Join us for RUBI's monthly briefing on Wed. July 2nd @ 4pm ET→ https://t.co/pSLYqZ0kRN @LaineyNewman will talk about how labor unions have shaped the daily lives of working-class families & communities, in & outside of work, as well as shared political & social perspectives.

Last week, @LaineyNewman, co-author of Rust Belt Union Blues, discussed the power of friendships in building union solidarity and why spaces to gather matter more than ever. Check out the full episode at the link or wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/jKz3icRaSW

Now available in paperback! Rust Belt Union Blues sheds new light on why so many union members have dramatically changed their party politics. It makes a compelling case that Democrats are unlikely to rebuild credibility in places like western Pennsylvania unless they find new

"This is a schism that has been growing for some time" For the first time in 30 years the national Teamsters union isn't endorsing a candidate. Author of "Rust Belt Union Blues" @LaineyNewman on the GOP's growing appeal to blue collar union workers.

If Democrats want to reverse working class dealignment, they have to respect the value of hard work as unequivocally as more familiar liberal values like equality and inclusion. https://t.co/Hs7Jy8m1g2

Volkswagen workers just made history! #StandUpUAW

A great study of the shift of unionized Steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party by @LaineyNewman and Theda Skocpol--it emphasizes the diminishing social ties fostered by the union.

New piece by me on why Biden's myriad pro-labor moves and policies have not translated into more support from union voters specifically and working-class voters generally.

"And unions themselves are less integral to their members’ daily lives than they once were, particularly in former industrial strongholds that are now swing states, as the Harvard scholars Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol document in their recent book, Rust Belt Union Blues."

Premiering tonight: I talked with @LaineyNewman about her book Rust Belt Union Blues and what Trump bumper stickers tell us about the relationship between unions and democracy https://t.co/RHB4inJvFj

What forces pull union members in the industrial Midwest towards right-wing politics? Capital & Main spoke to authors Theda Skocpol and @LaineyNewman, about one of the most important questions of this and the last two presidential elections. https://t.co/CyQZ1EAFIY

Join Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol for a book talk about RUST BELT UNION BLUES with Ed Simon on Sat., Mar 9 at 7 PM. See event details at https://t.co/VfEhgfGAym @whitewhalebks @LaineyNewman

@HaroldMeyerson reviews Rust Belt Union Blues by @LaineyNewman and Theda Skocpol, a new book that helps explain why working-class voters in union towns turned to the right:

“Rust Belt Union Blues,” one of TNR’s books of the year picks, argues that unions stopped performing the community-building function that cemented their influence, and that the void got filled by right-wing gun clubs, drinking clubs, and so on.

Amazing piece on benefits of being a #Union town. "The collapse of union-organized associational life in the Rust Belt has resulted in the rise of alienation and insecurity among working Americans, forcing them to seek new forms of solidarity and community wherever they can."

To build a long-term majority, Dems need to cut into the GOP vote in Trump Country. Andy Beshear is doing this in Kentucky, Brandon Presley is doing it in Mississippi. My report on how Beshear is preaching solidarity over division. My column-free link

The Decline of Union Democrats How union civic life built Democrats' strength among industrial unions & how they lost working class ties & identities New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @LaineyNewman & Theda Skocpol https://t.co/JfXWlmM4Lv

Why so many blue-collar workers drifted from Democrats https://t.co/VDynMez2jU via @Harvard