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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📺 ICYMI: Check out last week's webinar on our new Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law. This event was cosponsored with Workshop and featured labor law experts, current and former union leaders, and advocates who helped develop the model law. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgdG...
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WEBINAR: Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law
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Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation @harvardash.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Explore new research insights from “Labor Unions and Civic Participation,” in partnership with @cljeharvard.bsky.social
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Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation @harvardash.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why are union members more likely to vote, volunteer, and take part in public life? In Labor Unions and Civic Participation, Tova Wang and co-authors explain how unions build the relationships, confidence, and skills that turn belonging into civic action. bit.ly/4xCDUXi
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Labor Unions and Civic Participation: How Unions Can Increase Member Engagement – Ash Center
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WEBINAR (9/23): Register to hear from a panel of labor law experts discuss CLJE's latest resource, a model state sectoral bargaining law offering lawmakers a framework for legislating groundbreaking sectoral bargaining systems. clje.law.harvard.edu/events/webin...
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Webinar: Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Please join the Center for Labor and a Just Economy on Wednesday, September 23, from 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Our labor laws are broken and we need creative solutions. While federal law reform may well be needed in the long run, our Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law gives states somewhere to start. Workers have been waiting long enough. Read more in @time.com: time.com/article/2026...
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Why States Are the Key to the Modern Labor Movement
“States have an opportunity to build the infrastructure of worker power that this country will need in the years ahead,” write Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Check out the recap of @columbiasipa.bsky.social's recent webinar, "What Do American Workers Want from AI Policy?" featuring @michelleimiller.bsky.social, CLJE's Director of Innovation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Dg...
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IGP Webinar Recap: What Do American Workers Want from AI Policy?
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Register for tomorrow's webinar, The Faster Labor Contracts Act: What’s at Stake for Collective Bargaining? to hear from CLJE's @sharblock.bsky.social on a bill that would transform how unions and employers negotiate their first agreements: fedsoc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
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Union Maid Who’s Not Afraid @karenkeiser.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
American labor law is broken, and we need new strategies. @cljeharvard.bsky.social has released a Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law, offering a framework and user guide for legislating sectoral bargaining systems for states: clje.law.harvard.edu/model-state-...
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Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Labor law in the United States is broken. The Center for Labor and a Just Economy is proud to release…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
American labor law is broken. Sectoral strategies have long been recognized as powerful tools for raising labor standards. We're proud to release a Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law for states, a framework and user guide for legislators: clje.law.harvard.edu/model-state-...
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Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Labor law in the United States is broken. The Center for Labor and a Just Economy is proud to release…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Labor law in the United States is broken. We’re proud to release a Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law, which offers lawmakers a framework for legislating groundbreaking sectoral bargaining systems in states. Check it out here: clje.law.harvard.edu/model-state-...
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Model State Sectoral Bargaining Law - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Labor law in the United States is broken. The Center for Labor and a Just Economy is proud to release…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our working paper, “Sectoral Models: Expanding Sectoral Standard Setting Under NLRA Preemption” explores a promising strategy to protect and build worker power across industries. Check it out on our site and stay tuned for more: tinyurl.com/yp3r395b
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State and Local Labor Policy Working Paper Series - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
State and Local Labor Policy Working Paper Series CLJE and Workshop hosted working groups and a convening in the fall…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In his latest in @prospect.org, David Weil breaks down why flexibility in gig work has become the lynchpin of a well-traveled myth that corporations have spun to their employees, policymakers, and the public @profsheenalives.bsky.social prospect.org/2026/07/09/d...
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The Dangerous Myth of Flexibility - The American Prospect
Uber and Lyft insist it benefits their drivers. In actuality, it benefits Uber and Lyft.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“The likelihood of increasing the supply of housing is diminished by an aggressive deportation policy, and would be better served by having some sort of path to citizenship, and ending the underground economy." CLJE Fellow Mark Erlich in @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/09/b...
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Trump’s immigration crackdown is leaving Mass. construction sites without workers - The Boston Globe
President Trump's policies are stoking fear and putting the industry at risk of a labor shortage amid a severe demand for housing in the state.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"They're not feeling well...especially if there are underlying conditions, they may die at home, and it isn't always then labeled an occupational fatality." @sharblock.bsky.social talks about the fatal consequences of heat on the job with @wthrcom.bsky.social www.wthr.com/article/news...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Expanding executive power, today's SCOTUS decision allows the president to fire leaders of independent agencies, threatening their function and even their existence. @sharblock.bsky.social and @tanyalea.bsky.social break down today's decision in @ms.now www.ms.now/opinion/supr...
