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I've been overwhelmed by the kind words I’ve gotten in the last 48 hours over this piece by @LedererLedes on my work with @EquitableGrowth and beyond.
A big reason I’ve been fortunate enough to have this career?
Unions.
https://twitter.com/AFTunion/status/1300085874789474304 1/10
A big reason I’ve been fortunate enough to have this career?
Unions.
https://twitter.com/AFTunion/status/1300085874789474304 1/10
I kick off my book Unbound with one of the slogans of the labor movement: For the Many, Not The Few. I was able to get the good education that enabled me to write this because my father was a member of @IAM751 @MachinistsUnion, who fought like hell for their members. 2/10
In the 2000s, I was honored to serve as president of @NonprofitUnion, where we organized think-tank workers. That local now represents @EGLaborUnion. We recognized the union by card check, so staff would not be subjected to Trump’s anti-worker NLRB.
https://www.epi.org/blog/the-trump-nlrb-needs-to-be-removed/ 3/10
https://www.epi.org/blog/the-trump-nlrb-needs-to-be-removed/ 3/10
Much of the latest economic research shows that the decline of unions is a major factor driving the rise in inequality.
https://equitablegrowth.org/factsheet-how-strong-unions-can-restore-workers-bargaining-power/ 4/10
https://equitablegrowth.org/factsheet-how-strong-unions-can-restore-workers-bargaining-power/ 4/10
As work by @EquitableGrowth grantees and staff like @lipstickecon @awh @snaidunl @arindube @coreyhusak and more show, unions are essential for checking corporate power and building workplace democracy.
https://equitablegrowth.org/building-worker-power-in-the-united-states/ 5/10
https://equitablegrowth.org/building-worker-power-in-the-united-states/ 5/10
It’s not just that. As @JakeRosenfeld1 @toddntucker @V_Williamson @thwillow @DavidMadland and others have shown, unions improve the overall quality of democracy for all of us.
https://twitter.com/toddntucker/status/1042055903263043584 6/10
https://twitter.com/toddntucker/status/1042055903263043584 6/10
Despite all these benefits, there are now fewer people in unions that when FDR first gave them significant legal protections in the 1930s (!)
https://twitter.com/equitablegrowth/status/1016396574421762048 7/10
https://twitter.com/equitablegrowth/status/1016396574421762048 7/10
We do not have to passively accept this decline. Earlier this year, the House passed the PRO Act, which would restore and build on New Deal era labor protections, including by pre-empting so-called “right-to-work” laws that hurt unions.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/5/14/18536789/right-to-work-unions-protecting-the-right-to-organize-act-bill 8/10
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/5/14/18536789/right-to-work-unions-protecting-the-right-to-organize-act-bill 8/10
And @sharblock @WorkerPowerLaw @BrishenRogers @KateAndrias and others have argued, there are a range of ways to upgrade labor law so that it fits the way our economy works today.
https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/clean-slate-project 9/10
https://lwp.law.harvard.edu/clean-slate-project 9/10
As we ensure that all workers have the right to join a union, let’s also make sure that they’re doing jobs that will be good for the planet and reduce our carbon footprint.
https://twitter.com/leahstokes/status/1254795303502245891 10/10
https://twitter.com/leahstokes/status/1254795303502245891 10/10
BONUS TWEET: I meant to attach this to 2/10
