Power At Work

In this blogcast, Northeastern University students from Huskies Organizing with Labor, or HOWL, take over the Power At Work blog for a discussion about how to get involved on university campuses, use your leverage as a student, and organize alongside workers. Abigail Thomas, August Escandon, and Amelia (Mimi) Yu share HOWL's top five tenets for undergraduate organizing and tell stories from their previous campaigns. You don't want to miss this special Power At Work blogcast! Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ to the Power At Work Blog. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠ Mimi Yu (she/they) is a third year computer science and political science major. They became involved with Huskies Organizing With Labor (HOWL) during their first year at the beginning of the dining hall worker campaign. During their time with HOWL, they have helped grow the coalition and foster student-worker solidarity and relationships. One of the most memorable moments of their time with HOWL was seeing a collective of over 500 students, workers, and allies show up to march on campus to voice their support for the dining hall worker union. Since then, they have been involved with the Graduate Employees of Northeastern University campaign with HOWL and the Feminist Student Organization.  Abigail Thomas is a second year biology major and art minor at Northeastern. They joined HOWL during September 2022, right after the 2022 dining hall contract was won. During the 22-23 school year, they were involved in maintaining student worker solidarity through events, student coalition maintenance, and early support for the graduate workers union. Since 2023, Abigail has been involved in supporting Northeastern graduate workers through their unionization campaign win. They are also involved in NEUCovidResponse, a mutual aid project supplying resources for COVID prevention, providing education to students and faculty, and fighting the ongoing pandemic. They are also a student athlete. August Escandon is a recent Northeastern graduate from Albuquerque, New Mexico. His areas of studies include health communications, social movement organization, and supply chain infrastructure. He was an organizer in Huskies Organizing With Labor beginning in May 2022, and supported Northeastern Dining Workers’ bargaining campaign and the Graduate Employees of Northeastern Union election campaign. He is currently trying to find his way in building collective power and community outside of Northeastern University’s own miniverse!

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Sarah Bright, Organizing Director at SEIU 925; Juan Eldridge, Assistant Organizing Director at IAMAW; and Indira Mohan, Associate Director of Organizing at AFL-CIO/AFSCME DC 37 to talk about how to become a union organizer, why union activism is increasing, and how to confront employer opposition to worker organizing. You don't want to miss the latest Power At Work blogcast! Subscribe⁠⁠⁠ to the Power At Work Blog. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠ Juan Eldridge is an Assistant Director of Organizing for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). Juan comes out of the Aerospace industry where he was an aircraft mechanic for Cessna Aircraft Textron Aviation for thirteen years. During his tenure there he was elected to numerous different Union positions and roles within Local Lodge 774 including steward, trustee, negotiator, and Assistant Plant Chair. Juan went on to become a District Representative and Organizer at District 70 where he remained for three years and continued working internal and external organizing. In 2015 Juan was promoted by IAM International and became a Special Representative in the Organizing Department. In 2018 Juan became a Grand Lodge Representative and on January 1st of 2024 Juan was appointed Assistant Director of the Organizing Department by the IAM International President. Born and raised in New York City, Indira Mohan comes from a proud union family where she was exposed to the power of a union at a very young age. Following in her father's footsteps, Indira has spent the last twenty-two years working in labor. After being promoted to a Union Representative at DC 1707 where she enforced and negotiated collective bargaining agreements, Indira took her skills to the federal sector, where she worked for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) as a National Organizer. She eventually had the opportunity to return to DC 1707 to lead their Organizing Department and soon thereafter they unified with their sister union District Council 37, AFSCME where she is currently the Associate Director of Organizing. Indira is a graduate of Penn State University where in 2021 she received both her Bachelor's of Science in Labor and Employment Relations and her Masters of Professional Study in Human Resources and Employment Relations. Her greatest accomplishments include navigating life with her wonderful husband and being a mother to her amazing son and daughter, who are enthusiastically embracing the negotiating phase of their childhood. Sarah Bright is the Organizing Director at SEIU Local 925 in Seattle WA. She comes to organizing from rank and file union membership, has been a union member since 1992, and has been privileged to organize with workers as union staff for 20 years. SEIU Local 925 is an education union, representing workers who are educators at all levels, from early learning professionals, to non-instructional K-12 workers, to higher ed staff and faculty, non-profit and local government workers as well. Sarah's main focus as a director is ensuring that 925's growth campaigns are worker-centered and led, and is currently gearing up for a forthcoming fight to fund structural solutions to the childcare crisis, starting with winning living wages and health care benefits for ALL early learning and childcare professionals. 

Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, hosts this month's Workers by the Numbers Blogcast. Listen to her in conversation with Elise Gould and Teresa Ghilarducci as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for February 2024. This conversation was recorded live on March 8, 2024. You don't want to miss this Numbers Day blogcast!

