Labor guy in higher ed. Author, "Tell The Bosses We're Coming" (Monthly Review, 2020) & "We Always Had a Union" (U. of Illinois, 2025). Contributing writer: In These Times, Jacobin, American Prospect.
I love bargaining in election years. www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/28/s...
SUNY faculty union ratifies 5-year contract with pay bumps, insurance reformsThe five-year agreement with the United University Professions, or “UUP,” covers 42,000 faculty and professional staff across the SUNY system.www.nydailynews.com
Anecdotally, we found that the era of Peak TV (RIP) opened more opportunities for TV creatives to work in plots about unions vs. bosses.
Nina MetzKnew the numbers were down, didn’t realize by how much It does seem notable (if obvious!) that the output on broadcast TV has remained pretty stable. That’s a function of a finite number of primetime hours and days of the week, but stability is stability!
An under-the-radar part of the Paramount/Warner Bros merger is that the merged company would be 49.5% owned by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar. Somehow this hasn't raised the ire of those who most fear Sharia law. prospect.org/2026/07/21/a...
