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Lane Windham

@lanewindham.bsky.social
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Activist, writer, historian, labor and working-class issues. Author of Knocking on Labor's Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide

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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Nice story on the 1892 Homestead steel strike, featuring new USW President Roxanne Brown. @steelworkers.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/06/27/n...
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The strike that reshaped the labor movement
What can a steelworkers strike from 1892 tell us about today's economy? NPR's Don Gonyea visits Homestead, Pennsylvania where one of America's most important labor fights unfolded.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Really good history of LA labor movement... ICE Raids at World Cup Games? A Los Angeles Union Says, No Way! prospect.org/2026/06/09/i...
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ICE Raids at World Cup Games? A Los Angeles Union Says, No Way! - The American Prospect
The L.A. local of hotel and restaurant workers settles a contract dispute, but reserves the right to strike if ICE appears at Friday’s kickoff.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
SUCH an important victory for workers, because these LYFT and Uber drivers didn't let the broken labor law stop them! prospect.org/2026/05/26/i...
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In Massachusetts Today, Uber and Lyft Drivers Went Union - The American Prospect
Under a recently enacted state law, independent contractors can bargain collectively—and now, they will.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Great story, great work by AAUP! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/u...
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A Professor Union Grows Fast as It Ramps Up Its Fight Against Trump
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Kalmanovitz Initiative @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
As workers have been on the frontlines at #NoKings rallies, organizing in Minnesota and more, a recent bump in union membership "heralds real hope" The Kalmanovitz's Associate Director weighs in on what this means for the future of labor organizing for In These Times.
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Five Things the New BLS Union Membership Statistics Don’t Tell You
Union membership is slightly on the rise—but the hope for U.S. labor’s future is far brighter than the numbers alone suggest.
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Toby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
“America’s labor movement has been going through a transition over the last decade that is far more layered and nuanced — and that holds more potential for future growth — than the BLS annual membership survey reveals.” New leaders & organizational forms having an impact— @lanewindham.bsky.social
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/02/2026
"The union membership statistics do nothing to demonstrate the new forms of worker justice organizing that have blossomed in the 21st century." @lanewindham.bsky.social lays out five things the numbers miss. inthesetimes.com/article/unio...
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Five Things the New BLS Union Membership Statistics Don’t Tell You
Union membership is slightly on the rise—but the hope for U.S. labor’s future is far brighter than the numbers alone suggest.
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Daisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Pledge to stop buying Starbucks and find a mass picket event near you: www.nocontractnocoffee.org
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No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 13/11/2025
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
So proud of this class whose hosts include @unitehere.org, @opeiu.org, @jwj.org, @labwc.bsky.social, @powerswitchaction.org, @ncstateaflcio.bsky.social, @aflcio.org
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Must read www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...
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A General Air of Anxiety - Boston Review
The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I'm attending Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO's event, “We Are All DC: A National March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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We Are All DC: A National March · Mobilize
DC communities are powerful, connected, and under attack. Federal troops, out-of-state National Guard, and Trump controlled police are harassing, surveilling, and detaining Black and Brown residents...
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weleadlabor.bsky.social @weleadlabor.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Nominations EXTENDED to SEPTEMBER 1st for the WILL Empower Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award - $15,000! ✨Do you know a young courageous leader (age 30/under) committed to worker, racial, and gender justice? 🔥Nominate here by 9/1: go.rutgers.edu/sf3j15y3
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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Direct action gets the goods.
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Air Canada and Striking Flight Attendants’ Union Reach Tentative Deal
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Now that Trump Admin is purging museums of ideas that contradict its world view, hurry to see the National Archives excellent Power and Light, Russell Lee's 1946 coal survey. Part of the settlement to the 7-week miners' strike was this survey. Glad I saw this treasure before it is disappeared.
UMWA meeting
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Werecoyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Worth sharing for the reference list alone (a lot of bangers on that list!). But this is a real question and the examination here by @lanewindham.bsky.social is a great read. Personally I believe organizing around working people's solidarity and life improvement is always a better option.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Yes, lots of new leaders, and many are women
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Kalmanovitz Initiative @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Now available on Portside! "Is the purpose of organizing to increase union membership, or is it to rebuild a working-class movement that can effectively make life better for the vast majority of working people?" @lanewindham.bsky.social for New Labor Forum portside.org/2025-05-28/c...
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Could Sisyphus Have Tried Harder? Reflections on the Sweeney Administration’s Efforts at Mass Organizing, Thirty Years Later
When I came to the AFL-CIO in 1998, not long after John Sweeney was elected president, the enthusiasm and hope around organizing was contagious. I’d spent much of my twenties as a union organizer in t...
