Yoorie Chang
@yoorie.bsky.social
💭Worker power, democracy, and economic justice @ Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School. Colorado-raised, Massachusetts-based. Views mine.
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Which side are you on? Well I think the NLRB General Counsel's decision to once again allow employers to hold captive audience meetings and say a union will ruin worker / manager relationships makes it abundantly clear: It ain't working people. www.law360.com/employment-a...
NLRB GC Asks Board To Overturn 2 Biden-Era Rulings - Law360 Employment Authority
Employers should be allowed to tell workers that unionizing could end their direct relationship with their managers, as well as hold mandatory meetings to discourage unionization, the National Labor R...
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May 15, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Which side are you on? Well I think the NLRB General Counsel's decision to once again allow employers to hold captive audience meetings and say a union will ruin worker / manager relationships makes it abundantly clear: It ain't working people. www.law360.com/employment-a...
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“Several labor rights groups decried the vote, saying if Arizona does not establish a formal standard that would allow the state to enforce its heat rules, many workers will continue to face unsafe conditions in Arizona’s extreme temperatures.”
Arizona may not get formal regulations to protect workers from extreme heat on the job anytime soon.
Vote on workplace heat safety rules for Arizona disappoints labor rights groups
An Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health advisory committee vote on proposed heat safety regulations fell short of what labor rights groups were hoping for.
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March 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
“Several labor rights groups decried the vote, saying if Arizona does not establish a formal standard that would allow the state to enforce its heat rules, many workers will continue to face unsafe conditions in Arizona’s extreme temperatures.”
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"The new Mamdani administration can right this legal wrong in innovative and effective ways... Imposing 'just cause' standards on employers in New York City would flip the at-will employment script." @sharblock.bsky.social in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social
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Just Cause | Sharon Block
Flipping the script on at-will employment in New York City
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February 23, 2026 at 8:11 PM
"The new Mamdani administration can right this legal wrong in innovative and effective ways... Imposing 'just cause' standards on employers in New York City would flip the at-will employment script." @sharblock.bsky.social in @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Check out our Year in Review! It's been a productive year: through worker-centered research and convenings to collaborate on innovative labor policies, we’ve continued to strive to advance ideas for building worker power in increasingly challenging times.
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A Year in Review 2025 - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
The CLJE team is pleased to share our 2025 Year in Review Report, a comprehensive look back at the research,…
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December 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Check out our Year in Review! It's been a productive year: through worker-centered research and convenings to collaborate on innovative labor policies, we’ve continued to strive to advance ideas for building worker power in increasingly challenging times.
clje.law.harvard.edu/a-year-in-re...
clje.law.harvard.edu/a-year-in-re...
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Thanks, @lizagross.bsky.social, for covering my new Health Affairs article with @jamiemccallum.bsky.social.
We found that California's heat standard was associated with a 33% decrease in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Likely prevents 34 worker deaths each year.
doi.org/10.1377/hlth...
We found that California's heat standard was associated with a 33% decrease in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Likely prevents 34 worker deaths each year.
doi.org/10.1377/hlth...
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thanks, @lizagross.bsky.social, for covering my new Health Affairs article with @jamiemccallum.bsky.social.
We found that California's heat standard was associated with a 33% decrease in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Likely prevents 34 worker deaths each year.
doi.org/10.1377/hlth...
We found that California's heat standard was associated with a 33% decrease in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers.
Likely prevents 34 worker deaths each year.
doi.org/10.1377/hlth...
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Time to repeal Virginia's right to work law. Should be the first bill.
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Time to repeal Virginia's right to work law. Should be the first bill.
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Trump stinks for workers. Here's how blue states can fight back together. By @gabygoldstein.bsky.social and me in @talkingpointsmemo.com for #LaborDay2025. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-labor...
A Labor Day Call for Action From the States
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump stinks for workers. Here's how blue states can fight back together. By @gabygoldstein.bsky.social and me in @talkingpointsmemo.com for #LaborDay2025. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-labor...
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What does it mean for working people to have a meaningful say in the policies that affect their safety and livelihoods? Check out our new report on the groundbreaking Harris County Essential Workers Board, which ensures policy is shaped by lived experience:
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Workers at the Table: A Case Study of the Harris County Essential Workers Board - Center for Labor and a Just Economy
This report focuses on the groundbreaking Harris County Essential Worker Board (HCEWB), a first-of-its-kind workers’ board composed entirely of frontline…
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September 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What does it mean for working people to have a meaningful say in the policies that affect their safety and livelihoods? Check out our new report on the groundbreaking Harris County Essential Workers Board, which ensures policy is shaped by lived experience:
clje.law.harvard.edu/workers-at-t...
clje.law.harvard.edu/workers-at-t...
Must read from @rdnayak.bsky.social @sharblock.bsky.social and Seema Nanda on the ramifications of the attacks on the NLRA for workers, communities, and democracy writ large + what is (and has long been) happening at the state/local levels to organize and fight back.
