Shaun Richman

My next book, "We Always Had a Union The New York Hotel Workers’ Union, 1912-1953," will be available from @illinoispress in April 2025. Pre-order your copy. Or ask your library to! If you want to discuss it, find me on bsky. press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p088…

@siadvance Uh, guys. Did I miss the crossword in Sunday’s paper?

I suspect the actual release date is going to be a few months later than the one they've got on here right now, but still pretty cool--there's a pre-order page up for The Blueprint: amazon.com/Blueprint-Soci…

@CapitalOneCafe You sent me a new debit card recently, and now I can't get cashback from the grocery store. This is after you closed EVERY location on Staten Island. What kind of scam makes it impossible for customers to get cash w/o fees?

Aw, why can't I get a @jacremes interview in @lawcha_org? lawcha.org/2025/07/29/ste…

Shaun Richman's WE ALWAYS HAD A UNION: New York’s Hotel Workers Union, 1912–1953 was featured in Jacobin. jacobin.com/2025/07/hotel-… cc: @Ess_Dog

I have a new piece in @Jacobin about the merger and messy divorce between the Hotel Employees union and the Communist Party. From my new book. jacobin.com/2025/07/hotel-…

The history of anti-communist purges in New York’s hotel workers’ union provides a lesson in how socialists can both gain and lose influence within the labor movement. jacobin.com/2025/07/hotel-…

On tonight's show @BenBurgis interviews @Ess_Dog about his book "We Always Had a Union: The New York Hotel Workers’ Union, 1912-1953." Before that Ben debunks the latest anti-Zohran smears. More JBP madness in the postgame for patrons. All starts at 8 ET! youtube.com/watch?v=O2l_oi…

Shaun Richman (@Ess_dog), labor historian, professor and author, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss his new book "We Always Had a Union: The Story of the New York Hotel Workers Union, 1912-1953." @IllinoisPress awf.labortools.com/listen/shaun-r…

@IolaElla Glad you like the book. I’ve also thought that Eric’s writing on the NRA and strikes are a closely related project.

ALL OF THIS You really can't explain the rise of the CIO, and the subsequent union member surge in both the CIO and AFL without this This point is eluded to in @Ess_Dog wonderful new book “We Always Had a Union: The New York Hotel Workers' Union, 1912-1953”

Happy Pub Date to WE ALWAYS HAD A UNION: The New York Hotel Workers’ Union, 1912-1953 by @Ess_Dog (@inthesetimesmag; @theprospect)! press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p088… #AmericanHistory #LaborStudies #ReadUP #AmReading #Nonfiction #NonfictionBooks #AcademicPublishing #UniversityPress

I'm in @NYDailyNews, talking about "We Always Had a Union," labor law & the NYC mayoral. nydailynews.com/2025/04/06/lag…

@mcuban Get fucked, tv oligarch.

I’ll keep on saying it for the people in the back. DOGE had the right idea. Reduce spending enough to slow down the economy. A slower economy means interest rates come down and if things slow enough, the fed reduces rates to juice the economy and debt repayment gets far cheaper and the debt comes down with any growth Where DOGE screwed up is that they tried to do it all at once under the excuse the Dems would kill it. Cutting spending and firing hundreds of thousands all at once has a disproportionate impact on small cities and states. That makes it’s far far harder for interest rates to enable growth If they had planned it out, gave the country a chance to plan and get ready for the cuts , then it truly could have worked. And worked well enough they could have cut more than they did. And with the lower rates , the deficit could have been reduced with lower debt interest costs Add to this all these tariffs , simultaneously, and someone is going to get fired. Probably Lutnick. Unless Trump shows up in the week or two after the tariff hits and gives us a removal of the tariffs , or even an across the board 10 pct tariffs , that at least is less inflationary. Less inflationary means at least a little better chance the fed can lower rates. As long as those tariffs are in place , and active , it’s going to be hard for inflation to come down and for employment to stay up That’s the fed mandate. Employment and inflation. Read Fire Aim is no way to govern. If there’s a plan. Show it to us

Check out this piece in the @NYDailyNews from @Ess_Dog, author of WE ALWAYS HAD A UNION: The New York Hotel Workers’ Union, 1912-1953 press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p088… Give Mayor Adams a no confidence vote nydailynews.com/2025/02/18/giv…

I'm in today's @NYDailyNews arguing that the City Council should borrow a tactic from higher ed and pass a "vote of no confidence" in Mayor Eric Adams. nydailynews.com/2025/02/18/giv…

@hoosteen You’re only mad because it reminds you that you’re getting old.

I love when people say "half a decade," it has such a sheen of stolen time valor

Wow! I never thought I'd be asked to write about The Nanny, crossing picket lines, and the tradition of strong Jewish union women, so I'm indebted to @Ess_Dog for making it happen. If you like TV and labor culture, look for solongdentalplan.com in 2026!

@DavidKaib A fair shot at access to good things.

Good things? No. A fair shot at good things.

Shaun Richman (@Ess_Dog) is the author of the forthcoming book WE ALWAYS HAD A UNION: The New York Hotel Workers’ Union, 1912-1953 go.illinois.edu/s25richman