laura harshberger
@laurzard.bsky.social
former copyeditor turned union organizer for UAW 2110.
here to scream into the abyss about organizing, bluer skies, etc.
she/her 🌈
here to scream into the abyss about organizing, bluer skies, etc.
she/her 🌈
Starting the rumor that the LaGuardia water feature is off because of the government shutdown
October 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Starting the rumor that the LaGuardia water feature is off because of the government shutdown
There's absolutely no reason for me to pit these Netflix shows against each other but everyone I know is watching HUNTING WIVES and no one is watching TOO MUCH
August 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There's absolutely no reason for me to pit these Netflix shows against each other but everyone I know is watching HUNTING WIVES and no one is watching TOO MUCH
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
No matter what happens today in the mayoral primary, let's make a commitment to ourselves and each other that we're gonna stop saying "We did it, Joe"
June 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
No matter what happens today in the mayoral primary, let's make a commitment to ourselves and each other that we're gonna stop saying "We did it, Joe"
Most people are cowards, especially politicians
June 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Most people are cowards, especially politicians
This is absolutely insane - everyone needs to read this and then follow what's going on with the Abrams Union
🚨UNION-BUSTING ALERT🚨 🧵
Today we've all been reading this @huffpost.com
piece by @jamieson.bsky.social . . . because unfortunately Abrams has hired the same union buster featured here
www.huffpost.com/entry/worker...
Today we've all been reading this @huffpost.com
piece by @jamieson.bsky.social . . . because unfortunately Abrams has hired the same union buster featured here
www.huffpost.com/entry/worker...
Mysterious Men With Fake Names Showed Up At A Workplace — And Turned It Upside Down
How a pair of “union avoidance” consultants using fake names turned a small Midwestern workplace upside down.
www.huffpost.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is absolutely insane - everyone needs to read this and then follow what's going on with the Abrams Union
please I'm begging you rank 5 people who are not Andrew Cuomo in June
NEW:
Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board.
hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board.
hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo Used ChatGPT For His Housing Plan
"Addressing New York's Housing Crisis" features garbled text and a citation from ChatGPT.
hellgatenyc.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
please I'm begging you rank 5 people who are not Andrew Cuomo in June
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Check out this piece in @publisherswkly.bsky.social about why we're unionizing!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
UAW Local 2110 Requests Abrams Unionization Vote
The union, which represents workers at HarperCollins and the New Press, has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to allow Abrams employees to vote on unionization.
www.publishersweekly.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Check out this piece in @publisherswkly.bsky.social about why we're unionizing!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Solidarity forever with the fine folks of Abrams Union!
Our union is organized by the workers, for the workers. Together we are the Abrams Union! /end 🧵
April 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Solidarity forever with the fine folks of Abrams Union!
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Big news! We’re forming a union with Local 2110 UAW. In unionizing, we stake our claim in shaping the future of Abrams: a more equitable, ethical, and transparent working environment.
Follow us for more updates!
Follow us for more updates!
April 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Big news! We’re forming a union with Local 2110 UAW. In unionizing, we stake our claim in shaping the future of Abrams: a more equitable, ethical, and transparent working environment.
Follow us for more updates!
Follow us for more updates!
I'm sorry, MUCKRAKING?
Breaking News: Jeffrey Bruce Klein, a founder and editor in chief of the muckraking progressive magazine Mother Jones, died this month at 77.
Jeffrey Bruce Klein, a Founder and Editor of Mother Jones, Dies at 77
He was one of four journalists who started the muckraking progressive magazine in 1976. He returned as its editor in chief in the 1990s.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm sorry, MUCKRAKING?
"Making it to the weekend" is no longer a goal when making it through the weekend with a democracy intact feels unrealistic.
Anyway happy Friday, stream Chappell Roan's "The Giver"
Anyway happy Friday, stream Chappell Roan's "The Giver"
March 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Making it to the weekend" is no longer a goal when making it through the weekend with a democracy intact feels unrealistic.
Anyway happy Friday, stream Chappell Roan's "The Giver"
Anyway happy Friday, stream Chappell Roan's "The Giver"
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Trade unionists everywhere, defenders of the Constitution, of freedom of speech, of academic freedom, and of the right of free association, should be appalled and disgusted by the behavior of Columbia University, and should take it for the clear signal it is.
March 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trade unionists everywhere, defenders of the Constitution, of freedom of speech, of academic freedom, and of the right of free association, should be appalled and disgusted by the behavior of Columbia University, and should take it for the clear signal it is.
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It is no accident that this comes days after the federal government froze Columbia’s funding, and threatened to pull funding from 60 other universities across the country. It is no accident that this firing has occurred the day before contract negotiations begin.
March 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It is no accident that this comes days after the federal government froze Columbia’s funding, and threatened to pull funding from 60 other universities across the country. It is no accident that this firing has occurred the day before contract negotiations begin.
Reposted by laura harshberger
🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
March 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
Setting a new floor for bookselling in NYC. Congratulations, B&N workers! 🎉
Barnes and Noble workers have won a historic first union contract at the company.
Workers organized with @rwdsu.bsky.social just ratified their first union contract at three NYC locations.
The contract brings the minimum wage up to between $23.00-$25.00, improves healthcare, and more.
Workers organized with @rwdsu.bsky.social just ratified their first union contract at three NYC locations.
The contract brings the minimum wage up to between $23.00-$25.00, improves healthcare, and more.
March 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Setting a new floor for bookselling in NYC. Congratulations, B&N workers! 🎉
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I try not to cross-post comments posted on The Other Site but I’m breaking that because these comments from UAW organizer @laurzard.bsky.social about Sesame Street announcing layoffs one day after the announcement of a Sesame Workers’ Union and why we shouldn’t assume they’re connected are good ones
March 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I try not to cross-post comments posted on The Other Site but I’m breaking that because these comments from UAW organizer @laurzard.bsky.social about Sesame Street announcing layoffs one day after the announcement of a Sesame Workers’ Union and why we shouldn’t assume they’re connected are good ones
Very reminiscent of how men were talking about Anthony Weiner in the 2013 mayoral race before the Carlos Danger stuff broke. We actually don't have to give predators second chances in electoral politics
So funny to see the left’s circular firing squad forming around Cuomo. Disagree on policy, not purity.
March 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very reminiscent of how men were talking about Anthony Weiner in the 2013 mayoral race before the Carlos Danger stuff broke. We actually don't have to give predators second chances in electoral politics
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Some of my favorite protest, signs from tonight‘s labor protest in front of the Brooklyn Museum 
February 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Some of my favorite protest, signs from tonight‘s labor protest in front of the Brooklyn Museum 
are the majority of the people on the planet cowards? or just the majority of elected officials
February 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
are the majority of the people on the planet cowards? or just the majority of elected officials
The AFL-CIO makes it so easy to make these calls. If you do one thing today, this should be it. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Call: Reinstate National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwen Wilcox
On Jan. 27, President Trump fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman to serve on the board. This move is illegal and will have immediate consequences for working people. By leaving onl...
act.aflcio.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The AFL-CIO makes it so easy to make these calls. If you do one thing today, this should be it. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Things are very bad. Why aren't you unionizing your workplace?
January 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Things are very bad. Why aren't you unionizing your workplace?
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do you think it hurts to be this dumb
January 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
do you think it hurts to be this dumb
metaphorically threw my phone into the ocean; literally just dropped my phone into a swimming pool.
January 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
metaphorically threw my phone into the ocean; literally just dropped my phone into a swimming pool.