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
"Who will stand for us?" asked @dropkickmurphys.com at @unite4vets.bsky.social rally. America's working class is asking that question, loud and clear.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
From Lane Windham, here's an unsparing look back at the period 20 years ago, when the leadership of the AFL-CIO really did try to recommit to organizing the unorganized and rebuild the labor movement as a movement. And failed to do so. portside.org/2025-05-28/c...
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
My latest piece. I reflect on what we can learn today from the Sweeney era hopes and failures. Is boosting union density the ultimate organizing goal? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Could Sisyphus Have Tried Harder? Reflections on the Sweeney Administration’s Efforts at Mass Organizing, Thirty Years Later - Lane Windham, 2025
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
BREAKING: The Department of Health and Human Services has fired every single worker in its program that helps low-income Americans pay their energy bills. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Amazon weaponizing AI to fight workers' union: prospect.org/labor/2025-0...
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Amazon Uses Arsenal of AI Weapons Against Workers
A study of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, shows that the company weaponizes its algorithmic surveillance tools to prevent organizing.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
An important read...
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Zoom Book Talk: Labor Historian Debbie Goldman will be discussing her new book 'Disconnected' with CWA Area Director Pat Telesco and @lanewindham.bsky.social. 2/26 4.00PM EST. RSVP here: bit.ly/cwaqa
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Kalmanovitz Initiative @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Zoom Book Talk!📖 On 2/26 at 4:00 PM, Labor Historian Debbie Goldman, @cwaunion.bsky.social Area Director Pat Telesco and KI Associate Director @lanewindham.bsky.social Windham will discuss call center workers, AI, and the lessons labor can learn from history! #LaborSpring 👉http://bit.ly/cwaqa
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
20 years after split: SEIU rejoins AFL-CIO... this is good for working people... www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/b...
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SEIU Joins Forces With AFL-CIO Ahead of New Trump Era
A marriage between the service employees union and the A.F.L.-C.I.O. could better equip organized labor to deal with a less-friendly administration.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor @keeanga.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Read Hammer & Hope
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Kalmanovitz Initiative @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Our Associate Director @lanewindham.bsky.social joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the changing landscape of labor leadership and the importance of empowering women in the movement. awf.labortools.com/listen/follo...
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Following election results, labor looks to regroup and unify members
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Lane Windham from the Kalmanovitz Initiative joined us on today’s show.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I feel like the election was fundamentally about the kinds of working-class issues I've been fighting for, and mostly losing, my entire adult life. Sounds like Randi Weingarten is also thinking something similar prospect.org/labor/2024-1...
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Why Workers Deserted a Neoliberal Democratic Party
Herewith, a union leader’s suggestions on why they left and how to win them back.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Kentucky Battery Plant Workers Launch Union Drive With UAW
A majority of the 1,000 auto workers at the car battery park Blue Oval in Glendale, Kentucky, have signed union cards to join the United Auto Workers. The battery park, a joint venture between Ford an...
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Kalmanovitz Initiative @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Big poultry is misleading the public on workplace safety by underreporting workplace injury numbers Underreporting is harming workers - KI worker safety expert @debbieberkowitz.bsky.social weighs in and finds the truth www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/11/lett...
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Letter to the Editor: Workplace injury numbers in poultry industry need closer look
-- OPINION -- As FSN noted recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that poultry slaughter plants had a huge and unprecedented reduction in the
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hello! I took a deep look at the efforts by SpaceX and Amazon to gut the NLRB, how SCOTUS' right-wing majority could kneecap the agency, and what the disastrous results could be for workers and unions. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
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Elon Musk Wants To Wreck A Crucial Agency That No One Is Talking About
Constitutional challenges to the National Labor Relations Board may end up before the Supreme Court, with grave implications for workers and unions.
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Toby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
“When we fight, we win!” Service workers on strike today and tomorrow at UCLA and across the UC system. Calling on UC managers to bargain fairly.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The organizing WILL continue.... among all sorts of working people
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About 300 Mass General Brigham Primary Care Physicians File NLRB Petition to Unionize | News | The Harvard Crimson
Nearly 300 primary care physicians at Mass General Brigham filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board indicating their intent to unionize.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
It gives me great joy to see headlines like this in the mainstream press. www.cnbc.com/2023/12/19/s...
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There were nearly 400 strikes in 2023, and experts think there's more to come: 'Nothing succeeds lik...
Unionized workers went on hundreds of strikes this year to great effect. Labor experts believe strikes will continue in the coming years.
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Lane Windham @lanewindham.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
Very cool!! The Newest Union Members Are Undergrads www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/u...
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The Newest Union Members Are Undergrads
R.A.s working in college dorms help crime victims, enforce health protocols and handle mental health crises. They want more pay — and will strike to get it.
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