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Sharon Block

@sharblock.bsky.social
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Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. Former Biden and Obama Admin official. Labor lawyer and reg nerd. If you don’t know who the woman with the red flower in the picture is, ask.

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Power At Work @poweratwork.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
@poweratwork.bsky.social's 10th ep of the Power Half-Hour is out! Joining @mrsethharris.bsky.social is @cljeharvard.bsky.social Executive Director @sharblock.bsky.social, @seattleulaw.bsky.social professor Elizabeth Ford, & @chicagotribune.com reporter Talia Soglin: poweratwork.us/power-half-h...
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Workers are being squeezed by a softening job market, rising costs, and an administration that is hostile to unions and labor rights. @sharblock.bsky.social joined The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton to explain how Trump’s policies are leaving workers less secure.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
In @msnbc.com, labor expert @sharblock.bsky.social explains that while unions are more popular than ever, outdated laws make organizing risky. She outlines reforms like stronger penalties for union-busting and sectoral bargaining to ensure workers can organize. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Unions are as popular as ever. Our labor laws haven't caught up yet.
Building a labor law that actually enables workers to form unions requires a lot more than tinkering with the existing systems.
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Center for Progressive Reform @progressivereform.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Member Scholar @sharblock.bsky.social of Harvard Law was quoted in a commentary by @ositanwanevu.com in The Nation about democracy and workers. Read Nwanevu's commentary here. 👇 www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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To Make Democracy Work, Give More of It to Workers
The fight to reclaim American democracy has to begin with our oligarchic political economy.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A recent email to EPA employees discouraging union activity on personal time raises ethics concerns and could "have a pretty serious chilling effect on their willingness to engage with their union at all," according to @sharblock.bsky.social. More from @wgbh.org ⬇️ www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Trump administration moves to curtail union representation at EPA
The move is part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to terminate contracts and end union representation at agencies across the federal government.
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Sharon Block @sharblock.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Hey anti-trust friends: Didn’t Trump just admit to violating anti-trust law by soliciting a no-poach agreement from Jeffrey Epstein? I know this is hardly the worst behavior that has transpired btwn these two but just wanted to call out more lawlessness. www.npr.org/2025/07/29/n...
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Trump says his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein was over spa workers at Mar-a-Lago
Trump has said he kicked Epstein out of his club for hiring workers away from Mar-a-Lago. When asked Tuesday if the workers included young women, Trump responded, "the answer is yes, they were."
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Come for the music, stay for the message! Watch an extended excerpt from our interview with Ken Casey (@dropkickmurphys.com), Professor @sharblock.bsky.social, and Sing for Science podcast host Matt Whyte: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ53...
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Come for the Music, Stay for the Message: A Conversation with Ken Casey and Sharon Block
YouTube video by Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"Reimagining the purpose and function of science and innovation policy will be a core component of asserting our bigger vision of democracy..." More on democratically deploying AI from @sharblock.bsky.social and @michelleimiller.bsky.social: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/democra...
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Democratically Deploying AI Means Letting Labor Lead - Roosevelt Institute
The Trump administration’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) claims its plan to downsize the civil service and deploy new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) will provi...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"We need meaningful human oversight and worker input." @bostonglobe.com op-ed from @sharblock.bsky.social and Mass AFL-CIO President Chrissy Lynch delves into the AI provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and the impact it will have on workers. Read more ⬇️ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/o...
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Big Beautiful Bill would ban regulating AI - The Boston Globe
Workers would be powerless to react to how AI affects their lives and livelihoods.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Shipping up for solidarity! See @dropkickmurphys.com's Ken Casey and CLJE's @sharblock.bsky.social talk all things labor and economic justice, June 12 @ 7pm at the Harvard Science Center. Grab your spot here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sing-for-s...
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Sharon Block @sharblock.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I am so excited to get the chance to talk to Ken Casey of @dropkickmurphys.com. Workers may be asking “who will stand with us?” I know one answer - Ken Casey!
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Join us for a live taping of Sing for Science with Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys and Harvard Law professor and CLJE Director @sharblock.bsky.social! June 12th, 7pm. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sing-for-s...
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 31/05/2025
BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government. This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Join CLJE and Sing for Science as we talk with @dropkickmurphys.com lead singer Ken Casey and Harvard Law's @sharblock.bsky.social about all things labor and economic justice! June 12, 7PM. Read more about the event and grab your spot below: www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-for...
