Research Director at @WorkRiseNetwork! Former @equitablegrowth & @CAPEconomy. @newschoolecon & @hampshirecolg alum. Tweets ⇒ my views & ¬ my employer. she/her.
Aug 13, 2020 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
Today is #BlackWomensEqualPay! Black women have to work until August 13, 2020, earn as much a White man earned in just 2019.
Today the House votes on Protecting the Right to Organize Act #PROAct, the first major legislation aimed at expanding the ability of unions to organize workers in 10 years. @coreyhusak and I look a the research for this new @equitablegrowth fact sheet 1/9 equitablegrowth.org/factsheet-the-…
Unions are a counterweight to the forces that cause economic inequality. Research by Farber, @djh1202, @ikuziemko and @snaidunl uses new historical data to show a nearly-perfect inverse relationship between union density and income inequality. 2/9 nber.org/papers/w24587
Oct 29, 2019 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
With @CTULocal1 on strike and fresh memories of the #RedForEd walkouts across conservative states last year, @awh and I wrote this column together framing his rad new research on attitudes toward teacher strikes in the broader context. 1/5
A reminder that strikes are super important way that workers exercise their power, through collective action in order to demand wage gains and better working conditions. 2/5
Aug 29, 2019 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Today is the 5 year anniversary of my marriage ending! There's nothing like a divorce in the middle of a dissertation to make a feminist economist think about gender norms and heteronormativity impacting economic outcomes. A thread on gender, relationships, and economics: 1/12
Literally two weeks before my ex-husband unexpectedly walked out on me (it sucked!), I wrote this piece in @guardian about my decision to withdraw from the labor force (as a RA) and rely on his earnings to fund my living expenses while dissertating. theguardian.com/money/2014/aug… 2/12
Aug 29, 2019 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
With Labor Day this weekend, there is a growing call for more union power to balance wealthy corporate power. In the midst of all the campaign platforms and worker actions, I looked into the role of strikes in my latest for @equitablegrowth: equitablegrowth.org/the-once-and-f… 1/12
Research by @awh finds that support for unions has increased and workers specifically want collective bargaining and benefits like healthcare from unions. Workers tend to not like strikes, but support increases when paired with collective bargaining.
