Shaun Richman

My new book, "We Always Had a Union: The New York Hotel Workers’ Union, 1912-1953," is OUT NOW. It's a sweeping history of one sustained early 20th century union effort, through craft unionism, the IWW, the Communist Party, gangster corruption, industry-wide bargaining, Cold War backlash & more.

I'm not even reading this article, because by point #3 in the screengrab, he's tacitly admitted he doesn't have a strong argument and is just throwing out a bunch of whattaboutism to slow down the (soon-to-be) clear will of the voters

It has pages! One step closer to publication.

For the group chat.

Tell me someone got into the mentions with "Pro or con?"

And now the Pinkertons are a part of Securitas, who has a global neutrality agreement!!! There's so much lore!

Can't wait until this comes out, 2+ years in the making! I have a chapter with an in-depth analysis of the organizing on the show "Superstore," and yeah, I'm annoying in my critique. sunypress.edu/Books/S/So-L...!

Hi, Mike Elk’s newest sock puppet. Did you run out of female colleagues to harass?

I thought the issue is that a lot of critics said, "this is one of the most compelling and disturbing portraits of teenage schyzophrenia" and the director was like, "no, no, no. he really can time travel and he sacrificed himself for the greater good." (Donnie Darko, FYI.)

If you're on Goodreads, you can now "Want To Read" our April 2027 @sunypress.bsky.social book "So Long, Dental Plan!: Unions, Labor Relations, and Class Struggle... as Seen on TV." www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

She's running.

I swear...if the Dems tax policy their way "out" of the media crisis, we're all dead. Ultimately, we need stricter FCC rules about ownership concentration; forcing a fire-sale while we convert 50% of broadcast licenses to non-commercial. And prosecute obvious bribery & antitrust cases.

just really spelling out that the primary use case of AI is largely to spread and perpetuate disinformation at scale, huh?

Gov Hochul, you can make SUNY Ithaca happen if you have the will to do what must be done

If/when the "Bari fired" scoop comes, it'll be from @status.news—to whom nearly everyone at CBS News as been leaking for months—and not some content farm with "likely" in quotes in the hed, which is never sourced to anyone in the "article." I know we want it, friends, but let's stick with reality.💛

I was on both sides of this absurdity. had to file labor charges when our station forced mandatory overtime on a day we had specifically requested a regular workday in order to hold a union rally. also had a carrier who, without fail, filed charges every 6 months for failure to represent

Back in the 1990s, the Young People's Socialist League put out buttons that read "Socialism Is Fun." Glad @ericblanc.bsky.social is bringing fun back to the movement. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

Want to know how NYC’s hotel workers built their union? Read @shaunrichman.org’s book and listen to our conversation on the latest episode of @cunyslu.bsky.social’s Reinventing Solidarity on.soundcloud.com/XhY6C7Rg88C9...

Why is the city insisting on a wage policy that exacerbates income inequality? The reasons are historical, and increasingly outdated. From me in @nydailynews.com (gift link).

Always important insights from @shaunrichman.org. In a new interview, he talks sectoral organizing, syndicalist philosophy and tactics in achieving a unionized hotel industry, whipsawing holdout employers and much more 🎙️: @cgmaisano.bsky.social @cunyslu.bsky.social soundcloud.com/cunyslu/epis...

This is fun. I've now published exactly as many pieces in the @nydailynews.com as I have in @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Nine each.

Why is the city insisting on a wage policy that exacerbates income inequality? The reasons are historical, and increasingly outdated. From me in @nydailynews.com (gift link).

Episode 71 - How New York's Hotel Workers Built Their Union with Shaun Richman The Hotel Trades Council (HTC) has won a remarkable level of economic security for its 40,000 members. Shaun Richman joins New Labor Forum Editor Chris Maisano to talk about how New York's hotel workers built their uni

Is the reason "died in his sleep" polls so low because people want a worse fate for him? Cuz, on behalf of democracy and the survival of the human race, I'd take it.

I discussed "We Always Had a Union" with Chris Maisano for The Murphy Institute at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies' podcast, "Reinventing Solidarity." soundcloud.com/cunyslu/epis...

Alienated JUST their employees, you say? Customers, we learned to love the grimy text screens, random glitches and total lack of human interaction?

<s>Oh joy. They combined a rebus with a tribute to Utah. </s>

We have a cover! “So Long, Dental Plan!” Unions, Labor Relations and Class Struggle…As Seen On TV, coming April 2027 from @sunypress.bsky.social.

I can’t wait for the 18 part series in the Atlantic about “The Crisis at Business Schools” which will detail of every instance of academic fraud at the nation’s top business schools, the coverups, lack of accountability, and their implications for business ethics and academic standards at B schools.

This is genuinely of interest.