Power At Work

Listen to the discussion between Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris, Matthew Cunningham-Cook, researcher and writer with The Lever, Alexandra Martinez, the Senior News Reporter at Prism, Tim Noah, staff writer at the New Republic, and Noam Scheiber, reporter with The New York Times, as they talk about some of the biggest news stories impacting workers, unions, and worker power in the U.S. today.

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, and Elise Gould, Senior Economist at the Economic Policy Institute, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for April 2023. This conversation aired live on the blog—https://poweratwork.us/—at 8:45 AM ET on Friday, May 5, just 15 minutes after the release of the report. 

Listen to the Burnes Center for Social Change's Seth Harris in conversation with Tony Clark, Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), as they discuss the minor league organizing success, life as a player, the importance of unions in baseball, and more.

Listen to Burnes Center senior fellow Seth Harris interview Andy Levin, former U.S. representative for Michigan’s 9th congressional district and current distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in a conversation with Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, William Spriggs, AFL-CIO’s chief economist, and Aaron Sojourner, senior researcher at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment research, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for March 2023.

Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in a conversation with Elise Gould, Senior Economist at the Economic Policy Institute, and Teresa Ghilarducci, Professor of Economics and Policy Analysis at the New School, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for February 2023.

Listen as Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris and Director of the Cornell ILR Labor Action Tracker Johnnie Kallas unveil the latest data about strikes and other work stoppages in the United States. This blogcast was posted at the same time the report was released to the public, and is the first analysis of these numbers.

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris, Northeastern University Professor Alicia Modestino, AFL-CIO Economist Bill Spriggs and W.E. Upjohn Institute Senior Researcher Aaron Sojourner have an in-depth worker-focused conversation on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Situation Report. The discussion was aired live on the Power At Work Blog on Friday, February 3 at 8:45 AM — just 15 minutes after the report’s release. 

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in a conversation with Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants, and Kate Bronfenbrenner, the Director of Labor Education Research and Senior Lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Union Members Report for 2022.

This in-depth conversation examines the FTC's proposed rule to ban non-compete agreements and other topics at the intersection of antitrust law, labor law, and worker power. Elizabeth Wilkins is a former senior Biden White House official and currently serves as a top policy advisor to FTC Chair Lina Khan and the other FTC commissioners. Sanjukta Paul is an internationally recognized expert in labor and antitrust and broader issues of law and market governance. Her forthcoming book Solidarity in the Shadow of Antitrust: Labor and the Legal Idea of Competition reinterprets major developments in the history of antitrust law in relation to labor and workers.