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David Weil
@profsheenalives.bsky.social
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Professor of Social Policy and Economics, Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University and Visiting Professor and Stone Visiting Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School. Dum Spiro Spero.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · 1d
Fresh for Prime Day, my report with @dschneider.bsky.social @juliesulabor.bsky.social and Kevin Bruey shows how the rise of Amazon depresses wages, benefits and protections for their drivers compared to union drivers @ UPS. This is how good wages and protections unwind. @shift-project.bsky.social
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The Shift Project @shift-project.bsky.social · 1d
1/7 Over the past decade, Amazon’s market power has soared. But how do Amazon workers fare relative to their counterparts at UPS & FedEx? A new Shift Project brief offers an inside look into work at one of the world’s biggest companies. shift.hks.harvard.edu/amazon-drive...
Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers - The Shift Project
Read the Full Article Amazon has revolutionized shopping and challenged traditional brick-and-mortar retail. But at the heart of this logistics […]
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · 7d
Intimidating workers because of their immigration status weakens rights and protections for ALL workers. A disturbing report in @prospect.org . prospect.org/labor/2025-1... @nelp.org @aflcio.org @shift-project.bsky.social
How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor
While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · 28d
@hiltzikm.bsky.social on the challenges of a post-Trump era in terms of labor, health, and science. It's not a pretty picture, but important to think ahead... www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: Trump won't last forever. Here's what it will take to rebuild what he's tearing down
Trump's targets and adversaries start to think about how to rebuild the America he has demolished.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Aug 28
Seema Nanda, Solicitor of Labor in the Biden administration, lays out the high costs of Trump's effort to end essential labor protections for millions of homecare workers who provide critical services. msmagazine.com/2025/08/20/t...
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Over a Million Women Are at Risk of a Pay Cut Under a New Trump Rule
Care workers were deemed 'essential' during COVID-19. The Trump Department of Labor wants to strip away their most basic wage protections.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Aug 26
Latest on Lisa Cook: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Lisa Cook Says She Will Not Step Down From the Fed Board
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Aug 26
@hiltzikm.bsky.social explains the outrageous, scurrilous and groundless claims made against Lisa Cook, Adam Schiff and Leticia James by this administration. These actions make Nixon's enemies list look benign. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: Why are all these leading Democrats suddenly facing mortgage fraud charges? Guess who's behind it
Bill Pulte at the Federal Housing Finance Agency is hitting Democrats with criminal mortgage fraud charges. Here's why they look ginned-up.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Aug 18
A very important essay by @elizabethwilkins.bsky.social that insightfully lays out the long term challenge ahead for progressives. thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Aug 18
@juliesulabor.bsky.social has it right: Trump holds the record as the most anti-union POTUS since Grover Cleveland used federal troops to break the Pullman strike in 1894. Union-Buster in Chief prospect.org/labor/2025-0...
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Union-Buster in Chief
Trump has surpassed Reagan in his war on workers’ rights.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Aug 16
So scary Jordan. What next: Jugglers? Street musicians?? Or even worse: Mimes?
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Jul 17
Anyone who thinks that this administration has the slightest concern for working people need only look at what the "Labor" Secretary has been up to. A great summary of where we stand by LA Times columnist @hiltzikm.bsky.social. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Commentary: She looked like a pro-worker Trump cabinet appointee. But now she's gutting the Labor Department
Unions were optimistic about the appointment of Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary, but her actions have dashed their hopes.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Jul 13
Please, please read these excerpts from a bi-partisan collection of federal judges regarding the lawless and unconstitutional grounds of countless administraion actions. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @rdnayak.bsky.social @politicsprof.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Opinion | ‘Egregious.’ ‘Brazen.’ ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump’s Actions, in Their Own Words
Dozens of judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, have stood up to the administration’s lawlessness.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Jul 5
An inspirational and essential July 4th interview by @nytimes.com great @jamellebouie.net of @ztameez.bsky.social on his new book about Charles Sumner. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
Opinion | The Civil War That Never Ended
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Jun 30
I was pleased to join Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on ther wonderful Boston Public to discuss the Trump record on work. Starts at 1 hour 17 minutes. www.youtube.com/live/ydc1QRy... @gbhnews.bsky.social @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social
Boston Public Radio & The Culture Show Live from the Boston Public Library, Friday, June 20, 2025
YouTube video by GBH News
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Jun 21
The sad and preventable return of black lung. And Trump just paused enforcement of a rule that would address it. A friend of coal miners? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w... @jbarab.bsky.social @aflcio.org @rdnayak.bsky.social
How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Jun 18
As the Trump DOL once again opens up the question of who is an employee, let's start with the basics: What’s a ‘gig’ job? How it’s legally defined affects workers’ rights and protections theconversation.com/whats-a-gig-...
What’s a ‘gig’ job? How it’s legally defined affects workers’ rights and protections
What a ‘gig worker’ is remains ill-defined, which can suit employers. But the spread of the gig economy means more workers don’t have the same rights and protections as employees.
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Annie @anniemcg.bsky.social · Jun 15
This is how it’s done!
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · May 31
There is simply nothing to add to @nickkristof.bsky.social piece today: This administration's policies result in the death of innocent children around the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...
Opinion | Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump?
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · May 24
A unique and powerful perspective on blending faith and pro-democracy work from @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social Heller School's Jarvis Williams. sojo.net/magazine/jun...
We Have What We Need To Fix This
Advice for overwhelmed Christians from Jarvis Williams, a pastor turned pro-democracy organizer.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · May 23
Thankfully, Harvard moved quickly in court and the administration order revoking Harvard's ability to have international students and scholars in the community has been stopped (for now) by a TRO. www.reuters.com/world/us/har...
Harvard sues Trump administration for blocking enrollment of foreign students
Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday over President Donald Trump's decision to revoke the Ivy League school's ability to enroll international students.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · May 10
BREAKING: Judge blocks President Trump’s unconstitutional campaign to radically restructure and dismantle the federal government.

This ruling is one of many that prove Elon Musk, DOGE, and even the president himself are not above the rule of law and the will of the American people.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · May 10
We are a nation of laws. A federal court has halted the unconstitutional and unconscionable reorganization of OUR federal government. democracyforward.org/updates/omni... @democracyforward.org
Judge Blocks Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government - Democracy Forward
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Apr 23
This is how collective action works: More than 250 college and university leaders standing by the Constitutional principles of free speech and freedom of thought. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Apr 22
Standing up and speaking out: This statement by President Alan Garber and action by Harvard University should be a model for all higher education. If not now, when?
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Upholding Our Values, Defending Our University
Dear Members of the Harvard Community,Over the course of the past week, the federal government has taken several actions following Harvard’s refusal to
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Apr 19
A good moment to call upon the past.
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Silence Dogood @silencedogoodbos.bsky.social · Apr 19
In the hour of darkness and peril and fear, let’s all channel a little Paul Revere.
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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · Apr 9
Construction was one of the original fissured industry. It's only getting worse as shown by this important article by Marcela Valdes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/m...
How Contracting Work Became a Race to the Bottom (Gift Article)
The reality of being a contractor includes labor shortages, brutal competition and low, low margins.
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