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OUT NOW: “Renewing Labor and Winning at Amazon”
Amazon’s operations are changing the very nature of work regimes, communities, and industries. They are transforming businesses and are a direct threat to unionized workers across numerous fields.
What can labor do about it?
CWD Research Fellow and labor economist Teresa Ghilarducci joined @hereandnow to discuss a Supreme Court case about a worker with a retirement plan through his employer, Intel, and the investment choices Intel made.
Tune into the podcast episode here:
wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/10/…
Cuts to social security could have an outsized impact on local businesses.
Teresa Ghilarducci explains more about the relationship in her contribution for @Forbes :
forbes.com/sites/teresaghila…
CWD AD Ben Fong and former Activist-in-Residence Scott Jenkins have teamed up to produce a Substack newsletter all about labor and logistics called “On the Seams.” You can check out their page here and read about some of their work in the thread below: 🧵
ontheseams.substack.com/
New in OTS: Fong explores the key points of his latest Phenomenal World piece surrounding Walmart workers’ historic win in Ontario. Check it out! ontheseams.substack.com/p/wa…
Want to learn more about the state of autonomous trucking? Check out Ben Fong’s interview with Thomas Wasson, an analyst at the supply chain publication @FreightWaves , here in On the Seams: ontheseams.substack.com/p/is…
New from Ben Fong for @jacobin : “How a Canadian Union Finally Bested Walmart.”
Read more about the breakthrough from Walmart workers in Mississauga, Ontario here:
jacobin.com/2026/10/canada-l…
In her latest for @Forbes , Ghilarducci lays out the details of CA’s Props 41 and 42, and explains how they were built to kill Prop 40, the Billionaire Tax.
Learn more about the ballot initiatives here:
forbes.com/sites/teresaghila…
Center for Work and Democracy at ASU retweeted
Should we phase out Social Security?
Social Security's retirement trust fund is projected to run out in 2032, and if Congress does nothing, benefits get cut by 22%. A Cato Institute budget expert who wants to replace it with a simpler safety net and a labor economist who wants to expand it debate whether the program is worth saving.
Arguing Yes: @RominaBoccia Director of Budget and Entitlement Policy at @CatoInstitute and co-author of "Reimagining Social Security: Global Lessons for Retirement Policy Changes"
Arguing No: @tghilarducci, Professor of Economics and Policy Analysis at @nssrnews and author of "Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy"
@JohnDonvan moderates.
Watch the full debate: youtube.com/watch?v=XCP6SdSd…
Need a primer on Prime? The folks at On the Seams have you covered on all things Amazon. Check out some of their posts surrounding the online retail giant, its facilities, and their history of union-busting in the thread below:
ontheseams.substack.com/p/wh…
ontheseams.substack.com/p/pr…
Amazon put out their 2025 annual report in February– read Ben Fong’s reflections on it today in On the Seams.
ontheseams.substack.com/p/am…
Ben Fong is still seeking Amazon package labels! Help him with his research on the corporate giant’s package flow by sending your photos to the link listed in his recent OTS post.
ontheseams.substack.com/p/se…
“Proposition 40 is a groundbreaking initiative that will provide significant necessary economic and healthcare assistance to California. And it will once again put the Golden State in the forefront of equitable policy favoring ordinary people…”
–Rick McGahey on CA’s Prop 40
New from CWD Visiting Scholar Rick McGahey for the @latimes : “California’s billionaire tax is imperfect but a necessary step”
Read McGahey’s perspective here:
latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
We are excited to welcome esteemed writer, professor, and economist Arin Dube to campus on 11/17! He will be discussing his book, “The Wage Standard,” in a two-part event as the first installment of our Worker Dignity Speaker Series.
Learn more here: asuevents.asu.edu/event/rebu…
“Atlas produces not just a granular measurement of ongoing worker unrest, worksite by worksite around the world, but also a prediction model for future organizing”
In his recent contribution to @truthout , CWD Visiting Writer Jonathan Rosenblum reveals the scary truth about Amazon’s surveillance of their warehouse employees.
Read more here:
truthout.org/articles/amazon…
New from Chris Brooks: “United Auto Workers members are overwhelmingly backing Fain and the militant direction he is taking the union.” Learn more about Fain’s UAW election win and what it means for the future of the labor movement in @jacobin
jacobin.com/2026/10/uaw-elec…
Chris Brooks features on an episode of the Dig! He “urges organizers to be flexible in their methodology, explains the federal monitor’s anti-left lawfare against the UAW over Gaza, and why labor must build for 2028” Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.
thedigradio.com/podcast/conf…
Labor Economist and CWD Senior Research Fellow Teresa Ghilarducci discusses the future of social security on Open to Debate (@OpentoDebateOrg ).
Check it out! youtu.be/XCP6SdSdRlQ
“What will labor’s role be in this present conjuncture, in the crisis of legitimacy? Amazon is the test that helps us answer... Will labor stand up to this challenge, which has the potential to revive the movement, or will it remain too particularist to take advantage of it?”
In Ben Fong's interview with socialist thinker Sam Gindin, Gindin emphasizes the importance of the labor movement in building power for the left.
Read it here: jacobin.com/2026/09/capitali…
The CWD’s own Ben Fong just announced a new monthly newsletter, “Labor and Logistics” for @phenomenalworld !
Check it out here: phenomenalworld.org/series/l…
“Can rideshare drivers be successfully organized without being classified as employees?”
Ben Fong tackles this question (and more) in his new article for Labor & Logistics in @phenomenalworld .
Check it out: phenomenalworld.org/analysis…
Ben Fong is back with a new contribution to his monthly “Labor & Logistics” column for @phenomenalworld !
This time, he focuses his efforts on one key question in ground transportation: Has the Autonomous Trucking Revolution Arrived?
phenomenalworld.org/analysis…
Thank you to all who joined us for our October Open House Lunch! It was fantastic to get to see both new faces and familiar ones and talk about what projects the CWD has in the works. We look forward to meeting with you all again next month!
In his recent contribution to @truthout , CWD Visiting Writer Jonathan Rosenblum reveals the scary truth about Amazon’s surveillance of their warehouse employees.
Read more here:
truthout.org/articles/amazon…
CWD Visiting Scholar Teresa Ghilarducci made her @kjzzphoenix debut last week! Tune in as she speaks with host, Lauren Gilger, about the state of working Arizonans.
kjzz.org/the-show/2026-09-28…
New from CWD Visiting Scholar Rick McGahey for the @latimes : “California’s billionaire tax is imperfect but a necessary step”
Read McGahey’s perspective here:
latimes.com/opinion/story/20…