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SBS UMass Amherst@SBS_UMass
8 Jan 2024
"[A] sign that the balance of power between workers and employers, which has been tilted toward employers for nearly a half-century, is beginning to shift." - Jasmine Kerrissey (@UMassSociology & @TheLaborCenter) offers an analysis of '23's labor strikes: buff.ly/41J5iV1
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WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE VICTORY FOR THE WORKERS OF 874 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE!!!!!
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Labor Center at UMass Amherst Director Jasmine Kerrissey commented in an October 12th piece in @TIME covering the potential railroad #strike. time.com/6221312/rail-worker…

What It Would Take to Avoid a Rail Strike This Holiday Season

It’s the second time since July that there’s an impending U.S. rail strike, as workers continue to express concerns.

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Thank you, everyone who donated, for getting us closer to an endowed scholarship for ULA students. We raised over $2000 in the 2 days of #UMassGives.
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Labor Center at UMass Amherst | LinkedIn

Labor Center at UMass Amherst | 260 followers on LinkedIn. Labor studies at the intersection of theory, politics and practice. | The UMass Labor Center focuses on labor and workers’ rights through...

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AFT@AFTunion
3 May 2022
Today is #TeacherAppreciationDay! We'd like to thank the 214 parent groups, civil rights groups, student groups, religious groups & fellow unions representing more than 10 million people nationwide to say “thank you” to America’s teachers. #TeacherAppreciationDay #ThankATeacher
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Starbucks Workers United@SBWorkersUnited
2 May 2022
Dear Howard, you may like your coffee 3/4 full, but we like ours union made. Madison Park partners in Seattle, Howard Schultz’s home store, are filing for a union!
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Labor Center Professor Tom Juravich in @CommonWealthMag on why it's so hard to hold bad actors accountable for wage theft and what needs to change. commonwealthmagazine.org/opi…
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#UMassGives is happening today! Your gift of $5 or more benefits future ULA students! umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/9974…
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VCORE@virginiacaucus
16 Apr 2022
BREAKING NEWS: 99% vote "yes" to unionize Richmond Public Schools, with the Richmond Education Association (REA) serving as collective bargaining representative. This victory belongs to the rank-and-file union militants who organized their colleagues. #Union #UnionStrong
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Please join @TheLaborCenter director @Prof_deLeon moderate a @Labor_Research webinar April 14, 4pm ET on how unions are pushing for alternatives to policing. Panelists include leaders from @geo3550 and UE. Register at bit.ly/3j1vu7V
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Dear Elon, We're going to help train up the best organizers ever and get that done for you. ❤️ TheLaborCenter npr.org/2022/03/03/108436683…
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The question of how to organize megacorporations is urgent for everyone who works for justice. Don’t miss the latest issue of @ForgeOrganizing — ORGANIZING MEGACORPORATIONS — guest edited by Jasmine Kerrissey and @DaniaRajendra forgeorganizing.org/article/…

Organizing Megacorporations: Building a Movement for the 21st Century - The Forge

This special issue of The Forge was guest edited by Dania Rajendra and Jasmine Kerrissey. The convening it emerged from was planned by Rajendra and Kerrissey along with Eric Brakken, Javier Morillo...

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UMass Labor Center retweeted
Starbucks Workers United@SBWorkersUnited
25 Feb 2022
Say hello to the newest unionized Starbucks partners in Mesa, AZ!
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Cassius Shuman@CassiusShuman
21 Feb 2022
NEW: Nearly 10% of #RhodeIsland employers misclassifying workers as independent contractors, saving a third in labor costs, according to a new report by @UMassAmherst @TheLaborCenter #employment #labor @RI_DLT @ProvBusNews pbn.com/report-nearly-10-of-…

Report: Nearly 10% of Rhode Island's employers misclassify workers

PROVIDENCE – Misclassification of workers as independent contractors is a growing problem in the Ocean State, with nearly 10% of Rhode Island employers doing so, according to a report by the Univer...

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@TheLaborCenter professor @Prof_deLeon in @MotherJones taking on REI’s anti-union campaign: a consumer co-op ain’t a worker co-op. Period.
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@MotherJones
18 Feb 2022
REI calls itself a co-op. But that doesn’t mean it’s worker-friendly. bit.ly/3tafKEr
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⁦@projo⁩ quotes @TheLaborCenter report saying nearly 1 in 10 RI bosses misclassify workers as indept contractors to evade taxes. The state loses at least $25 million due to payroll fraud. Let’s make wage theft a felony! ⁦@PatCrowley401⁩ providencejournal.com/story/…

Lost taxes and salaries: RI unions kick off a campaign to make wage theft a felony

Business groups have expressed concern that it would turn managers who make honest mistakes into felons.

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Massachusetts Teachers Association@massteacher
11 Feb 2022
THIS MORNING: More than 100 students walked out of Tewksbury HS in a show of SUPPORT for educators & staff who have been trying to negotiate a new contract since last February. #maedu whdh.com/news/students-walk-…

Students walk out of Tewksbury High School in show of support as teachers continue contract...

TEWKSBURY, MASS. (WHDH) - More than 100 students walked out of Tewksbury High School on Friday morning in a show of support for teachers andRead More

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@Highered-cb.bsky.social@HigherEd_CB
9 Feb 2022
The Race, History, and Academic Freedom March 2 virtual teach-in is endorsed by @lawcha @TheLaborCenter @RU_SMLR @USCPullias @AAUP @NationalEducat4 @SouthernLaborSA @AAPolicyForum Register today: conta.cc/3LiZSYr
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