“Several labor rights groups decried the vote, saying if Arizona does not establish a formal standard that would allow the state to enforce its heat rules, many workers will continue to face unsafe conditions in Arizona’s extreme temperatures.”
"The new Mamdani administration can right this legal wrong in innovative and effective ways... Imposing 'just cause' standards on employers in New York City would flip the at-will employment script." @sharblock.bsky.social in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/just-cause...
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
Check out our Year in Review! It's been a productive year: through worker-centered research and convenings to collaborate on innovative labor policies, we’ve continued to strive to advance ideas for building worker power in increasingly challenging times.
clje.law.harvard.edu/a-year-in-re...
Thanks, @lizagross.bsky.social, for covering my new Health Affairs article with @jamiemccallum.bsky.social.
We found that California's heat standard was associated with a 33% decrease in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Likely prevents 34 worker deaths each year.
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Time to repeal Virginia's right to work law. Should be the first bill.
Trump stinks for workers. Here's how blue states can fight back together. By @gabygoldstein.bsky.social and me in @talkingpointsmemo.com for #LaborDay2025. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-labor...
What does it mean for working people to have a meaningful say in the policies that affect their safety and livelihoods? Check out our new report on the groundbreaking Harris County Essential Workers Board, which ensures policy is shaped by lived experience:
clje.law.harvard.edu/workers-at-t...
Must read from @rdnayak.bsky.social @sharblock.bsky.social and Seema Nanda on the ramifications of the attacks on the NLRA for workers, communities, and democracy writ large + what is (and has long been) happening at the state/local levels to organize and fight back.
Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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...
“With his veto of this bill — which passed both chambers of the General Assembly with significant support — Governor Polis has once again turned his back on Colorado workers seeking fair wages, good benefits, and safe working conditions.”
The Worker Protection Act received unanimous support from Colorado's Democratic legislators and was backed by the state's labor movement. On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed it. My latest with @prospect.org:
prospect.org/labor/2025-0...
I'm David Seligman.
I’m running for CO Attorney General.
This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the core promise it made to us: The law belongs to us.
Live now: tune into our webinar unpacking the findings of the report with authors @awhf.bsky.social, @maxkiefel.bsky.social, and @alanyan.bsky.social -- with special guests @mikepod.bsky.social, Kim Anderson @neatoday.bsky.social, and @stephanieternullo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUV3...
Check out the full report here: clje.law.harvard.edu/the-varied-v...
Chart titled "Union members blame corporate greed" depicting union members being more likely to blame corporate greed and less likely to blame the government, and vice versa for non-union members.
New research out from @cljeharvard.bsky.social and Columbia Labor Lab today on union vs. non-union member political engagement during the 2024 election -- one particularly striking finding reports that while both groups experienced inflation similarly, they attribute inflation to different causes:
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
The billionaires behind DOGE are betting they can gut the federal workforce without a fight. They’re wrong.
Rise Up: The Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is bringing together lawyers and federal workers who need to know their rights and get support. WorkersLegalDefense.org/
Live now! On how unions have been standing up for federal workers and fighting back in the courts over the longest 100 days ever @cljeharvard.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxtz...
Maybe you can buy a hairline BUT YOU CAN’T BUY WISCONSINITES
Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
A good Friday read on the role of worker boards in expanding worker power beyond traditional organizing by giving workers a seat at the table. Check out our worker board policy tracker here: clje.law.harvard.edu/publication/...
inthesetimes.com/article/work... @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social
This is something you can do. Call the UEA, call your Utah Reps, call the local AFL-CIO and let them know you’d support a referendum. Then we gotta help collect signatures
“Utah’s Republican governor on Friday signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.”
Co-sign this whole thread. The attack on federal workers is an attack on all of us and the very idea of public goods.
Our new report outlines ten principles to guide the implementation of benefits programs that maximize support for workers and their families while maintaining administrative efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Check it out here:
clje.law.harvard.edu/principles-f...
