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Stephen Lerner

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Labor/Community organizer Bargaining for the Common Good

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is what West Virginia’s National Guard members are doing in DC: escorting federal police outside elementary schools during morning drop-off. This is from today in Park View. This isn’t making anyone safer. Shame on Governor Morrisey for going along with Trump’s self-serving occupation.
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ACRE Campaigns @acrecampaigns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Join ACRE-BCG's Sara Myklebust and @inthesetimes.com for a virtual panel discussing the intersections between organized labor and housing justice tonight at 7pm ET!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How Organized Tenants and Organized Workers Can Team Up to Win Big. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
A union at home and a union at work. Social housing that's union-backed and union-built. That's the exciting vision that labor and housing organizers in many parts of the country are working together ...
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This Day in Labor History: June 15, 1990. 400 striking janitors organized with Service Employees International Union held a rally in Los Angeles. The LAPD proceeded to beat the shit out of them in front of office workers wondering what the hell was going on. Let's talk about Justice for Janitors!
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 05/04/2026
"[A] specter haunts the labor movement at this crucial juncture: the magical thinking that if unions can just survive the Trump era they can help restore a kind of pre-Trump normalcy after he leaves office." @stephenlerner.bsky.social @josephamccartin.bsky.social's strategy has 3 key elements (👇).
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 03/06/2026
Surviving the Trump era is not enough. @stephenlerner.bsky.social and @josephamccartin.bsky.social argue that unions must rebuild their capacity for collective action, challenge the corporations profiting from authoritarianism and organize for a different future.
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How Resisting Trumpism Could Revive the U.S. Labor Movement
The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights presents an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 06/06/2026
Labor movements in Brazil, South Korea and South Africa grew rapidly when unions helped confront authoritarianism. @stephenlerner.bsky.social and @josephamccartin.bsky.social ask what those histories mean for U.S. unions in the Trump era.
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How Resisting Trumpism Could Revive the U.S. Labor Movement
The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights presents an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 02/06/2026
Winning elections will not be enough to rebuild worker power. @stephenlerner.bsky.social and @josephamccartin.bsky.social argue that unions must move beyond a defensive strategy and take a leading role in resisting authoritarianism.
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How Resisting Trumpism Could Revive the U.S. Labor Movement
The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights presents an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
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Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I'm writing something about public pension funds & data centers & risk -- this total mess strengthens my goal to get elected to the MA PRIM Board! have a friend who works for MA state government? Pls send them to my website so that they can vote before May 22nd!! lenorepalladino.me
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Lenore Palladino, Ph.D.
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"Fighting to defend and revive democracy in its moment of maximum peril can create a window of opportunity for labor," write Stephen Lerner and Joseph McCartin for In These Times. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
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Resisting Trumpism Can Revive the U.S. Labor Movement
The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights present an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
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Kalmanovitz Initiative @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Check out the following article on the revival of the U.S. labor movement under the current presidential administration, written by KI Co-Director Joe McCartin and Bargaining for the Common Good's Stephen Lerner! inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
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Resisting Trumpism Can Revive the U.S. Labor Movement
The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights present an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 02/04/2026
The crisis of U.S. democracy is also a test for labor. @stephenlerner.bsky.social & @josephamccartin.bsky.social argue that resisting Trumpism could help revive the labor movement if unions are willing to fight.
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Resisting Trumpism Can Revive the U.S. Labor Movement
The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights present an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
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Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
To understand the deep roots of the heroic resistance unfolding in Minnesota today, read this: georgetown.app.box.com/s/kxsmj8lkmp...
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Aligning for Power A Case Study of Bargaining for The Common Good in Minnesota.pdf | Powered by Box
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
In These Times has great new articles on how workers pension $$$ is being invested in corporations that are bad for workers, the economy and democracy. inthesetimes.com/article/fina...
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Financing Our Own Destruction
How workers’ pensions fuel attacks on the working class—and how to reclaim them for the common good.
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “#WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Mass Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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#WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day Mass Call · May Day Strong
Join us to hear front line reports from Free DC and Chicago as working people across the country stand up to the billionaire agenda and demand a country that works for workers. Get the details you ne...
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Great article on death of NRLA and need for unions to act now and give up fantasy about labor law reform passing. prospect.org/labor/2025-0...
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Requiem for the Wagner Act
Signed into law 90 years ago, labor’s onetime ‘magna carta’ is now a very dead letter.
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Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
So I'm on tour. Tickets just went on sale for 7/20 in DC and 8/3 in Philly. Also tickets are up for Sacramento, Fort Collins, Portland, and San Diego. More later. Tell all the people. More endless promotion coming soon.
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Virtual Rally with May Day Strong” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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Virtual Rally with May Day Strong · May Day Strong
Join our Virtual Rally as we head into May Day! Get pumped and ready to hit the streets with an all star group of speakers. Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bot...
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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
See this upcoming event from @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social. "No Time for Caution: How Labor Should Meet This Moment." Webinar featuring Stephen Lerner, Stephanie Luce, @gabrielwinant.bsky.social, and @willpjones.bsky.social. Register using this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/upcoming-w...
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Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A thoughtful and timely call to action from a labor visionary, @stephenlerner.bsky.social. We can’t rely on courts to protect our rights and democracy in this crisis. Lerner outlines the beginnings of the kind of strategy that meets this moment.
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Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Thanks to @dissentmag.bsky.social for running this piece.
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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
If you don't know much about Marilyn Sneiderman's impact on the labor movement—and even if you do—I urge you to read this piece from @sarahljaffe.bsky.social in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social. Sneiderman just retired, but her transformational impact is ongoing. A great read.
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“You Have To Shake Up the Status Quo”: Marilyn Sneiderman’s Struggle To Transform Labor
“Marilyn stands out as a leader who not only recruited disruptors but spent a lot of her time and effort trying to figure out how to defend and maintain the space for disruptors.”
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Wonderful article by Sarah Jaffe about Marilyn Sneiderman ‘s life in the labor movement inthesetimes.com/article/mari...
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“You Have To Shake Up the Status Quo”: Marilyn Sneiderman’s Struggle To Transform Labor
“Marilyn stands out as a leader who not only recruited disruptors but spent a lot of her time and effort trying to figure out how to defend and maintain the space for disruptors.”
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New Labor Forum republished @JosephMcCartin interview, from a couple years ago, with me on reflections on Justice For Janitors. Interesting to explore what lessons from J4J are relevant to current moment. newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2025/01/06/l...
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Labor & community unite to demand Ford’s blue oval plant address workers and community demands! tennesseelookout.com/2024/11/22/c...
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Community coalition issues demands for BlueOval City benefits, calls on Ford to negotiate • Tennessee Lookout
A coalition of community members near Ford BlueOval City in West Tennessee have issued a list of demands for a community benefits agreement.
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Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
new report: "Investing for the Common Good: How Workers' Pensions Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis" from me & others @AFR & BCG workers' pension fund assets are some of the biggest concentrations of $$ in the world let's use them to solve big problems georgetown.app.box.com/s/khfm0czel1...
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@GeorgetownKILWP & @RealBankReform's new report asks us all to reimagine how workers' pension fund assets could be used to transform our housing system, rather than continue to make the wealthy even wealthier. (LINK)
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