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Voices for Labor and a Just Economy
Sing for Science: A conversation with Ken Casey (Dropkick Murphys) and Sharon Block (Harvard Law School)
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The Supreme Court has agreed to allow President Trump to temporarily remove leaders of two independent agencies. “There is a potential for a government that is devoid of a lot of the checks and balances that we have come to rely on.” - @sharblock.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Trump is Trying to Establish Presidential Control Over Independent Agencies
The abrupt, premature dismissals of agency officials has teed up a Supreme Court decision that, if delivered in the president's favor, could give him substantially more authority.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Providing access to basic cooling measures is an inexpensive way to keep people safe, with the added benefit of economic efficiency. “It’s not just the decent thing to do but the smart thing to do.” @sharblock.bsky.social in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/comm...
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Common-Sense Measures Could Curb Heat-Related Deaths
Extreme heat is becoming more prevalent. We need to protect people who work and play outside
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Future of Labor and the Democratic Party. (@sharblock.bsky.social @maxkiefel.bsky.social @cljeharvard.bsky.social @onlabor.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250513-top...
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Sharon Block @sharblock.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
@daveyseligman.bsky.social is exactly the kind of pro-worker progressive leader we need in this moment. Okay — in any moment but particularly this one. I’m thrilled to support him.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Are unions breaking up with the Democratic Party? Our new survey data shows labor is powerful but not monolithic. What else can unions do to communicate salient policies that affect workers' everyday lives? Read more from @sharblock.bsky.social & @maxkiefel.bsky.social onlabor.org/the-future-o...
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The Future of Labor and the Democratic Party ✦ OnLabor
Are unions breaking up with the Democratic Party? In light of the party’s historical relationship with the labor movement, this question has been circulating widely since the 2024 election. That’s bec...
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Sharon Block @sharblock.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Did you know that union members are more likely to think corporate policies contributed to inflation while nonunion workers think gov’t policy caused inflation. Want to know more about the role of unions in the 2024 election — check out our new report.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
WEBINAR: Does being a union member influence the way people vote? Do unions act as sources of information on policy and the economy? Delve into new research around labor's influence on the 2024 election with CLJE & @harvardash.bsky.social tomorrow. Register ⬇️ harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Labor at the Polls: Understanding How Union Members Approached the 2024 Election. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the...
The 2024 election highlighted the shifting partisan allegiance of working-class voters. What impact does the labor movement have on members’ political decision making? Join us for a presentation of a ...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Our new research with Columbia Labor Lab sheds light on unions as important sources of information about policy and government, playing a role in educating their members to make the most informed choice at the ballot box. Check out our new report: clje.law.harvard.edu?p=6248
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The Varied Voice of Labor: Unpacking the Political Engagement of Labor in the 2024 Election - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
“The Varied Voice of Labor: Unpacking the Political Engagement of Labor in the 2024 Election,” focuses on unions’ role in…
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 02/05/2025
The future of AI shouldn’t be left in the hands of tech billionaires and corporations. Workers must have a real voice in how AI is deployed. Explore more on why we need a pro-worker agenda for AI that includes real safeguards and worker-centered policies. #restoringdemocracy
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Sharon Block @sharblock.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Honored to be part of this collection from @rooseveltinstitute.org to show a path out of the chaos into economic fairness. @michelleimiller.bsky.social and I offer a vision of AI policy that puts workers in the lead. @cljeharvard.bsky.social
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 29/04/2025
NEW: Americans need a government that delivers stability and security—not chaos. Our new essay collection brings together great minds to imagine how democracy can better deliver the economy Americans need and want. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Graphic for the Roosevelt Institute featuring text "Restoring Economic Democracy: Progressive Ideas for Stability and Prosperity" on a two-tone teal background.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"There is nothing that I can see about what DOGE is doing that follows any of the standard procedures for how you do an audit that has integrity...that serve the normal auditing function, which is to look for fraud, waste and abuse." @sharblock.bsky.social on @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Come join me for a timely @progressivereform.bsky.social and @sensiblesafeguards.bsky.social webinar on how the public interest community can begin reclaiming their government from Trump by building their own People's Regulatory Agenda. Thursday, May 1. 11 am ET. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Building a People’s Regulatory Agenda Through Rulemaking Petitions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the Center for Progressive Reform and the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards on Thursday, May 1, at 11 a.m. Eastern time for a webinar on Building a People’s Regulatory Agenda Through Rulemaking P...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
“We’re seeing these assaults, not just on their collective bargaining rights, but some of the basic labor standards that sort of undergird decent work in this country.” - @sharblock.bsky.social on the erosion of national labor standards as REI workers try to bargain www.kqed.org/news/1203728...
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Frustrated Berkeley REI Workers Accuse Co-Op of Union Busting, Straying From Values | KQED
REI’s Berkeley employees claim the company has stalled contract negotiations and harmed unionized workers by excluding them from bonuses and pay raises.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
On campus at Harvard Law tomorrow? Come by the Law and Democracy Forum to hear from former Acting Secretary of Labor @juliesulabor.bsky.social and Professor @sharblock.bsky.social as they discuss how and why we should fight for the civil service clje.law.harvard.edu/events/shoul...
