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Have you been impacted by the recent federal layoffs? Power At Work, in partnership with InnovateUS, The Governance Lab, and The Burnes Center for Social Change, is here to help. We have curated a set of free upskilling resources designed to help public professionals prepare for re-entering the job market, whether in the public sector or elsewhere. We are invested in you. Find courses, workshops, & more by visiting the links in the comments!

Power At Work's second 'Buy or Sell' blogcast is out now! The Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Sharon Block, the Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, Bill Samuel, the former Director of Government Affairs at the AFL-CIO, & a LIVE AUDIENCE! Watch their discussion on the future of the National Labor Relations Board, potential strikes and collective bargaining agreements, union memberships, and more by visiting the link in the comments!

Power At Work is partnering with our colleagues at InnovateUS, The Burnes Center for Social Change, and The Governance Lab to provide free upskilling resources to federal employees who have been affected by the chaotic firings in federal agencies and departments. There's nothing good about involuntarily losing your job, especially in the current environment. So, we want to provide whatever help we can. Please review the dedicated web site linked below to learn more. AFGE National Treasury Employees Union National Federation of Federal Employees AFSCME National Education Association AFL-CIO

Graduate students are reshaping the future of academia through labor organizing! From the 2020 wildcat strike at University of California, Santa Cruz to the historic 48,000-worker strike across the University of California system in 2022, academic labor movements are gaining momentum. Read all about the fight for better working conditions in Aspen Ellis's latest piece for Power At Work by clicking the link in the comments!

“Nearly 6,000 USDA workers fired by Trump ordered back to work for now” by Andrea Hsu for NPR is one of the items included on this week's #PowerAtWork Weekly Download! The Weekly Download is the place for ideas, features, research, and news coverage about workers, worker power, and unions – delivered to your inbox and Power At Work, every week. Click the link in the comments to check out this week’s edition, and subscribe to stay in the loop!

A climate crisis is a labor crisis—and workers must have the right to strike! In their latest article for the forthcoming special issue of the International Labour Organization’s International Labour Review, "Turning Up the Heat: The Right to Strike and the Climate Crisis," Jeffrey Vogt and Ruwan Subasinghe explore why protecting and expanding the right to strike is crucial in the fight for climate justice. Read more in Power At Work's post by visiting the link in the comments!

The 2025 Labor Oscars Awards Ceremony is here! Power At Work subscribers voted on 68 worker power films divided into four categories and the decisions are FINALLY in! Join Seth Harris and special guests Harold Phillips, co-coordinator of the Labor Radio Podcast Network and SAG-AFTRA member, Jennifer Merin, co-founder and President of the ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS INC, & Tami Gold, documentary filmmaker and professor at Hunter College! Watch the blogcast now by visiting the link in the comments!

Airline workers have built one of the strongest labor strongholds in the U.S. How did they do it? Ted Reed's new book, "Unions Flying High: Airline Labor Power in the 21st Century" follows leaders of the top six airline labor unions. From better pay to historic union victories, his new article for Power At Work explores the power of collective action in the skies. Read now by visiting the link in the comments!

Winston Rogers's “Postal workers union rally in DC against federal plans to privatize USPS” for?WJLA is one of the hand-picked items on the new edition of the #PowerAtWork Weekly Download! The Weekly Download is the place for ideas, features, research, and news coverage about workers, worker power, and unions – delivered to your inbox and Power At Work, every week. Click the link in the comments to check out this week’s edition, and subscribe to stay in the loop!

As attacks on public education and unions intensify, understanding the history of the labor movement is more important than ever. From securing free public schools in 1855 to the hard-fought collective bargaining victories of the 1970s, Illinois educators have led the fight for fair wages, job security, and high-quality public education. Read all about the history of Illinois's largest labor union, the Illinois Education Association, in tom suhrbur's post for Power At Work by clicking the link in the comments!