In this special blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by film and labor experts to reveal the results of the blog's #LaborOscars2024 and discuss the importance of supporting worker power in media. This conversation features Andrea Lyman, actor and New England Local President of SAG-AFTRA; Harold Phillips, actor, host of "Labor Week," co-coordinator of the Labor Radio Podcast Network, and SAG-AFTRA member; and Jennifer Merin, journalist, film critic, and co-founder and President of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Watch now to hear our experts' takes on our nominees and find out which films will take home "The Worker!" You don't want to miss this star-studded awards ceremony!  Subscribe⁠⁠ to the Power At Work Blog. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠ Andrea Lyman is the NE Local President of SAG-AFTRA and an actor, singer, voiceover artist who has also written and produced several short films with AAA Actor Team and other production companies. She is a member of RoxFilm Festival Board, Co-director of Actors Forum of Secret Society Of Black Creatives and a member of the Executive Board of the Greater Boston Labor Council. Jennifer Merin is the film critic for Women's eNews and is the President of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Merin worked as a film reviewer for The New York Press and SoHo News as well as a columnist for The Associated Press. Harold Phillips is an actor, voice artist and podcast host based in the Pacific Northwest. Harold has worked in theatre, film and television for over 30 years, and is an active member of SAG-AFTRA (the union for actors, broadcasters and other media professionals). He’s also the host of two podcasts: Working To Live In Southwest Washington and Labor Week.

In this new Power At Work Blog weekly segment, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow and former top White House economic advisor Seth Harris provides his analysis of the latest news stories in the labor movement. In this episode, Seth discusses Starbucks and Workers United's framework for collective bargaining, UAW's organizing plans, and NYU contract faculty's recent election victory. You don't want to miss this edition of "The Power at Work Blog's Labor News," available every Monday on the Power At Work Blog.  Subscribe⁠⁠ to the Power At Work Blog to receive the Weekly Download in your inbox. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Wendy Chun-Hoon, Director of the Women's Bureau in the Department of Labor; Anita Bruno, founder and CEO of Rhode Island Women in the Trades; Jeannine Giguere-Gagnon, retired union carpenter and RI Women in the Trades representatives; and Sinade Wadsworth, New York City union carpenter and RI Women in the Trades representative to discuss the Women's Bureau's WANTO grant program, the upcoming Rhode Island Labor Standards conference, and the importance of providing education and support to women in construction. ** Register for the Rhode Island Labor Standards Conference on March 9th in Providence, RI here. ** Director Chun-Hoon's 2022 Speech at Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference can be viewed here. ** You can access the Women's Bureau's Equity Toolkit here. ** You can access the Women’s Bureau’s factsheet on gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work here. ** Learn more about OSHA and the Women’s Bureau’s March 5th webinar on addressing gender-based violence and harassment in the construction industry here. Subscribe⁠ to the Power At Work Blog. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠

In this blogcast, labor journalists Lauren Gurley and Nick Niedziadek join Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris for a conversation about some of the biggest stories impacting workers, worker power, collective action, and unions. Their conversation covers news about protests and strikes involving employers like Alaska Airlines and Anheuser Busch, the latest corporate assault against the National Labor Relations Board, the California Fast Food Council and the SEIU's sectoral bargaining strategy, and much more. Lauren Kaori Gurley is the labor reporter for The Washington Post, where she covers unions, the labor movement, and the economic forces that shape workers’ lives in the United States. She previously covered labor and tech for Vice’s Motherboard. Nick Niedzwiadek is a labor reporter for POLITICO, where he covers developments at the Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the NLRB, as well as broader labor-related developments in Congress and the economy. He has previously written for the Times Union and the Wall Street Journal.

In this new Power At Work Blog weekly segment, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow and former top White House economic advisor Seth Harris provides his analysis of the latest news stories in the labor movement. In this episode, Seth discusses the recent wave of Starbucks union filings, union opposition to the Wizards and Capitals' plans to move to Virginia, and the American Federation of Musicians' tentative collective bargaining agreement covering basic theatrical motion picture and basic television motion picture operations. You don't want to miss this edition of "The Power at Work Blog's Labor News," available every Monday on the Power At Work Blog. Subscribe to the Power At Work Blog to receive the Weekly Download in your inbox every week. Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠

Legal experts Charlotte Garden, Michael Z. Green, and Jeffrey Hirsch discuss the business community's legal attacks on the NLRB. They cover the pending Supreme Court case Starbucks v. McKinney, the constitutionality of the NLRB, and labor relations legal infrastructure.

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Johnnie Kallas, Assistant Professor at the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois and Program Director of the Labor Action Tracker, to discuss the Labor Action Tracker 2023 Annual Report. Listen to their conversation as they dissect the report's numbers, discuss 2023 strike activity, and make predictions for the next year. You don't want to miss the latest Power at Work Blogcast! The Labor Action Tracker 2023 Annual Report can be viewed here.   Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn Johnnie Kallas is an Assistant Professor at the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois. He received his PhD from Cornell University's ILR School. He is the Project Director of the Labor Action Tracker. His research focuses on strikes and labor militancy in the United States, with a special interest in healthcare. Subscribe to the Power At Work Blog.