Ed Ramthun

Ed Ramthun

@edramthun.bsky.social

Retired labor union researcher or pro-worker troublemaker, depending on your point of view. Interested in ecological restoration. These days you can usually find me near the Wapahani River. https://www.inaturalist.org/people/edramthun

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Labor Notes
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A custodian at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics was deported to Sierra Leone (a place she has no connection to) on October 12, despite having legal immigration status in the U.S. and no criminal record labornotes.org/blogs/2026/1...

labornotes.orgIowa Hospital Workers Demand Return of Deported Co-WorkerFatou Traore was on her way to work as a custodian at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) on the morning of Thursday, September 24, when ICE agents detained her. Despite having legal i...
Ed Ramthun
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"I don't write haikus," says Common Snapping Turtle. Summer sun after rain. #haiku #haikus #turtle #turtles #snappers #Chelydra #herp #herps #herpetology

Ed Ramthun
@edramthun.bsky.social

"What good is a union in Hell?"

Maximillian Alvarez@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social

Friends. I gave the most meaningful/urgent speech of my life this week... I was invited to give the keynote address at the national convention of NOLSW - @uaw.org Local 2320. The speech is titled, "What good is a union in Hell?" Full text/audio here: therealnews.com/uaw-what-goo...

Ed Ramthun
@edramthun.bsky.social

This page by @saramatlin.bsky.social‬ offers practical resources (legal tools, safety guides, and messaging strategies) for advocacy organizations on the frontlines of racial, gender, and economic justice that refuse to be silenced. (H/T @rustystahl.bsky.social‬) matlinlegal.com/strategies-f...

matlinlegal.comStrategies for Strength: Nonprofit Resources – Matlin LegalResources for advocacy nonprofits serving community members who are targets of the Trump Administration’s executive orders.
Ed Ramthun
@edramthun.bsky.social

Applications are now open for the eighth class of Women Innovating Labor Leadership (WILL) Empower apprentices, which builds the next generation of women and non-binary labor staffers and leaders. Prospective apprentices can find out more about the program here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

docs.google.com2025 Apprenticeship InfoBe a Part of Today’s Economic Justice Movement! Women Innovating Labor Leadership - WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program WILL Empower invites applications to its selective Apprenticeship Program, a ...
Ed Ramthun
@edramthun.bsky.social

WILL Empower apprentices work in unions and other worker-centric organizations in a variety of capacities, including organizing, research, communications, politics, mobilization, and policy.

Ed Ramthun
@edramthun.bsky.social

Labor Spring 2025 will bring together students, workers, unionists, allies, environmentalists, elected leaders and more to support workers’ organizing efforts in a broad range of events, anchored on college campuses and in the community. lwp.georgetown.edu/labor-spring/

lwp.georgetown.eduLabor Spring 2025 - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor#LaborSpring 🌹 Labor Spring 2025 is HERE! We’re bringing together students, workers, unionists, allies, environmentalists, elected leaders and more to support workers’ organizing efforts in a broad ra...

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