The NLRA is under attack, and it’s not just workers who would lose out. Unions are fundamental to a functioning democracy, and strong unions can mount a defense for workers and for democracy. Read our latest in Democracy Journal:
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The NLRA Under Attack
The historic labor act faces unprecedented assaults in the Trump era. Here’s what that means for our democracy.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Must read from @rdnayak.bsky.social @sharblock.bsky.social and Seema Nanda on the ramifications of the attacks on the NLRA for workers, communities, and democracy writ large + what is (and has long been) happening at the state/local levels to organize and fight back.
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Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.
Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."
June 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Join us for a live taping of Sing for Science with Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys and Harvard Law professor and CLJE Director @sharblock.bsky.social! June 12th, 7pm. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sing-for-s...
June 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Join us for a live taping of Sing for Science with Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys and Harvard Law professor and CLJE Director @sharblock.bsky.social! June 12th, 7pm. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sing-for-s...
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“With his veto of this bill — which passed both chambers of the General Assembly with significant support — Governor Polis has once again turned his back on Colorado workers seeking fair wages, good benefits, and safe working conditions.”
With the stroke of a pen, Colorado Governor Jared Polis sides with corporate interests over Colorado’s workers. Read our press release on why this veto hurts Colorado workers seeking fair wages, good benefits, & safe working conditions, here: copolicy.org/news/press-r... #coleg #WorkerProtectionAct
Press Release: CCLP statement on Worker Protection Act veto - CCLP
With the stroke of a pen, Colorado Governor Jared Polis sides with corporate interests over Colorado’s workers.
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May 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“With his veto of this bill — which passed both chambers of the General Assembly with significant support — Governor Polis has once again turned his back on Colorado workers seeking fair wages, good benefits, and safe working conditions.”
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I'm David Seligman.
I’m running for CO Attorney General.
This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the core promise it made to us: The law belongs to us.
I’m running for CO Attorney General.
This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the core promise it made to us: The law belongs to us.
May 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm David Seligman.
I’m running for CO Attorney General.
This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the core promise it made to us: The law belongs to us.
I’m running for CO Attorney General.
This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the core promise it made to us: The law belongs to us.
New research out from @cljeharvard.bsky.social and Columbia Labor Lab today on union vs. non-union member political engagement during the 2024 election -- one particularly striking finding reports that while both groups experienced inflation similarly, they attribute inflation to different causes:
May 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New research out from @cljeharvard.bsky.social and Columbia Labor Lab today on union vs. non-union member political engagement during the 2024 election -- one particularly striking finding reports that while both groups experienced inflation similarly, they attribute inflation to different causes:
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Honored to be part of this collection from @rooseveltinstitute.org to show a path out of the chaos into economic fairness. @michelleimiller.bsky.social and I offer a vision of AI policy that puts workers in the lead. @cljeharvard.bsky.social
NEW: Americans need a government that delivers stability and security—not chaos.
Our new essay collection brings together great minds to imagine how democracy can better deliver the economy Americans need and want. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Our new essay collection brings together great minds to imagine how democracy can better deliver the economy Americans need and want. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
May 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Honored to be part of this collection from @rooseveltinstitute.org to show a path out of the chaos into economic fairness. @michelleimiller.bsky.social and I offer a vision of AI policy that puts workers in the lead. @cljeharvard.bsky.social
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The billionaires behind DOGE are betting they can gut the federal workforce without a fight. They’re wrong.
Rise Up: The Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is bringing together lawyers and federal workers who need to know their rights and get support. WorkersLegalDefense.org/
Rise Up: The Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is bringing together lawyers and federal workers who need to know their rights and get support. WorkersLegalDefense.org/
April 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The billionaires behind DOGE are betting they can gut the federal workforce without a fight. They’re wrong.
Rise Up: The Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is bringing together lawyers and federal workers who need to know their rights and get support. WorkersLegalDefense.org/
Rise Up: The Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is bringing together lawyers and federal workers who need to know their rights and get support. WorkersLegalDefense.org/
Live now! On how unions have been standing up for federal workers and fighting back in the courts over the longest 100 days ever @cljeharvard.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxtz...
Labor in the Courts: How Unions Have Stood Up for Workers’ Rights During the First 100 Days
YouTube video by Harvard Ash Center
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May 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Live now! On how unions have been standing up for federal workers and fighting back in the courts over the longest 100 days ever @cljeharvard.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxtz...
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Maybe you can buy a hairline BUT YOU CAN’T BUY WISCONSINITES
April 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Maybe you can buy a hairline BUT YOU CAN’T BUY WISCONSINITES
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Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
March 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
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A good Friday read on the role of worker boards in expanding worker power beyond traditional organizing by giving workers a seat at the table. Check out our worker board policy tracker here: clje.law.harvard.edu/publication/...
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Care Workers Get a Seat at the Table
Colorado’s Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board offers an experiment in worker power.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A good Friday read on the role of worker boards in expanding worker power beyond traditional organizing by giving workers a seat at the table. Check out our worker board policy tracker here: clje.law.harvard.edu/publication/...
inthesetimes.com/article/work... @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social
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