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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · Jan 22
Just a reminder on what would have been the 52nd anniversary of #Roe that we have less rights than our mothers and grandmothers, and low income women will be forced to give birth as a result of long travel times.
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · 23h
Aaron is spot on, our paper shows that Trump proposed a 17% reduction in FTEs and currently 34% of senior career staff positions sit empty. Without adequate budget and without protecting these career positions we risk losing this independent analysis. www.americanprogress.org/shareable/mo...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d
Independence and funding are complements, not substitutes.

We cannot fix attacks on independence just with funding.

Exempt BLS & other statistical agencies from Schedule Policy/Career reform. Re-establish meaningful cause protection for Commissioner.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d
The real value of the Bureau of Labor Statistics's budget has fallen for over a decade.

The president is proposing deep cuts alongside other attacks on the agency.

Progress requires Congress to re-establish BLS independence & support innovation & funding.
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · 1d
New from Kyle Ross and me, breaking down the budget and staffing issues in FY26 dollars. The BLS needs experienced nonpartisan leadership, and adequate funding to restore trust and ensure accuracy.

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Real funding for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been declining for years
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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 6d
We wrote this before the shutdown but the analysis is still just as important. Healthcare workers, who are mostly women, are the backbone of our economy, but Trump's attacks on health care and repubs refusal to extend the ACA tax credits threaten the industry
www.americanprogress.org/article/what...
What To Know Before September’s Jobs Day Report: Falling Wages and Stalling Employment Growth
In August, women held up the economy while their wages faltered in industries such as health care. Will the September Employment Situation report show more of the same?
www.americanprogress.org
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · 8d
New bubble plot would be cool if it wasn’t so ominous. How much longer can we expect women to pick up the labor market slack? www.americanprogress.org/shareable/fe...
Female-dominated industries are keeping job growth positive, but wages are falling
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · 18d
My latest op-ed in @msnbc.com grapples with some of the reasons Gen Z men are out of the labor force and how we could help them come off the sidelines. Read more:
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
Gen Z men are facing a surprise workforce crisis
There’s not a one-size-fits-all explanation, but two main factors stand out.
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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 28d
Trump's tariffs are devastating America's manufacturers, with 42,000 manufacturing jobs lost since "liberation day." Check out @cbsnews.com coverage of @saraestep.bsky.social and my latest piece here
www.cbsnews.com/news/jobs-ma...
The U.S. is losing thousands of manufacturing jobs, analysis finds
Uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and other Trump administration economic policies are deterring manufacturers from hiring, according to the Center for American Progress.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · Sep 5
An epic and predictable economic disaster. In South Carolina, Lindsey Graham has been an active participant in and promoter of this disaster in tossing aside his previous support for free trade in service to Trump. South Carolina needs @drannieandrews.com.
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · Sep 5
Trump's tariffs and attacks on stable green energy jobs are all likely contributing to the rapid decline in manufacturing employment since April. Check @kennedyandara.bsky.social and my latest column with today's jobs numbers. #NumbersDay #EconSky

www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Trade War Squeezes Middle-Class Manufacturing Employment
American manufacturing employment is shrinking in response to Trump’s tariffs.
www.americanprogress.org
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · Sep 5
Numbers don't lie:
www.americanprogress.org/shareable/th...
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MSNBC @msnbc.com · Sep 5
OPINION by @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social:

“If American factories aren't experiencing a boom, how can Trump defend his protectionist extremism?”

READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump's tariffs were supposed to revive U.S. manufacturing. They're wrecking it.
Why Trump is failing to fulfill his most prized economic vision.
www.msnbc.com
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John Schmitt @jschmittwdc.bsky.social · Sep 5
"Since...Trump’s tariff announcement in April...manufacturing employment has declined by 42,000, while job openings and hires have fallen by 76,000 and 18,000, respectively."

www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

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A line chart titled, "The manufacturing sector has lost 42,000 jobs since April 2025," shows the cumulative change in employment for that year. The x-axis displays the months from April to August 2025, and the y-axis shows the change in jobs in thousands. A single line starts at 0 in April and steadily declines to a final value of -42,000 in August. An annotation labels the starting point in April as "Liberation Day."
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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · Sep 5
Trump promised a manufacturing renaissance- more like a manufacturing dark age. Check out our latest jobs day analysis from @saraestep.bsky.social and me on how Trump's tariff policies are harming the manufacturing industry. #econsky www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Trade War Squeezes Middle-Class Manufacturing Employment
American manufacturing employment is shrinking in response to Trump’s tariffs.
www.americanprogress.org
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · Sep 5
The larger-than-usual downward revision last month was in large part driven by a negative skew in the job growth distribution among late reporting firms. That’s unusual, but it’s happened before when the pace of job growth slows rapidly. This print is more evidence that was the case
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · Sep 5
U.S. employers added 22,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent.
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09... #NumbersDay
Employment Situation Summary - 2025 M07 Results
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Will Ragland @citizenwillis.bsky.social · Sep 5
This chart tells the story.
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · Sep 5
Surprising no one, blue collar employment does NOT improve with tariff chaos, killing green manufacturing jobs, and disappearing human beings.

We zoomed in on manufacturing in our latest: www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Sep 5
It’s almost like global trade wars are not good for US manufacturing
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · Sep 5
Shocking no one: www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Trade War Squeezes Middle-Class Manufacturing Employment
American manufacturing employment is shrinking in response to Trump’s tariffs.
www.americanprogress.org
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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · Sep 5
Trump's tariffs and attacks on stable green energy jobs are all likely contributing to the rapid decline in manufacturing employment since April. Check @kennedyandara.bsky.social and my latest column with today's jobs numbers. #NumbersDay #EconSky

www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Trade War Squeezes Middle-Class Manufacturing Employment
American manufacturing employment is shrinking in response to Trump’s tariffs.
www.americanprogress.org
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Sep 4
Ahead of #JobsDay tomorrow, Friends of BLS published a FAQ answering pressing questions like:

Can the public trust BLS products?

What's up with the firing of Dr. McEntarfer & nomination of Dr. Antoni?

Why and how does the BLS revise jobs estimates?
#EconSky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Background Information for Jobs Day – Sept 5 — The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Click Background Information for Jobs Day – Sept 5 to read the entire PDF document.
www.friendsofbls.org
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Sep 3
1.77 American employees quit their job for each employee fired by their boss in July per today's new #JOLTS data.

This proxy for worker bargaining power in jobs is steady versus June but declining over recent, post-pandemic years.
www.upjohn.org/labor-levera...
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · Aug 28
Today is #NHPIWomensEqualPayDay. For every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men working full-time, year-round in 2023, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander women were only paid 65 cents. Check out our analysis with @napawf.org on the labor market experiences of AANHPI women:
5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women
Analysis from the Center for American Progress and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum finds that AANHPI women, who are often immigrants, have a broad range of intersecting identities…
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Aug 28
New unemployment insurance claims steady (-2%) into week ending 8/23.

Continuing claims steady too.
#NumbersDay
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · Aug 26
When the labor market is hot, workers who switch jobs can usually expect a pay bump. Right now, job switchers are experiencing the same wage growth as stayers, a sign that employers have the upper hand.
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