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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · 21d

Why did the Teamsters endorse Ramaswamy? See this comment from the OH Plumbers & Pipefitters' head (also a Vivek endorser) for an explanation:

"We kind of try to read the tea leaves, and we believe that Vivek is going to be the next governor."

Some Ohio unions split endorsements between Ramaswamy, Brown in governor, Senate races

Some Ohio unions are splitting their endorsements, backing both Republican Ramaswamy and Democrat Sherrod Brown.

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · 22d

Ramaswamy, who has called for the elimination of teachers' unions and ending the right of federal workers to organize, wins Teamsters' endorsement *before* the Dems even have a nominee.

Ramaswamy nabs Teamsters endorsement

The state Teamsters conference is the latest state union to endorse him.

www.semafor.com

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 21

The GOP reached out to union workers in 2024 and won many of their votes. But Trump's labor policies have largely continued the party's historically anti-union stance #LaborDay buff.ly/Oreb5Vc

Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board

Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take actions that make unions weaker.

theconversation.com

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Aug 20

In advance of Labor Day, I scored the GOP's new pro-worker agenda. Upside: lots of room for improvement! Downside: *lots* of room for improvement.
theconversation.com/trump-admini...

Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board

Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take actions that make unions weaker.

theconversation.com

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Aug 19

The demolition of what little remained of labor law continues.
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

SpaceX Keeps Labor Board Case Frozen With Fifth Circuit Victory

SpaceX and two other companies can keep their court orders freezing unfair labor practice cases as they litigate their constitutional challenges to the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeal...

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Aug 11

Curious what O'Brien believes the outreach has achieved so far, aside from a Labor Secretary who has forsworn all of her past pro-labor positions.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Teamsters pour money into GOP, shifting away from Dems

After years of loyally backing Democrats, Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien is diversifying the union's PAC to support Republicans, too.

www.politico.com

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Aug 6

Uncharacteristic about both last year's and this year's Boeing strike is the workers are out ahead of the union, voting down proposals the union urged them to accept. More of my thoughts @Marketplace www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Boeing defense workers strike for third day

The walkout comes during the aerospace giant’s “turnaround year.”

www.marketplace.org

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Jul 30

See p. 8:

president.columbia.edu

Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Jul 30

Wait - Columbia will be collecting applicants' 'color' now? How?

"Columbia shall provide...admissions data...showing both
rejected and admitted students broken down by race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests, in a form permitting appropriate statistical analyses."

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Jul 2

Early results suggest Chavez-DeRemer's prior pro-labor stances weren't exactly deeply held.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump to cut protections for home health aides, migrant farmworkers

The Labor Department unveiled an “aggressive deregulatory” effort this week.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 29

According to the survey, mean earnings for these full-timers is 179k! Unenrolling my daughter from the 3rd grade and getting her a TikTok account immediately.

www.keller-advisory.com/_files/ugd/7...)

www.keller-advisory.com

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 28

Here's the otherwise interesting article!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/b...

Inside The Mad Dash to Turn Division I Athletes Into Influencers

A new effort at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is aimed at turning its student-athletes into well-remunerated social media stars. Other schools are following suit.

www.nytimes.com

Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 28

This, from the Sunday Times, is hard to believe. Admittedly I'm old and know nothing of the influencer trend, but ~12m full-time creator/influencers would mean this is now the largest occupation - by about 8 million workers.

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 24

Fantastic and timely book!

Jenn Laird @jennlaird.bsky.social · Mar 28

At last! Very excited to have this book out in the world. I loved working with Diana on this project. Save 25% with promo code POWERLESS when you order here: www.russellsage.org/publications...

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 23

At this point, the Teamsters' victory in the labor secretary battle seems utterly inconsequential.

news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

Labor Department to Lose 20% of Staff to Resignation Offers (1)

Nearly one in five workers at the US Department of Labor opted to leave their jobs later this year as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two DOL employees br...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 16

"Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b...

Unions Form Pro Bono Legal Network for Federal Workers Targeted by Trump

Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court. A new service will offer more individualized representation.

www.nytimes.com

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 15

"None of this is normal."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

www.npr.org

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 7

The conflation of "manufacturing jobs" w/ "good jobs" will be news to many recently hired (non-union, large #s working for staffing firms) manufacturing workers. See Myth #5:
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five...

Perspective | Five myths about compensation

Actually, very few workers are paid based on their job performance.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 3

There is nothing inherent about these jobs that make them (to quote Lutnick today) “the coolest jobs, the highest-paying jobs" - it's worker power that makes all the difference.

Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · Apr 3

"Manufacturing jobs" have that connotation because of unions. "30-and-out" retirement w/ a defined-benefit pension, health insurance for yourself & your spouse -- thank the UAW, the USWA, and so on.

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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social · Apr 3

In particular, some Obama-era economists (some of whom also worked in the Biden WH) have noted that when manufacturing jobs get re-shored, the wage premium doesn't come back, they pay like service sector jobs.

We could try sectoral bargaining or tight labor markets + focus on food/gas prices?

Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · Apr 3

"Manufacturing jobs" is shorthand for "work 40 hours/week for 30 years; then retire w/ health benefits and a pension. Send your kids to college. Have a camper by the lake where you go on weekends in the summer."

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Apr 3

Fitting.
www.newsmax.com/finance/stre...

Newsmax CEO to Ring Opening Bell Thursday at NYSE

Newsmax Inc. CEO Christopher Ruddy will be ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to celebrate the company's stunning debut earlier this week, which captured the attention of the financial world.

www.newsmax.com

Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Mar 31

DOGE comes for CNN's headline writers.

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Mar 28

In case anyone doubted the importance of public sector unions: "Unions have been a major obstacle in Mr. Trump’s effort to slash the size of the federal work force and reshape the government to put it more directly under his control."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

Trump Moves to End Federal Union Protections Across Government

An executive order signed by the president would cancel collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of workers, the largest federal employees union said. The union was preparing legal action.

www.nytimes.com

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Trump admin just illegally stripped collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal workers in 18 different departments across multiple agencies.

The regime stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared war on President Trump’s agenda.”
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Exempts Agencies with National Security Missions from Federal Collective Bargaining Requirements

PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of

www.whitehouse.gov

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Jake Rosenfeld @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social · Mar 25

"If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days."

Should do wonders for FL's test scores.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/b...

Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants | CNN Business

Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...

www.cnn.com

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