whe...
Thank's very much for for the rec's, excited to read these.
Thanks!
A friend sent me this piece by @radishresearch.bsky.social this morning - motivating read for how the labor movement can rise to the occasion in the face of four more years of Trump
portside.org/2024-11-18/l...
Any suggestions for books/articles on public sector organizing in the 1960s and 70s? It seems relevant today - organizing under hostile legal conditions. Thx!
"It’s worth remembering that US labor’s current uptick began with the statewide teachers’ strikes that swept across red states in 2018 during Trump’s first term."
An optimistic read in pessimistic times.
Time to organize!
5. Organized labor is reforming
6. Young worker activism is not going away
7. The (latent) power of unions to disrupt the political and economic system is high
8. Republicans may overplay their hand, creating new openings for labor
Read full article here
jacobin.com/2024/11/labo...
1. The economic forces fueling Trumpism also favor labor’s continued resurgence
2. Unions can still grow under Republican administrations
3. Labor has huge financial assets at its disposal
4. Unions remain popular and trusted
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We offer 8 positive factors that should ward off despair and encourage unions to invest more, not less, into organizing the unorganized... 2/
Today @ericblanc.bsky.social and I co-published an article on why labor’s resurgence can continue. While Trump is preparing major attacks against labor, unions are actually well-positioned to continue their organizing and bargaining momentum. 1/
radishresearch.substack.com/p/labors-res...
Thanks. Could you add me? I write on labor for Jacobin, and do independent research on unions.
Meanwhile in Manitoba, Canada - a province up north somewhere - the NDP passed a ban on scab labor, and improved card check procedures for union representation. 👇
(I've visited Manitoba many times and it's fun year-round, even in the arctic cold)
Awesome, I’d love to be included. I write for Jacobin on labor, and my research is cited in many labor pubs as well.
I cannot wait to read this 👇👇👇
I made a Labor History Starter Pack - who did I miss?
go.bsky.app/3QqduGj
I wonder if Starbucks management breaks off the substantive bargaining with SBWU that's been going for abt a year?
Election result changes the incentives.
More at my stack of subs:
radishresearch.substack.com/p/why-is-har...
Perhaps a more aggressive populist economic message by Harris would resonate with union workers who believe they are economically worse off under Biden than Trump. 4/
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
There are many methods to calculate wages adjusted for inflation, but the BLS Employer Cost Index suggests that the perception by union voters is true: real wages of union workers declined under Biden, and went up under Trump. I was really surprised to see this. 3/
Why is Harris lagging with union voters? A poll of 7 swing states by Bloomberg/Morning Consult suggests one reason: union households believe they were financially better off under the Trump administration than they were under the Biden administration by an 11% margin. 2/
As the election mercifully draws to a close, I’ve been tracking the polls to see how Kamala Harris is doing with union voters in swing states and nationally (but take the polls with a big dash of salt on a margarita rim). 🧵 1/
Got this dubious mailer from the Democrat aligned “Center for Voting Information” threatening to out me to my neighbors if I don’t vote (I’m voting!). It appears vaguely official, and that why I opened it. Shame is not an effective GOTV tactic.
Meanwhile in Canada, a country somewhere up north, union density is 31.5% in British Columbia, 26.4% in Ontario, 39.6% in Quebec…
I need to finally read @eidlin.bsky.social’s Class Idea in US & Canada
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