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Ed Ramthun
@edramthun.bsky.social
Retired labor union researcher or pro-worker troublemaker, depending on your point of view. Interested in ecological restoration (and invasive species management).
https://www.instagram.com/edramthun/
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/edramthun
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶

Osprey by the White River (Wapahani), Indianapolis, Indiana, October 9, 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"What good is a union in Hell?"
Friends. I gave the most meaningful/urgent speech of my life this week...

I was invited to give the keynote address at the national convention of NOLSW - @uaw.org Local 2320. The speech is titled, "What good is a union in Hell?"

Full text/audio here: therealnews.com/uaw-what-goo...
July 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This page by @saramatlin.bsky.social‬ offers practical resources (legal tools, safety guides, and messaging strategies) for advocacy organizations on the frontlines of racial, gender, and economic justice that refuse to be silenced. (H/T @rustystahl.bsky.social‬)
matlinlegal.com/strategies-f...
Strategies for Strength: Nonprofit Resources – Matlin Legal
Resources for advocacy nonprofits serving community members who are targets of the Trump Administration’s executive orders.
matlinlegal.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Some advice from Doug Tallamy on how to be an ecologically responsible gardener...
The Four Ecologically Crucial Things You Should Do in Your Garden (Gift Article)
The ecologist Douglas Tallamy says your landscape can help manage the watershed, support pollinators, bolster a viable food web, and sequester carbon.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
March 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Indianapolis resident says Marion County, Indiana, should secede to Illinois.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov
@jbpritzker.bsky.social

www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
Actually, Indianapolis should secede to Illinois | Letters
Let Indiana state government return to Corydon and leave Indianapolis alone.
www.indystar.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Applications are now open for the eighth class of Women Innovating Labor Leadership (WILL) Empower apprentices, which builds the next generation of women and non-binary labor staffers and leaders.

Prospective apprentices can find out more about the program here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2025 Apprenticeship Info
Be a Part of Today’s Economic Justice Movement! Women Innovating Labor Leadership - WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program WILL Empower invites applications to its selective Apprenticeship Program, a ...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Labor Spring 2025 will bring together students, workers, unionists, allies, environmentalists, elected leaders and more to support workers’ organizing efforts in a broad range of events, anchored on college campuses and in the community.
lwp.georgetown.edu/labor-spring/
Labor Spring 2025 - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
#LaborSpring 🌹 Labor Spring 2025 is HERE! We’re bringing together students, workers, unionists, allies, environmentalists, elected leaders and more to support workers’ organizing efforts in a broad ra...
lwp.georgetown.edu
January 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My poems are not legal advice.
December 27, 2024 at 4:08 AM
White River, Indianapolis, Indiana - looking upstream in the late afternoon, Summer 2021.
November 25, 2024 at 4:18 AM