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[SBS UMass Amherst @SBS_UMass]

"[A] sign that the balance of power between workers and employers, which has been tilted toward employers for nearly a half-century, is beginning to shift." - Jasmine Kerrissey (@UMassSociology & @TheLaborCenter) offers an analysis of '23's labor strikes: https://t.co/AlH13lesGi

[Boston Starbucks Workers United 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ @BostonSBWU]

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE VICTORY FOR THE WORKERS OF 874 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE!!!!!

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

Labor Center at UMass Amherst Director Jasmine Kerrissey commented in an October 12th piece in @TIME covering the potential railroad #strike.
https://t.co/FmOW6sdJi3

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

Thank you, everyone who donated, for getting us closer to an endowed scholarship for ULA students. We raised over $2000 in the 2 days of #UMassGives.

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

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[AFT @AFTunion]

Today is #TeacherAppreciationDay!

We'd like to thank the 214 parent groups, civil rights groups, student groups, religious groups & fellow unions representing more than 10 million people nationwide to say “thank you” to America’s teachers. #TeacherAppreciationDay #ThankATeacher

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

Dear Howard, you may like your coffee 3/4 full, but we like ours union made.

Madison Park partners in Seattle, Howard Schultz’s home store, are filing for a union!

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

Labor Center Professor Tom Juravich in @CommonWealthMag on why it's so hard to hold bad actors accountable for wage theft and what needs to change.

https://t.co/3pGedxa0aa

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

#UMassGives is happening today! Your gift of $5 or more benefits future ULA students!
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[VCORE @virginiacaucus]

BREAKING NEWS: 99% vote "yes" to unionize Richmond Public Schools, with the Richmond Education Association (REA) serving as collective bargaining representative. This victory belongs to the rank-and-file union militants who organized their colleagues. #Union #UnionStrong

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

@virginiacaucus Send your radical educators to come learn with us. https://t.co/hh8JiSO6az

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

Please join @TheLaborCenter director @Prof_deLeon moderate a @Labor_Research webinar April 14, 4pm ET on how unions are pushing for alternatives to policing. Panelists include leaders from @geo3550 and UE. Register at https://t.co/LWPAY189QD

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

Dear Elon,
We're going to help train up the best organizers ever and get that done for you. ❤️ TheLaborCenter

https://t.co/yEQC64MWud

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

The question of how to organize megacorporations is urgent for everyone who works for justice. Don’t miss the latest issue of @ForgeOrganizing — ORGANIZING MEGACORPORATIONS — guest edited by Jasmine Kerrissey and @DaniaRajendra https://t.co/XIAXDojvKB

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

Say hello to the newest unionized Starbucks partners in Mesa, AZ!

[Cassius Shuman @CassiusShuman]

NEW: Nearly 10% of #RhodeIsland employers misclassifying workers as independent contractors, saving a third in labor costs, according to a new report by @UMassAmherst @TheLaborCenter #employment #labor @RI_DLT @ProvBusNews https://t.co/ACLvNHHrxN

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

@TheLaborCenter professor @Prof_deLeon in @MotherJones taking on REI’s anti-union campaign: a consumer co-op ain’t a worker co-op. Period.

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

REI calls itself a co-op. But that doesn’t mean it’s worker-friendly.
https://t.co/ttsFmeiIo0

[UMass Labor Center @TheLaborCenter]

⁦@projo⁩ quotes @TheLaborCenter report saying nearly 1 in 10 RI bosses misclassify workers as indept contractors to evade taxes. The state loses at least $25 million due to payroll fraud. Let’s make wage theft a felony! ⁦@PatCrowley401⁩ https://t.co/QxQlg6LDlt

[Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher]

THIS MORNING: More than 100 students walked out of Tewksbury HS in a show of SUPPORT for educators & staff who have been trying to negotiate a new contract since last February. #maedu https://t.co/t5cc8gSmQi