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Opinion | The Supreme Court just gutted independent agencies. Congress must fight back
After the conservative majority’s ruling in Trump v. Slaughter, it’s up to the legislative branch to protect the American people.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Have you ever thought about how AI personality shapes your team's success? Managers should treat AI interaction style as a governable design choice. Read more from CLJE Fellow @przega.bsky.social and CLJE Faculty Co-Director Richard Freeman in @hbr.org hbr.org/2026/06/does...
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Does Your AI Have a Personality Problem?
As companies embed AI more deeply into work, performance depends not only on what systems can do but how they behave. Research shows that AI personas—supportive or hostile—shape employee stress, resis...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
When it comes to heat on the job, we need regulations. @sharblock.bsky.social lays out the reasons regulations and heat standards are increasingly crucial and why state legislatures have a big role to play @keranews.org www.keranews.org/news/2026-06...
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Former Labor Department official says regulations are needed to protect workers in extreme heat
Extreme heat this summer can be dangerous and even deadly for folks who work outside or those who work indoors without adequate air conditioning.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In Here Where We Live Is Our Country, Molly Crabapple elevates an important part of the democratic socialist tradition at a time when many are looking for just such a usable past. Read more from CLJE Fellow Mark Erlich @dissentmag.bsky.social dissentmagazine.org/article/jewi...
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Resurrecting the Bund - Dissent Magazine
In Here Where We Live Is Our Country, Molly Crabapple elevates an important part of the democratic socialist tradition at a time when many are looking for just such a usable past.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Last month at an interdisciplinary convening on heat protections, @sharblock.bsky.social moderated a panel on protecting low-wage workers who can't avoid working in extreme temperatures. Read her three takeaways @harvardsalata.bsky.social salatainstitute.harvard.edu/mays-heatwav...
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May’s heatwaves offer early warning for workers - The Salata Institute
As cities prepare for hotter summers, protecting people on the job will require enforceable rules, local action, and workers’ voices.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We can prevent as many as 1,500 deaths per year in America if we pass adequate heat standards. The choice facing policymakers is not whether we can afford to protect workers from extreme heat, but whether we can afford not to. Read more in @azcentral.com www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...
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Arizonans die from working in the heat. Fixing it is simple | Opinion
We know it gets hot in Phoenix in the summer. But requiring access to shade and water could keep outdoor workers safer and avoid heat-related deaths.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
‪It's 95 degrees in Cambridge today. If you can't imagine spending time outside, imagine being a worker on a shift with no heat standards at your outdoor job. It's dangerous and it's preventable. Check out our latest report with @groundwork.bsky.social clje.law.harvard.edu/extreme-heat...
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Extreme Heat is Killing America’s Workers - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
A report from Groundwork Collaborative, Workshop, and Center for Labor and a Just Economy outlines a coordinated campaign by corporations,…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Science saves lives: check out our new interactive resource created with our partners @harvardgh.bsky.social that busts myths about heat and worker safety. Don’t see one? Submit your own for publication! clje.law.harvard.edu/heat-worker-...
Heat and Worker Safety: 12 Common Myths & What the Evidence Actually Shows
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Our nation’s labor laws are broken. There are strategies that worker advocates and lawmakers in pro-worker and even anti-worker states can employ to fill gaps left by federal labor law. Read the latest from @sharblock.bsky.social and @rdnayak.bsky.social clje.law.harvard.edu/leveraging-t...
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Leveraging the Laboratories of Democracy to Empower Workers - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Our nation’s labor laws are broken. A record number of Americans approve of unions, but there’s a tremendous gap between…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Misinformation can be deadly. It’s time to bust the myths about heat and worker safety: check out our new interactive resource with our partners @harvardgh.bsky.social and submit your own myth for publication ⬇️ clje.law.harvard.edu/heat-worker-...
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Heat & Worker Safety: 12 Common Myths
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"Organized labor is a key ally not only in providing skilled workers but also in building the political coalitions that make large-scale public investment possible." Read more from @rdnayak.bsky.social on why prevailing wages matter for abundance @onlabor.bsky.social onlabor.org/why-prevaili...
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Why Prevailing Wages Matter for Abundance ✦ OnLabor
We’ve seen some important post-mortems of the Biden administration’s Investing in America agenda, a massive industrial policy effort aimed at leveraging public and private-sector investments to expand...
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NEW: Extreme heat causes 28,000 workplace injuries in the US. Ensuring workers have access to water, shade, & rest could prevent up to 1,500 deaths every year. The solutions exist. Corporations & politicians alike would rather raise profits than save lives.
