“Majority Rules 2025: Trends in State-Level Ballot Initiative Voting” is OUT NOW! .You can learn more about our report on the ongoing battle for ballot initiatives here:

RT @SBWorkersUnited: The worst CEO-to-worker pay ratio out of ALL S&P 500 companies in 2024. WOW. When Starbucks and CEO Brian Niccol trie….

In a new interview from @phenomenalworld , Andrew Yamakawa Elrod sits down with the CWD’s Ben Fong to discuss the state of the NLRB and how workers can organize beyond its current confines.

In this special OTS feature from March, Ben Fong interviews Beth Gutelius, co-author of “The Future of Warehouse Work: Technological Change in the U.S. Logistics Industry,” to talk about the present and future of warehouse automation. Read it here:.

RT @thenation: After a strike that drew national attention—and had piles of garbage filling the streets—Philadelphia's municipal workers ar….

RT @AFLCIO: America’s unions stand in solidarity with @TheWNBPA players as they fight for their fair share and the dignity and respect they….

“For political activists searching desperately to make sense of the world after the reelection of Donald Trump, the Seattle experience offers a vital framework for fighting our way out of the despairing miasma of twenty-first-century capitalism.”.

NEW BOOK FROM JONATHAN ROSENBLUM!.In “We’re Coming For You And Your Rotten System: How Socialists Beat Amazon and Upended Big-City Politics,” he tells the success story of socialist Kshama Sawant’s election to the Seattle City Council, long-dominated by pro-business Democrats.

Next in the hot seat: Target, the country’s third largest retailer. Read more about their distribution network in On the Seams.

RT @thenation: Amazon drivers are already subjected to brutal working conditions—which become much worse during Prime days. .

RT @SEIUPres: The person working the register at your local grocery store should… indeed… be able to afford housing, healthcare, food, and….

RT @organizeworkers: Any successful union started with two co-workers talking. You can get the pay, benefits, and respect at work that you….

In this OTS primer, learn what makes CVS a “many-headed hydra” and one of the most powerful entities in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry.

@PolReformNA @MaresaStrano You can read the full report from @MaresaStrano , @mschmitt9 , and Oscar Pocasangre on the landscape and potential expansion of ballot initiatives (featuring a shoutout to our “Majority Rules 2025” report!) here in @PolReformNA :.

For @PolReformNA , @MaresaStrano explores the benefits and limitations of the ballot initiative process, arguing for an expansion of the system that would be a “significant step toward a more responsive, accountable, and resilient U.S. political system.”.

“Citizen-initiated ballot measures have helped bridge the gap between public preferences and government policy in half the country. The logical next step is to extend that opportunity to all 50 states” .-@MaresaStrano.

New from OTS: Home Depot’s distribution network is bigger than the authors initially thought. Read the short and sweet primer update here.

RT @GrimKim: For now all I can say is that I am utterly heartbroken about the garbage “deal” that Mayor Parker and her cronies have forced….

Are you an Amazon worker with your own stories to share about poor safety conditions at work? You can submit them here in the Amazon Prime Heat Survey:

“Amazon likes to say it’s all about safety, but we all know it comes second to productivity,”. In his new piece for @thenation , J. Rosenblum reveals the true price of Amazon Prime Week discounts: worker safety and wellbeing. Read more here:

Today, the CWD hosted our annual staff strategy meeting to discuss plans for the 2025-2026 academic year. Our team's got big things coming– stay tuned!