Power At Work

Listen to the Burnes Center for Social Change's Seth Harris in conversation with Tony Clark, Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), as they discuss the minor league organizing success, life as a player, the importance of unions in baseball, and more.

Listen to Burnes Center senior fellow Seth Harris interview Andy Levin, former U.S. representative for Michigan’s 9th congressional district and current distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in a conversation with Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, William Spriggs, AFL-CIO’s chief economist, and Aaron Sojourner, senior researcher at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment research, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for March 2023.

Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in a conversation with Elise Gould, Senior Economist at the Economic Policy Institute, and Teresa Ghilarducci, Professor of Economics and Policy Analysis at the New School, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs, wages, and unemployment report for February 2023.

Listen as Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris and Director of the Cornell ILR Labor Action Tracker Johnnie Kallas unveil the latest data about strikes and other work stoppages in the United States. This blogcast was posted at the same time the report was released to the public, and is the first analysis of these numbers.

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris, Northeastern University Professor Alicia Modestino, AFL-CIO Economist Bill Spriggs and W.E. Upjohn Institute Senior Researcher Aaron Sojourner have an in-depth worker-focused conversation on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Situation Report. The discussion was aired live on the Power At Work Blog on Friday, February 3 at 8:45 AM — just 15 minutes after the report’s release. 

Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in a conversation with Sara Nelson, President of the Association of Flight Attendants, and Kate Bronfenbrenner, the Director of Labor Education Research and Senior Lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, as they discuss the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Union Members Report for 2022.

This in-depth conversation examines the FTC's proposed rule to ban non-compete agreements and other topics at the intersection of antitrust law, labor law, and worker power. Elizabeth Wilkins is a former senior Biden White House official and currently serves as a top policy advisor to FTC Chair Lina Khan and the other FTC commissioners. Sanjukta Paul is an internationally recognized expert in labor and antitrust and broader issues of law and market governance. Her forthcoming book Solidarity in the Shadow of Antitrust: Labor and the Legal Idea of Competition reinterprets major developments in the history of antitrust law in relation to labor and workers.

This in-depth conversation about the latest jobs, wages, and unemployment numbers, seeks to examine and explain this snapshot of the U.S. economy and what it mean for unions, workers and their families, and worker power.  Joelle Gamble previously served as a Special Assistant to the President in the White House’s National Economic Council. Prior to joining the White House staff, Gamble held positions as a Policy Coordinator at SustainUS and National Network Director for the Roosevelt Institute. As a government official, Gamble is not allowed to comment on the report until 9:35 AM EST — so this will be the earliest opportunity to hear her insightful analysis about the numbers.

This Power at Work blogcast will take you behind the headlines to explore why a Democratic-controlled Congress this week imposed an agreement on the freight railroads and the rail unions and effectively prohibited the unions from striking for a better deal.  Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris was joined by two expert commentators: Jonah Furman, a reporter for Labor Notes; and Sharon Block, a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, the Executive Director of the Harvard’s Labor and Worklife Program, and a former senior Biden White House official. For more content like this, visit: https://poweratwork.us