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Extreme Heat is Killing America’s Workers - Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NEW: UPS & Amazon have been cited for hundreds of safety heat-related violations — with fines exceeding $2 million. These companies would rather spend millions fighting safety rules than spend far less implementing them. Meanwhile workers are dying in their trucks and on their worksites.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A new paper from @harvardsalata.bsky.social underscores the importance of collaboration across disciplines in developing the country’s heat adaptation strategies. We're grateful for such dedicated partners in our shared pursuit of equitable solutions salatainstitute.harvard.edu/rethinking-h...
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Rethinking how India adapts to extreme heat - The Salata Institute
A new white paper brings together multiple disciplines to examine how extreme heat is reshaping life and livelihoods across India.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Find CLJE Fellow @rdnayak.bsky.social and Executive Director @sharblock.bsky.social in @harvardsalata.bsky.social’s new interdisciplinary white paper on how extreme heat is reshaping life and livelihoods across India ⬇️ salatainstitute.harvard.edu/rethinking-h...
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Rethinking how India adapts to extreme heat - The Salata Institute
A new white paper brings together multiple disciplines to examine how extreme heat is reshaping life and livelihoods across India.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We have some amazing CLJE alums! Check out our recent profile on former research assistant Tascha Shahriari-Parsa to hear about his journey into labor law, what motivates him to protect workers' rights, and how CLJE shaped his time at Harvard Law School and beyond: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMyW...
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CLJE Alumni Profiles: Tascha Shahriari-Parsa
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Partisan divides in judicial review are deepening. “Labor law has been at the leading edge of the politicization in the courts that a lot of other policy areas are more recently experiencing." @sharblock.bsky.social @bloomberglaw.com @robertiafolla.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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Growing Judicial Polarization Complicates NLRB’s Court Tests
Partisan differences in judicial review of National Labor Relations Board decisions are poised to expand as the Trump administration adds even more judges to courts that have stepped up their scrutiny...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“There is a pattern that we’re seeing developing at MGB to be maximalist in their sort of litigating approach to their employees’ desire to unionize. Just because they can make an argument doesn’t mean that they should.” @sharblock.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/23/b...
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‘We’re sick of these discrepancies’: MGB cancer clinicians say they’re underpaid, face battle to unionize - The Boston Globe
MGB is facing yet another round of growing pains as it tries to integrate its two flagship hospitals and position itself as a cancer powerhouse.'
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Check out our new working papers on state and local strategies to fund labor organizations. In partnership with Workshop, the papers are part of our State and Local Labor Policy Working Paper Series. Stay tuned for more: clje.law.harvard.edu/state-and-lo...
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State and Local Labor Policy Working Paper Series - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
NEW WORKING PAPERS: 3/18/2026 State and Local Labor Policy Working Paper Series CLJE and Workshop hosted working groups and a…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Our new working paper, “Government Funding for Worker Organizations for Outreach and Education, Enforcement, and/or Delivering Public Benefits or Training,” proposes organizations receive public funds to help agencies implement worker protection laws or training programs: tinyurl.com/GovFundingLa...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In partnership with Workshop, we’ve launched two new working papers on state and local strategies to fund labor organizations, as part of our State and Local Labor Policy Working Paper Series. Read more @onlabor.bsky.social: onlabor.org/building-wor...
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Building Worker Power in a Precarious Federal Landscape: Funding Labor Organizations to Build Power ✦ OnLabor
Labor unions and other worker organizations serve vital roles in our economy, protecting workers and fighting for their voice in the workplace and in politics. But despite skyrocketing public support ...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
“We were always very interested in finding strange coalitions that we could be building, in terms of support for parts of the work that didn’t necessarily fall on partisan lines.” Read more from our visit from @linamkhan.bsky.social ⬇️ hls.harvard.edu/today/khan-o...
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Khan on ‘finding strange coalitions’ at the FTC - Harvard Law School
Former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan discusses her advocacy for enforcing antitrust laws.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Former FTC Chair @linamkhan.bsky.social joined us last week for a conversation with @sharblock.bsky.social reflecting on her tenure at the FTC and the role of antitrust in protecting workers, consumers, innovation, and broad-based economic growth. Catch the talk here: tinyurl.com/yevxphrt #antitrust
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Antitrust and the Rule of Law: A Conversation with Former FTC Chair Lina Khan
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Congratulations to the Harvard Trade Union Program class of 2026, who graduated last month with an address from @aflcio.org Chief Economist @darrickhamilton.bsky.social, classmates, and CLJE leadership. You are a testament to the strength of the labor movement. We can't wait to see what you do!
The Harvard Trade Union Program class of 2026.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
“The environment that the Trump administration created for federal employees was so untenable that I think it’s really hard to call [the resignations] voluntary, even if they technically were quits or retirements." @sharblock.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/26/n...
