Jake Schwitzer

Executive Director @NSPolicyAction
Past: @SenTinaSmith & @alfranken

[Jake Schwitzer @jakeschwitz]

Care to walk this one back, @RepPeteStauber ? You can vote to end this pointless trade war.

[Pete Stauber @RepPeteStauber]

(2/2) I support the President’s efforts to level the playing field, bring jobs and manufacturing back to America, and rebuild the broken economy that Biden left behind. I know American workers, farmers, manufacturers, and miners can compete with anyone in the world as long as there is a fair and level playing field.

[MinnPost @MinnPost]

OPINION | Jake Schwitzer, @NSPolicyAction e.d.

“Our schools need help, there’s no denying that. Stripping more funding from our already depleted public schools to give students a worse education so that the rich can get richer cannot be the answer.” https://t.co/DJgqjz7Ae5

[North Star Policy Action @NSPolicyAction]

📢 Today, we released our latest report, which reveals how vouchers to pay for private and religious schools would drain public schools of millions of $$, exacerbate inequality, and weaken education across the state. 🧵⬇️

https://t.co/yxV1Em7DBq

[Jake Schwitzer @jakeschwitz]

It’s encouraging that lawmakers are taking fraud seriously this session, but they seem to be missing one of the biggest heists happening right under their noses. Payroll fraud and worker misclassification are a massive crime and the scale of the response has been minuscule.

[North Star Policy Action @NSPolicyAction]

There’s lots of focus on fraud in the Minnesota legislature. But we couldn’t help but notice there’s a multi billion dollar fraud that’s not getting anywhere near the same attention. #mnleg

https://t.co/4g0OFFMo4H

[North Star Policy Action @NSPolicyAction]

Republicans in the #mnleg are attacking Paid Leave and Earned Sick and Safe Time programs, falsely claiming these programs will damage businesses and Minnesota's economy. We're setting the record straight about these important programs: https://t.co/3HzApW5ZsB

[North Star Policy Action @NSPolicyAction]

Today our research was the centerpiece of an important conversation about AI's impact on Minnesota's workers at the Minnesota Senate Labor Committee. AI adoption is moving faster than our public policies, and workers are already feeling the effects. https://t.co/UZ2WR24nUv

[Jake Schwitzer @jakeschwitz]

@ChristopherHine Also the memory game

[North Star Policy Action @NSPolicyAction]

In the @StarTribune today, our @AjR_StP lays out what's at stake for Minnesota's communities, workers, and energy consumers if Trump attacks Biden's infrastructure investments. https://t.co/hCSPE8yaQR

[North Star Policy Action @NSPolicyAction]

Check out @TomCrann's interview with @AjR_StP about our latest research into how AI could impact Minnesota's working people.

https://t.co/HmO9ky95kX

[Minnesota AFL-CIO @MNAFLCIO]

REPORT: 500,000 Minnesota workers—17% of the workforce—are at high risk of having their job altered by AI, with roles in agriculture and software development among those most impacted. https://t.co/LQRI5rKTVU #BetterInAUnion (via @NSPolicyAction)

[North Star Policy Action @NSPolicyAction]

Since the 1980s, we've seen productivity grow while wages have stagnated. AI has the potential to add jet fuel to this fire, lining the pockets of the wealthy and leaving workers behind. Policymakers should ensure workers have a voice in how AI is implemented in their workplaces.

[Aaron Rosenthal @AjR_StP]

AI's impact on workers may well be the defining labor question of our generation. I'm very excited that @NSPolicyAction is thinking about how to align AI innovation with the welfare of working Minnesotans and hope our report moves us towards a productive conversation in MN.

[Jake Schwitzer @jakeschwitz]

AI is coming, and our policies are already behind the ball. Our latest research shows the impact AI will have on MN's working people, and suggests some steps our state can take to protect workers. #mnleg

[North Star Policy Action @NSPolicyAction]

96% of business execs say AI will ⬆️ productivity. 77% of workers say AI has ⬇️ their productivity. Our latest report addresses this disconnect by measuring AI’s impact on MN workers and offering policies to align AI innovation with worker welfare. https://t.co/UZ2WR24nUv

[Jake Schwitzer @jakeschwitz]

@JaceFrederick A third of the stadium is Celtics fans

[Jake Schwitzer @jakeschwitz]

@MnufcUnion Done!

[Jake Schwitzer @jakeschwitz]

Hey Minnesota, check out Alaska and Missouri.

[National Employment Law Project @NelpNews]

Thanks to #workers & advocates, a combined 590,000 workers in #Alaska & #Missouri will see the #MinimumWage go⬆️to $15. Tipped workers in #Arizona also defeated a ballot initiative that would have cut their wages. This 🧵showcases the coalitions that made these victories possible

[Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait]

Have the Russian bomb threats targeted any Republican-majority polling places? or only Democratic ones?

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: Kentucky voters are projected to have rejected an amendment that would allow the legislature to direct public money to unaccountable private schools in the form of vouchers.

Nebraska is voting on a similar measure.

[Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman]

Russia is purposefully targeting Black voters with bomb threats to help Donald Trump. That's all anybody should need to know.

[Jake Schwitzer @jakeschwitz]

@maxnesterak Minnesotans are spoiled!