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David Weil

@profsheenalives.bsky.social

Professor of Social Policy and Economics, Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University and Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School. Former DOL Wage and Hour Administrator. Dum Spiro Spero.

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David Weil@profsheenalives.bsky.social · 2w ago

Let's focus on some basics: Raising the floor of wages in a meaningful and sustainable ways. Here are my and Ellora Derenoncourt's @princetonecon.bsky.social perspective on raising wages in ways the help change norms. peri.umass.edu/publication/... @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social

Raising Wages by Changing Norms: Work Policy for the Long Game

The Problem Decades of wage stagnation in the U.S. can be traced to powerful economic forces arising from product and labor markets and changes in the economic organization of work. Sluggish wage grow...

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Juliet Schor@julietschor.bsky.social · 2w ago

More gamechangers! Shout out to Work&Labor team. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez' great work on Solidarity Insurance, Irene Tung&Paul Sonn on "Just Cause" Job Protections & Ellora Derenoncourt & @profsheenalives.bsky.social on raising wages. @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social gamechangerspolicy.org

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

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David Weil@profsheenalives.bsky.social · last mo.

What would it take to build an economy that works better for working people? Excited to be part of #GameChangers: Economic Policies for a Working America. Today we are sharing the trailer. More to come over the next few weeks. peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

peri.umass.edu

David Weil@profsheenalives.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Which side are you on? Well I think the NLRB General Counsel's decision to once again allow employers to hold captive audience meetings and say a union will ruin worker / manager relationships makes it abundantly clear: It ain't working people. www.law360.com/employment-a...

NLRB GC Asks Board To Overturn 2 Biden-Era Rulings - Law360 Employment Authority

Employers should be allowed to tell workers that unionizing could end their direct relationship with their managers, as well as hold mandatory meetings to discourage unionization, the National Labor R...

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Dr Ella Cockbain@drellac.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Interested in workers’ rights, their protection and enforcement? Come join us at the Working Lives Conference in London on 13 & 14 May 2026, co-hosted by UCL and the Fair Work Agency. We’ve got an amazing line up for you (1/2) www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...

Working Lives Conference

Working Lives: The scale and nature of precarious work and labour market non-compliance in the UK and beyond. Presented by UCL Department of Security and Crime Science.

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David Weil@profsheenalives.bsky.social · 4mo ago

See yah, Secretary Chavez-DeRemer. That's the kind of leadership fealty to this administration gets you in terms of improving life for working people. A big zero. Great piece by @hiltzikm.bsky.social : A not-so-fond farewell to Lori Chavez-DeRemer - Los Angeles Times share.google/ZXzxbu6dYi57...

Commentary: Trump's Labor secretary departs, leaving scandal and vast disappointment in her wake

Lori Chavez-DeRemer seemed at first to be a good Trump hire as Labor secretary. Wow, were we wrong.

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David Weil@profsheenalives.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The vital work of homecare workers require assured rights and shouldn't be a political football. Enshrining them in the law is essential. www.law360.com/employment-a... @americanprogress.bsky.social @nelp.org @aflcio.org

Domestic Workers' Wages In Flux Amid New Laws, Proposals - Law360 Employment Authority

Domestic workers and their employers could see changing wage and hour practices as state and federal lawmakers seek to grant them new protections, while the U.S. Department of Labor has proposed takin...

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David Weil@profsheenalives.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It matters to workers who is President: @goodjobsfirst.org reports that 2025 has witnessed a dramatic drop in federal enforcement of wage and workplace safety regulations. goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...

Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First

Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First

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David Weil@profsheenalives.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I led the DOL's Wage and Hour Division when the homecare rule was affirmed and we implemented it for 2+million workers and the people they help. This article captures the cost of Trump's effort to take away those protections. capitalandmain.com/home-care-wo... @nelp.org @capitalandmain.bsky.social

Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back

Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.

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David Weil@profsheenalives.bsky.social · 8mo ago

@alexshultz.bsky.social and I have a long discussion of how all those packages show up on your door so quickly--and who is paying the price of "free Prime delivery." Hint: There is no such things as a free lunch...

Hard Reset@hardresetmedia.com · 8mo ago

With Black Friday 2 days away, we pulled the most shocking stats on exactly how Amazon gets deals to your doorstep - and at what cost. Check out @alexshultz.bsky.social's conversation with @profsheenalives.bsky.social on Amazon’s gig-like approach: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/how-amazon...

Hard Reset@hardresetmedia.com · 9mo ago

With Black Friday fast approaching, @alexshultz.bsky.social spoke with David Weil (@profsheenalives.bsky.social) about how Amazon leans on gig workers, a profoundly anti-labor practice, for their billions of deliveries: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/how-amazon...

How Amazon Is Conquering (and Ruining) the Package Delivery Market

To fulfill billions of orders, Amazon leans on gig workers and subcontractors—an anti-labor practice afflicting most sectors of the economy. We spoke to the preeminent expert on the subject.

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