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We now know the full scale of Trump’s federal workforce cuts - The Boston Globe
Amid President Trump’s bureaucracy-slashing directives, the federal workforce shrunk by about nearly 10 percent in 2025.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"A new Mayor has a major opportunity... Workers who are confident that they can’t be fired without reason are able to concentrate on their work and help build the economy the Mayor hopes for." @sharblock.bsky.social in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/just-cause...
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Just Cause | Sharon Block
Flipping the script on at-will employment in New York City
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"The new Mamdani administration can right this legal wrong in innovative and effective ways... Imposing 'just cause' standards on employers in New York City would flip the at-will employment script." @sharblock.bsky.social in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/just-cause...
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Just Cause | Sharon Block
Flipping the script on at-will employment in New York City
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Last week, we were honored to host Jessica Looman, Virginia Secretary of Labor, to address the 113th class of the Harvard Trade Union Program for our annual Jerry Wurf Memorial Forum. Secretary Looman encouraged the class to stay involved in state and local level advocacy, education, and outreach
Jessica Looman, Virginia Secretary of Labor, addresses the 113th class of the Harvard Trade Union Program. Photos by Lorin Granger.Participants of the 113th class of the Harvard Trade Union Program raise their hands while listening to Jessica Looman, Virginia Secretary of Labor. Photos by Lorin Granger.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
“If you spend half of your life in a place where you don’t have a voice...then democracy stops being a shared experience and becomes something distant, almost alien.” @yolandadiaz.bsky.social at CLJE's 2026 Dunlop Forum. Read more from our event with Spain's VP ⬇️ hls.harvard.edu/today/spanis...
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Spanish minister seeks to empower workers - Harvard Law School
To have a thriving democracy, workplaces must also be democratic, according to Yolanda Díaz Pérez, Spain’s minister of labour and social economy.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Volkswagen workers' recent deal winning 20% raises and lower health care costs comes amid a precarious labor market. "If VW had [refused to negotiate] ... that would have been a very negative signal about this moment." @sharblock.bsky.social in @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/02/05/t...
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Volkswagen workers' victory represents rare union breakthrough for South
Workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tenn., factory won 20% raises in their first UAW contract.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We were honored to host Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy of Spain, @yolandadiaz.bsky.social and our colleague @isabelleferreras.bsky.social to discuss the newly issued report on democratizing work in Spain and across Europe, Two Promises to Those Who Work: Voice and Ownership
Isabelle Ferreras, Yolanda Díaz Peréz, and Sharon Block Yolanda Díaz Peréz addresses the audience.Yolanda Díaz Peréz addresses audience after the talk.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Join us on Wednesday for the annual Green Memorial Forum on Labor History to hear from Nick Juravich, author and associate professor of labor history @umassboston.bsky.social, on his book Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education. Register here: tinyurl.com/GreenForum2026
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A big thank you to @ibewinternational.bsky.social Local 103, Training Director Jay DeMello, Business Manager Lou Antonellis and the rest of the team and staff for hosting the 2026 Harvard Trade Union Program for a tour and a dinner of surf, turf, and solidarity!
HTUP Welcome Sign at IBEW Local 103Group Photo at the HTUP IBEW Local 103 dinnerHTUP group photo at IBEW Local 1032026 HTUP Class Tours the IBEW Local 103 Facilities
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
According to @sharblock.bsky.social in @chicagotribune.com, in a time where "there's zero chance" that gig workers will be granted federal collective bargaining rights, the approach Illinois is taking to protect rideshare drivers is "the only way." www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Uber and Lyft drivers could win union rights if state law changes
An estimated 100,000 rideshare drivers in Illinois could win the right to join a union under new legislation expected to be filed in Springfield this month.
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OnLabor @onlabor.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Although the Securities and Exchange Commission exists to protect investors, workers should stay informed of its activities and their effects. Read more from @alvinvelazquez.bsky.social on the relationship between AI disclosure rules, worker power, and union bargaining ⬇️ onlabor.org/what-sec-ai-...
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What SEC AI Disclosure Rules Have to Do With Union Bargaining ✦ OnLabor
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) exists to protect investors by maintaining orderly markets and to facilitate capital formation. It does not exist to protect workers and their interests. H...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The first paper in our new working paper series argues that extending sectoral models across more of the economy can do more than raise wages and baseline conditions; they help build democratic participation of workers. Read more on the series from @onlabor.bsky.social onlabor.org/building-wor...
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Building Worker Power in a Precarious Federal Landscape: Sectoral Strategies and Worker Democracy ✦ OnLabor
This post launches a new series exploring how states and cities can expand worker power in the United States. The series is grounded in a set of working papers and policy briefs that offer creative ap...
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