AFL-CIO President Responds to Illegal Firing of NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox | AFL-CIO In response to news of President Trump’s firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwynne Wilcox and NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the followi...

President Trump firing @nlrbgov.bsky.social member Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman on the Board, is illegal and has effectively shut down the NLRB’s operations, leaving the workers it defends on their own.
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This class is an in-depth discussion and practice on the new media landscape and how to use it, whether you are organizing for a contract or a new union or fighting back against the attacks on our communities. Sign up at bit.ly/nm225 or DM for more info.

Labor folks who use SM and other media to further your organizing and contract fights will get hands-on practice in narrative design, techniques, tools, application, and strategy. Cost is $100 for 6 days/18hrs.😮Start the Rutgers Union Leadership Academy today. Bit.ly/nm225🤩

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Political Education must be at the heart of our work with Labor. Read @toddvachon.bsky.social recent article in our winter newsletter.
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Jeremy Brecher, author of STRIKE! And his new book The Green New Deal From Below will speak on January 30. Register to receive the link at bit.ly/JB13025

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Congratulations to member leader Prof. @Todd Vachon of @rulearn.bsky.social on being elected president of Middlesex Central Labor Council!

Jeremy Brecher, author of STRIKE, will join us on January 30 for a talk on his new book: The Green New Deal From Below. Register at BIT.LY/JB13025.

New Media and Union Organizing
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Feb 5, 2025 - March 12(Wed)
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As Biden nominee fails in Senate, workers may lose ground with new NLRB With unionization on an upswing of late, experts anticipate policy changes at the national level will reverse worker gains. The number of labor union elections in 2024 was the highest in more than a ...

"We've seen a lot of strikes and the strikes have been very effective at winning gains for workers, that's going to cont' into the Trump admin. As long as the economy remains strong and the labor market remains tight, workers and unions do have a bit more leverage". @toddvachon.bsky.social

Resistance gives us joy. Share the gift of Resistance with your fellow rabble rousers. All our classes are online. So this is a great gift for anyone around the country. See our website for all our courses: smlr.rutgers.edu/LEARN

Congratulations to the honorees at the 15th annual New Labor gala. The Labor Education Center hosts the best events.
Consider contributing to New Labor. newlabor.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/cont...

Hopefully we can convince Naomi to do a book talk for LEARN on her new work, sometime in 2025. In the meantime, can't wait to read it.

We will be there!

Virtual forum among higher ed leaders from across the country.
Thu 12/5 7:00pm Eastern
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Sign up and help spread the word about the event.
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Trump’s Labor secretary pick is surprisingly pro-union. It doesn’t mean his administration will be | CNN Business Despite some union leaders welcoming the nomination of Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Labor Department, there is still trepidation as to what lies ahead for the rules, regulations and...

“Project 2025 has an anti-union agenda. This pick gives the appearance of caring about the interests of workers/unions. But, the secretary serves at the pleasure of the president, who has promised to cut regulations and free up business". Todd Vachon, Rutgers SMLR prof and director of RU LEARN

Article screenshot. Title reads: Negotiating just transitions: power and interest dynamics in insurgent sustainability coalitions. Abstract reads: Politics and power are increasingly central to the study of sustainability transitions, including just transitions. One line of research differentiates between incumbent coalitions that resist and insurgent coalitions that promote these transitions. More recently, there has been attention on the politics and power within these coalitions and the implications of who participates and how for the kinds of policy preferences that emerge. Here, we focus on how insurgent coalitions of relatively marginalized social forces negotiate differences in interests and power. We do so by comparing insurgent just transition coalitions in two US states, Washington State and Colorado. Our study also highlights the variability amongst actors within categories, whether labour or environmental and community justice...

New article from Vivian Price, Todd E. Vachon, Dimitris Stevis & J. Mijin Cha:

Negotiating just transitions: power and interest dynamics in insurgent sustainability coalitions

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One of the first things authoritarians do when coming to power is seek to undermine indpt unions. A strong and indpt labor mvmt is needed now more than ever. We must cont the fight to increase the rights and protections for all workers to form/join unions. smlr.rutgers.edu/LEARN/To_Def...

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