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Should We Fight for the Civil Service? Law and Democracy Forum - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Join Professor Sharon Block, Professor of Practice and Executive Director, Center for Labor and a Just Economy and Former Acting…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Gwynne Wilcox has once again been reinstated to the NLRB. Learn more from @sharblock.bsky.social about the 1935 precedent at the center of the ongoing litigation, Humphrey's Executor, and what it means for workers' rights if it's overturned @onlabor.bsky.social onlabor.org/humphreys-ex...
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Trump Puts NLRB Independence on the Line ✦ OnLabor
Gwynne Wilcox is a consummate public servant, who has served as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board since 2021.  Despite her stellar reputation and unblemished record of service, President ...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
@sharblock.bsky.social and @rdnayak.bsky.social presented on the hazard of extreme heat on workers in the U.S. & India at #India2047, hosted by @harvardsalata.bsky.social and The Mittal Institute. Experts from various fields addressed challenges for living a decent life when temperatures are rising.
Sharon Block moderating a panel on the effects of extreme heat on workers at India 2047. Sharon Block and Rajesh Nayak on a panel about the effects of extreme heat on workers at India 2047. Sharon Block and Rajesh Nayak on a panel about the effects of extreme heat on workers at India 2047.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Building climate resilience must be a collaborative and interdisciplinary effort and we need multiple voices at the table in order to shape effective policy. Read more from @sharblock.bsky.social and @rdnayak.bsky.social as they return from #India2047 salatainstitute.harvard.edu/how-work-and...
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How work, and workers, can influence heat action plans - The Salata Institute
Experts from Harvard Law School share lessons from international and interdisciplinary perspectives on heat adaptation and the climate crisis.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Catch @sharblock.bsky.social on @poweratwork.bsky.social where she gives her labor predictions for 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSjP...
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Power At Work Blogcast #83 (Live!): “Buy or Sell” 2025 Labor Predictions
YouTube video by The Burnes Center for Social Change
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Rescheduled: Join @sharblock.bsky.social and Former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su on April 8th for Harvard Law's Law and Democracy Forum, as they ask the question: should we fight for the civil service? hls.harvard.edu/events/hls-l... Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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HLS Law and Democracy Forum: Should We Fight for the Civil Service? A Conversation with Professor Block and Former Acting Secretary Su - Harvard Law School
Please join the Law and Democracy Forum for a conversation with Professor Sharon Block and former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su on the federal civil service. Attendees are asked to RSVP here. Thi...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"We can't keep working in silos." @sharblock.bsky.social & @rdnayak.bsky.social returned from India 2047 with a greater understanding of how to work across disciplines to find creative ways to protect workers. Read their takeaways on heat protections ⬇️ salatainstitute.harvard.edu/how-work-and...
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How work, and workers, can influence heat action plans - The Salata Institute
Experts from Harvard Law School share lessons from international and interdisciplinary perspectives on heat adaptation and the climate crisis.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
@sharblock.bsky.social delves into the potential overturning of Humphrey's Executor in light of Gwynne Wilcox's firing from the NLRB. What does overturning Humphrey's mean for Board members? For labor organizing? Or, for presidential power? Read more @onlabor.bsky.social onlabor.org/humphreys-ex...
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Trump Puts NLRB Independence on the Line ✦ OnLabor
Gwynne Wilcox is a consummate public servant, who has served as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board since 2021.  Despite her stellar reputation and unblemished record of service, President ...
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Power At Work @poweratwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
See @poweratwork.bsky.social's second 'Buy or Sell' blogcast with @burnescenter.bsky.social's @mrsethharris.bsky.social, Executive Director of the @cljeharvard.bsky.social, @sharblock.bsky.social, & @aflcio.org's former Director of Gov. Affairs, Bill Samuel: poweratwork.us/live-buy-or-...!
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
What should we make of President Trump's Executive Order 14,192, "Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation?" @sharblock.bsky.social breaks down why this order is more extreme than the administration's previous deregulatory efforts ⬇️ www.theregreview.org/2025/03/04/b...
