joey van der naald
@jvandernaald.bsky.social
PhD candidate in sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, researcher at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
Really interesting citizen social science project by Benjamin Y. Fong at @ArizonaState. Send him photos of your Amazon Package Labels! open.substack.com/pub/onthesea...
Send Me Photos of Your Amazon Package Labels!
An attempt to crowdsource an understanding of the company's outbound network
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Really interesting citizen social science project by Benjamin Y. Fong at @ArizonaState. Send him photos of your Amazon Package Labels! open.substack.com/pub/onthesea...
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Have collective bargaining data a click away by registering and contributing for our Contract Research Site: webforms.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep/vie... Access begins on October 1 for registrants to this contribution-based platform.
September 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Have collective bargaining data a click away by registering and contributing for our Contract Research Site: webforms.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep/vie... Access begins on October 1 for registrants to this contribution-based platform.
Excited this database is seeing the light of day! The National Center's contract research site is going to be a game changer for anyone involved in academic collective bargaining.
Announcing a new contract research site an annual contribution-based platform with a search engine to research hundreds of higher ed contracts.
This unique site will be valuable to negotiators, union representatives, administrators, and law firms.
Register and contribute today!
conta.cc/4lMDfN2
This unique site will be valuable to negotiators, union representatives, administrators, and law firms.
Register and contribute today!
conta.cc/4lMDfN2
Announcing New Contract Research Site
Email from National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education New National Center Contract Research Site The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher
conta.cc
September 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Excited this database is seeing the light of day! The National Center's contract research site is going to be a game changer for anyone involved in academic collective bargaining.
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The @cunyslu.bsky.social State of the Unions 2025 is out! The report documents how citizenship status and sector of employment help shape unionization rates among immigrants. Read the full report here: bit.ly/CUNYSLUstateofunions
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The @cunyslu.bsky.social State of the Unions 2025 is out! The report documents how citizenship status and sector of employment help shape unionization rates among immigrants. Read the full report here: bit.ly/CUNYSLUstateofunions
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The Trump Admin’s scapegoating of immigrants, cruel policy of mass deportation, & attacks on union rights are pages from the same authoritarian playbook…NY is a city of immigrants & a union town. We can fight fascism w/strong unions & active solidarity. thechiefleader.com/stories/immi...
In New York City, immigrants more likely to be unionized, report finds - The Chief
Foreign born workers in New York City are more likely to be union members than workers born in the United States, according to a report published in August by CUNY scholars Ruth Milkman and Joseph van...
thechiefleader.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Trump Admin’s scapegoating of immigrants, cruel policy of mass deportation, & attacks on union rights are pages from the same authoritarian playbook…NY is a city of immigrants & a union town. We can fight fascism w/strong unions & active solidarity. thechiefleader.com/stories/immi...
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A report by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies shows that immigrant workers represented a majority of New York City union members.
Immigrant Labor is the Backbone of New York City Unions, New Report Shows - Documented
A report by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies shows that immigrant workers represented a majority of New York City union members.
documentedny.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A report by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies shows that immigrant workers represented a majority of New York City union members.
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America now has more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021.
September 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
America now has more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021.
On Labor Day, Ruth Milkman and I released the 2025 @cunyslu.bsky.social State of the Unions report. Here's a few highlights from our findings: (🧵) slu.cuny.edu/2025/08/25/t...
– The State of the Unions 2025: A Profile of Organized Labor in New York City, New York State, and the United StatesCUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
slu.cuny.edu
September 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
On Labor Day, Ruth Milkman and I released the 2025 @cunyslu.bsky.social State of the Unions report. Here's a few highlights from our findings: (🧵) slu.cuny.edu/2025/08/25/t...
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AFSCME District Council 33 represents the blue-collar city workers who make Philadelphia run. After sacrificing through the pandemic and years of bruising inflation, they say they're on strike so they can afford to live in the city they serve.
Philadelphia’s Blue-Collar Municipal Workforce Is on Strike
AFSCME District Council 33 represents the blue-collar city workers who make Philadelphia run. After sacrificing through the pandemic and years of bruising inflation, they say they’re on strike so they can afford to live in the city they serve.
jacobin.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
AFSCME District Council 33 represents the blue-collar city workers who make Philadelphia run. After sacrificing through the pandemic and years of bruising inflation, they say they're on strike so they can afford to live in the city they serve.
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Brilliant op ed by my CUNY colleague Ángeles Donoso Macaya on the need for sanctuary campuses
NYPD Assault on CUNY Gaza Encampment Shows Why We Need Sanctuary Universities
My lived experience of Chile under Pinochet’s dictatorship drives my opposition to the current US crackdown on dissent.
truthout.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Brilliant op ed by my CUNY colleague Ángeles Donoso Macaya on the need for sanctuary campuses
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@aaronsojourner.org and Adam Reich @epi.org: Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever www.epi.org/blog/america...
