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laura harshberger

@laurzard.bsky.social
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former copyeditor turned union organizer for UAW 2110. here to scream into the abyss about organizing, bluer skies, etc. she/her 🌈

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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Starting the rumor that the LaGuardia water feature is off because of the government shutdown
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
There's absolutely no reason for me to pit these Netflix shows against each other but everyone I know is watching HUNTING WIVES and no one is watching TOO MUCH
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
No matter what happens today in the mayoral primary, let's make a commitment to ourselves and each other that we're gonna stop saying "We did it, Joe"
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We're gonna win
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Most people are cowards, especially politicians
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is absolutely insane - everyone needs to read this and then follow what's going on with the Abrams Union
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
please I'm begging you rank 5 people who are not Andrew Cuomo in June
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abramsunion.bsky.social @abramsunion.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Check out this piece in @publisherswkly.bsky.social about why we're unionizing! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
publishersweekly.com
UAW Local 2110 Requests Abrams Unionization Vote
The union, which represents workers at HarperCollins and the New Press, has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to allow Abrams employees to vote on unionization.
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Solidarity forever with the fine folks of Abrams Union!
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abramsunion.bsky.social @abramsunion.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Big news! We’re forming a union with Local 2110 UAW. In unionizing, we stake our claim in shaping the future of Abrams: a more equitable, ethical, and transparent working environment. Follow us for more updates!
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I'm sorry, MUCKRAKING?
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"Making it to the weekend" is no longer a goal when making it through the weekend with a democracy intact feels unrealistic. Anyway happy Friday, stream Chappell Roan's "The Giver"
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UAW @uaw.org · 14/03/2025
Trade unionists everywhere, defenders of the Constitution, of freedom of speech, of academic freedom, and of the right of free association, should be appalled and disgusted by the behavior of Columbia University, and should take it for the clear signal it is.
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UAW @uaw.org · 14/03/2025
It is no accident that this comes days after the federal government froze Columbia’s funding, and threatened to pull funding from 60 other universities across the country. It is no accident that this firing has occurred the day before contract negotiations begin.
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UAW @uaw.org · 14/03/2025
🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Setting a new floor for bookselling in NYC. Congratulations, B&N workers! 🎉
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Ryan W. Mead @rwmead.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I try not to cross-post comments posted on The Other Site but I’m breaking that because these comments from UAW organizer @laurzard.bsky.social about Sesame Street announcing layoffs one day after the announcement of a Sesame Workers’ Union and why we shouldn’t assume they’re connected are good ones
Post by Hamilton Nolan: Straightforward illegal action that in 2024 would have been blocked by the NLRB but in 2025 the NLRB is effectively shut down. Expect much more of this.

Response by Laura Harshberger: I understand the frustration and anger to see layoffs the day after a unionization announcement, but to immediately connect this to the Trump NLRB feels like fear mongering and unnecessarily chilling for the thousands of workers who are still organizing their workplaces.The NLRB has at no point in the last 20 years been a magic wand waving institution that prevents illegal layoffs. We have no idea how the current board and regional offices will handle ULPs or hand down rulings. We should not comply in advance! Organize your workspace.Moreover, by drawing this connection we are ignoring the agency, bravery, and solidarity of the workers at SW who chose to organize a union in the face of great uncertainty. Anyone paying attention knew things were bad; Sesame Street has no distribution home. Solidarity.
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Very reminiscent of how men were talking about Anthony Weiner in the 2013 mayoral race before the Carlos Danger stuff broke. We actually don't have to give predators second chances in electoral politics
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Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Some of my favorite protest, signs from tonight‘s labor protest in front of the Brooklyn Museum 
Person holding No Layoffs sign in front of the Brooklyn museumA protest sign asking the Brooklyn Museum to respect museum workers and labor laws at the march in front of the institutionA fluorescent orange protest sign demanding No Layoffs with photos of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Anne PasternakMarchers holding protest signs in front of the Brooklyn Museum, including one that says Solid Gold 4 Executives, Pink Slips 4 Workers
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
are the majority of the people on the planet cowards? or just the majority of elected officials
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The AFL-CIO makes it so easy to make these calls. If you do one thing today, this should be it. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
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Call: Reinstate National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwen Wilcox
On Jan. 27, President Trump fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on the board. This move is illegal and will have immediate consequences for working people. By leaving onl...
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Things are very bad. Why aren't you unionizing your workplace?
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onion person @junlper.beer · 12/01/2025
do you think it hurts to be this dumb
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
metaphorically threw my phone into the ocean; literally just dropped my phone into a swimming pool.
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
celebrating January 6 by grilling smuggled tofu for a bunch of queers in the bahamas
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
the laguardia water feature makes me feel patriotic as a new yorker
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It's hard not to be romantic about unions.
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Does anyone have a 3D printer?
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 10/12/2024
This is why I subscribe to @hellgatenyc.com and you should too. Yeremi Colino mattered as much as any CEO.
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
happy birthday, @irenemarieb.bsky.social
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
anyone who is a little uncomfortable with people cracking jokes about a ceo being assassinated probably needs to be a little more uncomfortable, generally
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
dream blunt rotation/mayoral ballot shaping up www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/04/u...
thecity.nyc
UAW Endorses Mamdani, Lander and Ramos for Mayor – And Urges Voters to Not Rank Eric Adams At All
Unusual and early ranked-choice ballot recommendation from diverse membership aims to elevate progressive candidates in a growing field looking to oust the embattled incumbent.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I do not know how to ride a bicycle
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
if the supreme court can't uphold the equal protection clause we're going to have to burn it all down and try again
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
In fifth grade I came in second in a spelling bee after misspelling persevere as perservere and that has been my personality ever since: serving and persevering
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 03/12/2024
Don’t agonize. Organize. aflcio.org/formaunion
aflcio.org
Form a Union | AFL-CIO
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
No one wants to do consensus building anymore
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Some days it's "younger me would be so proud to see where I am" and other days it's "younger me would try to shoot me in the face if she saw where I am"
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
so who all's gay here
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 22/11/2024
There is no such thing as “unskilled labor.” All labor is skilled and has value.
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I'm looking to fight... for your right... to exist in dignity
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
One thing I firmly believe is that many people's problems would be solved by being in community with more middle aged dykes
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
For all of the frustrated people who have said "We need a Labor Party!", this is exactly the thing that needs to happen first:
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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...
portside.org
Labor’s Resurgence Can Continue Despite Trump
Does Trump’s re-election mean that the US labor resurgence is over? Not necessarily. It’s true that the new administration is preparing major attacks against workers and the labor movement. And many u...
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laura harshberger @laurzard.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
when I see bluesky written as one word, my brain pronounces it blueski and I think that sounds beautiful
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