Zoë West

labor researcher + prof // oral historian // union member/delegate

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

We're kicking off a fundraising push at @UndocuWomenFund to provide direct assistance to women w/o documentation in NYC. They're facing months w/o work - or high risk, low wage jobs - the brunt of care labor, no safety nets. https://t.co/a301pIT5qb #CareAtWork #GivingTuesday

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

@Miranda__Lena @nataliesedacca Thanks! Happy to share more if you dm me

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

@CresaPugh @TheNewSchool I am - let’s make it happen

[Barnaby Raine @BarnabyRaine]

Victory for the strike at @Columbia! I am unbelievably proud of so many people I love and admire in @SW_Columbia - my colleagues who have been on strike for 10 weeks against an Ivy League boss, battling with dignity for a better education system. A rare moment of political joy.

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

Joined the strong & lively picket line stretching across the Columbia campus today - as faculty, I stand in solidarity with the striking student workers ⁦@SW_Columbia⁩ taking a loud stand against shameful threats of retaliation #CUonStrike

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

Columbia faculty rallying in solidarity with striking student workers — speaking out against the recent threats of retaliation against @SW_Columbia strikers #CUonStrike

[Nancy Ko @nancykorifera]

"This is not an issue of knowledge. This is an issue of POWER. ...I am not just willing to argue for you. I am willing to stand with you." @adamdreich at our faculty rally in support of @SW_Columbia as we approach a sixth week #CUonstrike

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Calling all @Columbia faculty: we are walking out of classrooms and labs on Monday at 12:30 pm to protest illegal threats of retaliation against striking student workers! #ULPstrike #CUonStrike

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

In solidarity with striking student workers @SW_Columbia I’ve canceled today’s class. As an adjunct prof, I stand with fellow workers at Columbia who are taking a bold stand against ever-eroding and precarious work conditions in academia #CUonStrike

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

@maximillian_alv @orbooks Beautiful, congrats!!

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

Moved the last couple sessions of my Oral History & Human Rights course online (to non-Columbia zoom) in solidarity w/ @SW_Columbia strike. Amid class discussions on challenging power relations in research, students were down for some solidarity in practice #CUStrike #CUonStrike

[Strikewave @strikewave]

Labor should stand shoulder to shoulder with Palestinians as they fight for justice and an end to the occupation.

Thread with labor union statements about the ongoing crisis. (We deleted the first one because of a typo).

#FreePalestine #SaveSheikhJarrah

[Mohammed El-Kurd @m7mdkurd]

Almost 200 dead, 2000 wounded, 40,000 displaced. Many of whom said their last words on social media, all of them are betrayed by a complicit international community.

The barbaric & intentional destruction of life in Gaza at the hands of Israeli terror must end. #GazaUnderAttack

[Al-Shabaka الشبكة @AlShabaka]

THREAD: In light of the rapidly unfolding events across Palestine that were sparked by the #SaveSheikhJarrah movement, it's important to amplify the voices & points of view of Palestinians.

So here are a few articles published by Al-Shabaka analysts over the past few days:

[Andrew Tillett-Saks @AndrewTSaks]

Solidarity is all workers’ only path to freedom and justice.

Myanmar workers stood in solidarity with the US anti-racist movement summer. Can you stand in solidarity with Myanmar workers fighting for democracy right now?

Donate to their strike fund: https://t.co/Nud5GZBkGY

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

I'm sure Amazon warehouse workers who are breaking their bodies to keep up with productivity quotas will be thrilled to learn from Jeff Bezos that the recipe for success is we all need to schedule time to just "putter" and do nothing!

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

@maximillian_alv @WorkingPod So looking forward to this episode - thanks for lifting up this struggle 🙏

[Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor @KeeangaYamahtta]

For anyone who thought the Chauvin trial was supposed to be some kind of indictment of the practice of policing...here is your daily reminder that the police will never not be racist, violent, deadly and corrupt. It is and has always been baked into the institution.

[Zoë West @zoexwest]

Glory to the #BAmazonUnion workers who stood strong & pushed for a union despite unrelenting intimidation from one of the most powerful companies in the world. The road is long & your courage has fueled SO many in the fight against a system that suffocates workers' voice & power.

[Kim Kelly @GrimKim]

BREAKING: @RWDSU says that Amazon illegally interfered in the #BAmazonUnion vote in Bessemer, and the union will be filing unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB.

“We won’t rest until workers' voices are heard fairly under the law.” - @sappelbaum