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Trump Deregulatory Review Redux Plus | The Regulatory Review
Trump’s 1-in-10-out executive order threatens necessary regulations and existing constitutional norms.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Utah just became the third state to ban collective bargaining for public workers. ESB's @sharblock.bsky.social calls the move “at the extreme end of the spectrum” & warns that, along with federal rollbacks on labor rights, it's a serious threat to the labor movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
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Utah Bans Collective Bargaining for Public Workers
Utah joined two other states in prohibiting collective bargaining for teachers, police officers and other public employees in a move that was seen as a possible blow to the country’s labor movement.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"Unions were built for big fights. You all were built for big fights. We know we can build a future where every worker gets a just day's pay for a hard day's work." On Friday, Julie Su, former Acting Secretary of Labor, delivered the commencement address at our Harvard Trade Union Program graduation
Julie Su, former Acting Secretary of Labor, delivered the 2025 Harvard Trade Union Program commencement address.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We are so proud of the 112th class of the Harvard Trade Union Program, who graduated last Friday with inspiring commencement remarks from Julie Su and their elected class speakers, Alex Perkins and Martin Mulkerrin. Read more from Harvard Law: hls.harvard.edu/today/julie-...
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‘Unions were built for big fights’ - Harvard Law School
Former Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su ’94, who left the Department of Labor at the end of the Biden administration, speaks at Harvard Trade Union Program’s graduation.
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
In addition to the dismantled NLRB, when states take "away the rights of the public sector workers to engage in collective bargaining, you get to a point where that’s an incredibly serious threat to the labor movement." @sharblock.bsky.social on Utah's recent ban www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
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Utah Bans Collective Bargaining for Public Workers
Utah joined two other states in prohibiting collective bargaining for teachers, police officers and other public employees in a move that was seen as a possible blow to the country’s labor movement.
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The firing of NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox is sparking a legal battle over presidential power & agency independence. ESB's @sharblock.bsky.social says the case will likely reach the Supreme Court, which could have major consequences for labor law & worker rights. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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OnLabor @onlabor.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The NLRB's independence is on the line. @sharblock.bsky.social breaks down the history of Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, the implications of Gwynne Wilcox's firing from the Board, and how the Trump administration is undermining collective bargaining rights: onlabor.org/humphreys-ex...
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Trump Puts NLRB Independence on the Line ✦ OnLabor
Gwynne Wilcox is a consummate public servant, who has served as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board since 2021.  Despite her stellar reputation and unblemished record of service, President ...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"I have never heard anyone suggest that [Wilcox] has engaged in neglect of duty or malfeasance...she certainly hasn't been accorded notice and a hearing. So I fail to see how her discharge accords with the law." @sharblock.bsky.social on Wilcox's firing from the NLRB www.axios.com/2025/01/28/t...
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Trump fires chair of National Labor Relations Board
Gwynne Wilcox was only made chair of the board six weeks ago.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Trump fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, hampering the board's powers. This means companies will drag out bargaining even more. "Now, companies know that there’s nobody to even find that they failed to bargain in good faith," @sharblock.bsky.social says www.fastcompany.com/91268552/phi...
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Philadelphia Whole Foods workers just unionized—just as Trump made it harder for them to get a contract
Workers at a store voted for a union—the first at the Amazon-owned grocery store. But actually negotiating a contract will be a long battle, especially now that Trump has gutted the National Labor Rel...
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
"A very important institution to moderating the worst impulses of capitalism...is a thriving labor movement." @sharblock.bsky.social moderated a panel on global inequality and its solutions, "Balancing the Scales," at the Davos Open Forum 2025. Watch more ⬇️ #WEF25 www.weforum.org/open-forum/e...
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Open Forum: Balancing the Scales
According to the IMF, income inequality is high or increasing in 60% of low- and middle-income countries, with the highest impact being felt on marginalized groups. With rising income inequality thre...
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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
While the nomination may seem like a step toward a pro-worker GOP agenda, ESB expert @sharblock.bsky.social and Ben Sachs point out that it’s part of a broader effort to reshape the party’s labor narrative without truly addressing workers’ needs. Read in @thehill.com: thehill.com/opinion/5081...
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The deceptive politics of Trump’s Labor secretary nomination
The Republican Party’s approach to labor policy may be changing as it attempts to rebrand itself as the party of working people, with the nomination of former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labo…
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
At Davos 2025, @sharblock.bsky.social moderated a panel on rising global inequality and the role that fair labor standards, education, technology, and entrepreneurism can play in combatting it. Block was joined by Katherine Garrett-Cox, Anis Kallel, Chantal Line Carpentier, & Melvyn Lubega #WEF25
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Kallel, Chantal Line Carpentier, & Melvyn Lubega at World Economic Forum 2025
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Center for Labor and a Just Economy | HLS @cljeharvard.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
"It is reasonable to reject the narrative that [Trump's] party's approach to labor policy is changing as part of a rebrand as the party of working people." More on the deceptive politics of Trump's labor pick from @sharblock.bsky.social & Benjamin Sachs in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/5081...
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The deceptive politics of Trump’s Labor secretary nomination
The Republican Party’s approach to labor policy may be changing as it attempts to rebrand itself as the party of working people, with the nomination of former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labo…
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