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Posts by Kate Bronfenbrenner

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We Can’t Rebuild the Labor Movement Without Taking on Big Targets [This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? We will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead.—E...

"Difficult as it may be, unions must organize workers in the nation’s largest and most powerful corporations, and they cannot afford to wait for labor law reform or a more favorable administration to do so," writes @klbrenner.bsky.social labornotes.org/2025/10/we-c... 1/2

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It’s Time for a United Front to Take on Billionaire Rule The super rich are in command, as Donald Trump and Elon Musk run a rampage on the working class. To stop them, the labor movement needs to lead.

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Must be some cold alligators in there.

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Universities and the Coming Storm It’s difficult for colleges to defend democracy if they aren’t run democratically.

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This is a time when both companies make a lot of money," Kate Bronfenbrenner, a labor relations professor at Cornell University, told ABC News. "The unions are being strategic about when to strike." Why are Amazon and Starbucks workers striking over the holidays?

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Happy Birthday, Noam!!

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Democracy and Power Rotten things fall apart.

Most of the time people spend thinking about electoral politics would be better spent thinking about how to fairly distribute power in our society so democracy doesn't collapse.
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#LockItIn

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sounds like it would be great for my research methods class. Looking forward to reading it.

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2nd Trump Term To Spur Shift In Strategy For Labor Movement - Law360 Employment Authority President-elect Donald Trump's second term will require unions to change tactics after operating under a union-friendly administration for four years, with experts expecting the labor movement to less...

Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at #CornellILR, said unions will not be able to rely upon worker-friendly agencies for enforcement like they have for the past four years and will need to prioritize other ways to put pressure on employers.

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