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever
This piece was also published on Medium. For decades, Americans were evenly divided in their relative support of labor unions and big business, but that’s no longer the case. Now, Americans are more l...
www.epi.org
May 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@aaronsojourner.org and Adam Reich @epi.org: Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever www.epi.org/blog/america...
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Elite institutions of higher education tend to grab most headlines.
But non-elite public colleges have dealt with relentless austerity for decades — which is why Illinois State University faculty just voted to authorize a strike.
But non-elite public colleges have dealt with relentless austerity for decades — which is why Illinois State University faculty just voted to authorize a strike.
Illinois State University Is Facing a Potential Faculty Strike
Elite institutions of higher education tend to grab most headlines. But non-elite public colleges have dealt with relentless austerity for decades — which is why Illinois State University faculty just...
jacobin.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Elite institutions of higher education tend to grab most headlines.
But non-elite public colleges have dealt with relentless austerity for decades — which is why Illinois State University faculty just voted to authorize a strike.
But non-elite public colleges have dealt with relentless austerity for decades — which is why Illinois State University faculty just voted to authorize a strike.
William Herbert, Jacob Apkarian of the @highered-cb.bsky.social and I have an article in this volume the Journal that documents new unionization of faculty, graduate and undergraduate workers, and post-docs over the last year. Check it out! thekeep.eiu.edu/jcba/vol16/i...
March 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
William Herbert, Jacob Apkarian of the @highered-cb.bsky.social and I have an article in this volume the Journal that documents new unionization of faculty, graduate and undergraduate workers, and post-docs over the last year. Check it out! thekeep.eiu.edu/jcba/vol16/i...
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Trump's #DOGE initiative accelerates a 50-year trend of government privatization. Government contracting reached $1.98 trillion in 2023, 7% of the total economy.
Nathan Meyers @umassamherst.bsky.social #economics #ElonMusk
Nathan Meyers @umassamherst.bsky.social #economics #ElonMusk
Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization
The president’s executive orders are part of a decades-long trend of shrinking government’s role while expanding private sector control over public services.
buff.ly
March 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Trump's #DOGE initiative accelerates a 50-year trend of government privatization. Government contracting reached $1.98 trillion in 2023, 7% of the total economy.
Nathan Meyers @umassamherst.bsky.social #economics #ElonMusk
Nathan Meyers @umassamherst.bsky.social #economics #ElonMusk
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The Labor Action Tracker Annual Report is out now! Join @mrsethharris.bsky.social & project director, Johnnie Kallas, to discuss the key statistics showing trends & data behind 2024's collective action and strikes! Watch @poweratwork.bsky.social's blogcast at poweratwork.us/labor-action...!
February 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Labor Action Tracker Annual Report is out now! Join @mrsethharris.bsky.social & project director, Johnnie Kallas, to discuss the key statistics showing trends & data behind 2024's collective action and strikes! Watch @poweratwork.bsky.social's blogcast at poweratwork.us/labor-action...!
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📢 Federal workers keep our nation running! On Feb 19, join the #SaveOurServices Day of Action:
✅ Take a photo showing how your work benefits the public — or, if you're a community member, how you benefit from federal services 📸
✅ Post with #SaveOurServices
✅ Wear red, white &/or blue 🇺🇸
✅ Take a photo showing how your work benefits the public — or, if you're a community member, how you benefit from federal services 📸
✅ Post with #SaveOurServices
✅ Wear red, white &/or blue 🇺🇸
February 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
📢 Federal workers keep our nation running! On Feb 19, join the #SaveOurServices Day of Action:
✅ Take a photo showing how your work benefits the public — or, if you're a community member, how you benefit from federal services 📸
✅ Post with #SaveOurServices
✅ Wear red, white &/or blue 🇺🇸
✅ Take a photo showing how your work benefits the public — or, if you're a community member, how you benefit from federal services 📸
✅ Post with #SaveOurServices
✅ Wear red, white &/or blue 🇺🇸
I only recently met Michael for the first time at the 2024 ASA meeting after more than a decade of admiring his scholarship and activism. In addition to being an incredible thinker, he was an extremely down-to-earth and kind person. We couldn't have lost him at a worse time. Rest in Power!
ASA mourns the sudden loss of former President Michael Burawoy, who died tragically in Oakland, CA, on February 3. Burawoy received the ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award and W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award. His will be greatly missed.
February 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I only recently met Michael for the first time at the 2024 ASA meeting after more than a decade of admiring his scholarship and activism. In addition to being an incredible thinker, he was an extremely down-to-earth and kind person. We couldn't have lost him at a worse time. Rest in Power!