UMass Labor Center

"[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: buff.ly/41J5iV1

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

Labor Center at UMass Amherst Director Jasmine Kerrissey commented in an October 12th piece in @TIME covering the potential railroad #strike. time.com/6221312/rail-w…

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.

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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

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!

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. commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/we-nee…

#UMassGives is happening today! Your gift of $5 or more benefits future ULA students! umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/99748366114

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

@virginiacaucus Send your radical educators to come learn with us. umass.edu/lrrc

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 bit.ly/3j1vu7V

Dear Elon, We're going to help train up the best organizers ever and get that done for you. ❤️ TheLaborCenter npr.org/2022/03/03/108…

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 forgeorganizing.org/article/organi…

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

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 pbn.com/report-nearly-…

Nearly 1 in 10 employers in Rhode Island are misclassifying employees as independent contractors, per a new @TheLaborCenter report. My take on what's driving this trend and what it means for workers and the economy, via @ProvBusNews @CassiusShuman: pbn.com/report-nearly-…

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

⁦@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 providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

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 whdh.com/news/students-…