Amy M. Traub
@amymtraub.bsky.social
Research for a more just and equitable economy. Currently focused on unemployment insurance policy.
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Amy M. Traub
@amymtraub.bsky.social
· Apr 24
The Unemployed Worker Study - National Employment Law Project
As analysts warn of the risk of recession, strengthening unemployment insurance should be an urgent priority for policymakers.
www.nelp.org
Amid warnings of a looming recession, my new research with @awhf.bsky.social and Sanjay Pinto (and via @nelp.org) exposes major deficiencies in the unemployment insurance system that millions of workers will rely on if they lose their jobs. 🧵 www.nelp.org/insights-res...
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Racism and xenophobia from Trump are nothing new, but this tirade is particularly shameful.
@repilhan.bsky.social has continued to hold Trump accountable for the lawlessness and blatant corruption of his administration, as should every member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
@repilhan.bsky.social has continued to hold Trump accountable for the lawlessness and blatant corruption of his administration, as should every member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Racism and xenophobia from Trump are nothing new, but this tirade is particularly shameful.
@repilhan.bsky.social has continued to hold Trump accountable for the lawlessness and blatant corruption of his administration, as should every member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
@repilhan.bsky.social has continued to hold Trump accountable for the lawlessness and blatant corruption of his administration, as should every member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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The increases come as rising costs of housing, food, and utilities are pinching more #workers across the country, said Yannet Lathrop, senior researcher and policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project, who authored the report.
December 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The increases come as rising costs of housing, food, and utilities are pinching more #workers across the country, said Yannet Lathrop, senior researcher and policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project, who authored the report.
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest.” I love this proposal! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Opinion | This Is How Mamdani Can Pay for Free Buses
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest.” I love this proposal! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
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One extremely underappreciated aspect of today’s affordability crisis is that its roots lie not in recent price spikes but in the long-term suppression of workers’ pay. 5/
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
One extremely underappreciated aspect of today’s affordability crisis is that its roots lie not in recent price spikes but in the long-term suppression of workers’ pay. 5/
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My Fair Work Week law requires fast-food restaurants to give workers stable schedules & pathways to F/T jobs.
Starbucks has cheated 15,000 baristas—now they have to pay up.
Props @sbworkersunited.org & @hellodcwp.bsky.social for the biggest workers’ right enforcement action in NYC history.
Starbucks has cheated 15,000 baristas—now they have to pay up.
Props @sbworkersunited.org & @hellodcwp.bsky.social for the biggest workers’ right enforcement action in NYC history.
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses https://gothamist.com/news/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-after-city-alleges-years-of-abuses
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
Baristas at a Starbucks on Broadway where workers went on strike in February.
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My Fair Work Week law requires fast-food restaurants to give workers stable schedules & pathways to F/T jobs.
Starbucks has cheated 15,000 baristas—now they have to pay up.
Props @sbworkersunited.org & @hellodcwp.bsky.social for the biggest workers’ right enforcement action in NYC history.
Starbucks has cheated 15,000 baristas—now they have to pay up.
Props @sbworkersunited.org & @hellodcwp.bsky.social for the biggest workers’ right enforcement action in NYC history.
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When studying the Left ecosystems in states other than my own, I consistently find that many orgs in those ecosystems are supported by @movementvoter.bsky.social.
If you're looking for an impressively efficient read on the progressive-Left's electoral work in a dozen states, read this recap by MVP.
If you're looking for an impressively efficient read on the progressive-Left's electoral work in a dozen states, read this recap by MVP.
Wow - what a year. Let’s take a look back and savor our wins from 2025. movement.vote/2025-recap
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
When studying the Left ecosystems in states other than my own, I consistently find that many orgs in those ecosystems are supported by @movementvoter.bsky.social.
If you're looking for an impressively efficient read on the progressive-Left's electoral work in a dozen states, read this recap by MVP.
If you're looking for an impressively efficient read on the progressive-Left's electoral work in a dozen states, read this recap by MVP.
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Top 1% of U.S. households hold 35% of wealth and 22% of income. Meanwhile, relative wealth of younger Americans continues decline. In our new QR: Moritz Kuhn @mokuhn.bsky.social & José-Víctor Ríos-Rull have a comprehensive review of financial inequality post-COVID. https://bit.ly/3XPH7Df
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Top 1% of U.S. households hold 35% of wealth and 22% of income. Meanwhile, relative wealth of younger Americans continues decline. In our new QR: Moritz Kuhn @mokuhn.bsky.social & José-Víctor Ríos-Rull have a comprehensive review of financial inequality post-COVID. https://bit.ly/3XPH7Df
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We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
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While ICE abductions, often in broad daylight, have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicago’s immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps that spread through neighborhoods. My latest.
Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class
Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration
inthesetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
While ICE abductions, often in broad daylight, have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicago’s immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps that spread through neighborhoods. My latest.
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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So many things happening, I nearly missed the @newrepublic.com piece I was quoted in last week. It raises the possibility of continued political threats to SNAP, underscoring a point I make often: the best way to politically protect the safety net is to build the power of those who rely on it.
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So many things happening, I nearly missed the @newrepublic.com piece I was quoted in last week. It raises the possibility of continued political threats to SNAP, underscoring a point I make often: the best way to politically protect the safety net is to build the power of those who rely on it.
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Thank you all experts for explaining "why BLS can't just ask people whether they were unemployed in Oct for the household survey" to me
And this one from Erika is a clear and definite one if you like a TLDR
And this one from Erika is a clear and definite one if you like a TLDR
Several constraints, all binding:
1. You would have to redesign the questionnaire
2. You would have to redesign the tech infrastructure used in the field
3. There’s no staff, no time to do either one
4. Even if you could do it, somehow, you’d introduce a heavy amount of recall bias into the answers
1. You would have to redesign the questionnaire
2. You would have to redesign the tech infrastructure used in the field
3. There’s no staff, no time to do either one
4. Even if you could do it, somehow, you’d introduce a heavy amount of recall bias into the answers
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thank you all experts for explaining "why BLS can't just ask people whether they were unemployed in Oct for the household survey" to me
And this one from Erika is a clear and definite one if you like a TLDR
And this one from Erika is a clear and definite one if you like a TLDR
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Trump is gonna mess around and organize this entire country for the resistance.
Unintended consequences can be brutal.
Unintended consequences can be brutal.
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone.
This is what community looks like.💙
This is what community looks like.💙
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump is gonna mess around and organize this entire country for the resistance.
Unintended consequences can be brutal.
Unintended consequences can be brutal.
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It’s #JobsDay – data from back in September was just released. The unemployment rate rose to 4.4%. 119,000 jobs were added.
Our analysis this month looks at how anti-immigrant policies contribute to slowing growth and job loss for U.S.-born workers. 🧵 www.nelp.org/september-jo...
Our analysis this month looks at how anti-immigrant policies contribute to slowing growth and job loss for U.S.-born workers. 🧵 www.nelp.org/september-jo...
September Jobs Report: Belated Employment Data Show How Attacks on Immigrant Workers Harm Job Growth - National Employment Law Project
Just 119,000 jobs were added in September, a sign of continued weakness in the labor market.
www.nelp.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It’s #JobsDay – data from back in September was just released. The unemployment rate rose to 4.4%. 119,000 jobs were added.
Our analysis this month looks at how anti-immigrant policies contribute to slowing growth and job loss for U.S.-born workers. 🧵 www.nelp.org/september-jo...
Our analysis this month looks at how anti-immigrant policies contribute to slowing growth and job loss for U.S.-born workers. 🧵 www.nelp.org/september-jo...
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The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
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It's always eugenics.
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's always eugenics.
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Looking for what you can do to make you voice heard? This campaign is gaining traction.
The enablers have to feel it.
weaintbuyingit.com
The enablers have to feel it.
weaintbuyingit.com
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Looking for what you can do to make you voice heard? This campaign is gaining traction.
The enablers have to feel it.
weaintbuyingit.com
The enablers have to feel it.
weaintbuyingit.com
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"Why does DHS feel threatened by clergy praying? What are they hiding?"
"I saw knees on necks," she wrote. "I saw people pulled and dragged. I saw people slammed to the ground. Faith leaders were brutalized today for wanting to offer spiritual care to their stolen neighbors. It was horrific."
"I saw knees on necks," she wrote. "I saw people pulled and dragged. I saw people slammed to the ground. Faith leaders were brutalized today for wanting to offer spiritual care to their stolen neighbors. It was horrific."
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Why does DHS feel threatened by clergy praying? What are they hiding?"
"I saw knees on necks," she wrote. "I saw people pulled and dragged. I saw people slammed to the ground. Faith leaders were brutalized today for wanting to offer spiritual care to their stolen neighbors. It was horrific."
"I saw knees on necks," she wrote. "I saw people pulled and dragged. I saw people slammed to the ground. Faith leaders were brutalized today for wanting to offer spiritual care to their stolen neighbors. It was horrific."
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November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Absolutely true. Not only in relation to sexual labor, but *all* labor
I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Absolutely true. Not only in relation to sexual labor, but *all* labor