UCB TOC Feedback - Staff, Draft 2 by Alexis Millett https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6 Share with us your feedback & suggestions en-us 2022-10-26 18:15:36 UTC 2022-11-02 00:20:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357945048 see a lot of progress since last version, feels closer]]> 2022-10-26 20:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357945048 In last bullet, what is gained by including "positions US as dominant power..." and where else does that show up? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357947357 2022-10-26 20:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357947357 Workers lives don't end at their job ... is this getting at whole worker as a general premise or meaning a specific type of organizing - whole worker organizing. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357949467 2022-10-26 20:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357949467 We should be more explicit about which capitalism. Laissez-Faire capitalism? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357950364 2022-10-26 20:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357950364 The comment on Capitalism is a little broad. yearn to qualify for that term to get more specific. Market fundamentalism is more on brand of what we are targeting. Wide range of opinions regarding this in the labor center. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357950786 2022-10-26 20:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357950786 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357950840 structure based organizing not clear to me]]> 2022-10-26 20:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357950840 "...the main influencers that position the US as a dominant power in the global economy..." this is a geopolitical statement. Doesn't seem to fit within LC's wheelhouse...plus not sure the statement is accurate. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357952518 2022-10-26 20:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357952518 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357953870 Workers lives don't end at their jobs... could elaborate on that perhaps]]> 2022-10-26 20:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357953870 Similar question about term capitalism. Are we trying to specify what we're working towards (no capitalism? different capitalism?) or is it enough to articulate the direction of change we're working on? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357954340 2022-10-26 20:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357954340 under #6 - weak public policies: perhaps reinforce that attacks on our democratic systems (influence of big money, disinfo, attacks on electoral systems) are a threat? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357955457 2022-10-26 20:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357955457 "Build solidarity across groups" https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357955820 2022-10-26 20:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357955820 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357956170 (after #3) --- need high participation high engagement organizations and democracy, not only service model

(part of discussion: union governance structures often lack democracy)]]> 2022-10-26 20:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357956170 would be helpful to clarify (or spell out) the term BIPOC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357958598 2022-10-26 20:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357958598 How explicit is the student work? Is it captured in building the pipeline? What are we saying about building curriculum a Labor Studies program? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357958620 2022-10-26 20:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357958620 Could add not enough investment in education about labor, there is corporate influence in higher ed, impacts and limits what students learn and what careers they move towards. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357958737 2022-10-26 20:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357958737 I think it's right to point to the "right-wing" but it seems like it's a bit limiting because often the left wing is as guilty of not really supporting unions/the work of the labor movement. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357959182 2022-10-26 20:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357959182 climate change threatens our existence - seems like that should be further up than #8? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357959283 2022-10-26 20:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357959283 "Worker-centered orgs need stronger organizing, leadership and research skills to take advantage of the interest and opportunities for organizing and building power. " It's more than this, people in general need to have more access to labor education. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357959289 2022-10-26 20:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357959289 weak labor law enforcement versus employment law. it's not just protecting workers it supports workers' ability to organize. group self-determination https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357960017 2022-10-26 20:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357960017 Could add in 5 more specifically that the public generally lacks info and opportunity to learn about labor https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357960034 2022-10-26 20:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357960034 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357960706 Around #6 - ... and 50 year attack on the very idea of regulation has undermined the role of the state and effective governance]]> 2022-10-26 20:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357960706 Feel like this section is missing inequality as an explicit problem https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357961804 2022-10-26 20:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357961804 Is #7 is a statement of a need or a problem? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357962289 2022-10-26 20:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357962289 declining unionization is a problem not just bc of lack of awareness of unions, but also bc it means that all the other problems we're facing are actually GROWING https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357963211 2022-10-26 20:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357963211 Sometimes we are reactive in our work because worker center orgs often do work based on funding opportunities, and not always about what's most needed/impactful/strategic. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357963637 2022-10-26 20:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357963637 Are the goals of the problem section to describe problems in a broad sense and/or to identify the specific problems of each team? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357964095 2022-10-26 20:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357964095 Add students as a named stakeholder in second strategy https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357965281 2022-10-26 20:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357965281 under promoting vitality ... by providing training and TA to worker orgs and unions - does this include broader movement orgs such as tenant right groups? (per the beliefs section above and actual practice at the moment, I believe). If yes, we should be explicit, yes? https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357966346 2022-10-26 20:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357966346 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357966720 ^could change "worker orgs" to "working class organizations" to incorporate?]]> 2022-10-26 20:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357966720 50-year shift in governance/regulation away from shared prosperity towards deregulation and hollowing out of worker protections https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357966856 2022-10-26 20:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357966856 Under first strategy - add educating students about the history and current labor movement https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357967246 2022-10-26 20:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357967246 are we strategically focused on California or national or both? not explicit in the strategy section https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357968745 2022-10-26 20:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357968745 Change the second bullet to countervailing power to anti-worker people. the current second bullet would be a sub-bullet. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357969247 2022-10-26 20:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357969247 Bring the belief about capitalism into the strategies somehow https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357969620 2022-10-26 20:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357969620 Starting to feel like a laundry list - feels like these could be compiled into buckets https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357969636 2022-10-26 20:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357969636 second Sub-bullet under the second bullet would be building awareness of labor and progressive political power https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357970142 2022-10-26 20:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357970142 This section seems right for what we are doing at the LC currently but I feel it doesn't necessarily gets to what we should be doing in the future. It's descriptive but feels a bit limiting about what we should be using in the future. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357970536 2022-10-26 20:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357970536 happy to see capitalism and white supremacy named as main influencers https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357971025 2022-10-26 20:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357971025 Work at the Labor Center should expose the myth that capitalism and genuine democracy can co-exist https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357971548 2022-10-26 20:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357971548 A lot is packed into the first two bullets. Noting diversity of leadership is distinct from cross racial solidarity https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357973069 2022-10-26 20:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357973069 I like bullet 6 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357973337 2022-10-26 20:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357973337 bullets 1 and 3 are similar could be combined https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357973932 2022-10-26 20:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357973932 Feels like something is missing related to democracy and functional government vis a vis the policy problem and policy strategy https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357974048 2022-10-26 20:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357974048 Missing: nothing regarding the strong institutional regulatory environment. all other points at individual or group level outcomes. nothing about the institutional framework that influences all of these. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357975086 2022-10-26 20:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357975086 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357975206 "Workers have greater power vis a vis capital." I am confused about what this means with "vis-a-vis". Does this mean that workers have more power than the capitalists/owning class? Do they have their own capital? Just think this could be worded more clearly]]> 2022-10-26 20:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357975206 "Framing the public debate around and perceptions..." This is confusing. As researchers our jobs is to get at "what is" based on data/evidence...and in doing so correct misperceptions. This seems like we will take perceptions as reality and frame the debate around that. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357975398 2022-10-26 20:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357975398 "There is a “just transition” for workers in high climate-warming markets to quality union jobs that support a functioning and resilient climate. " Phrasing isn't clear... suggest change to: "We address climate change in a way that creates a real just transition for workers and communities, and grows good, union jobs and career pathways in the green economy" https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357975633 2022-10-26 20:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357975633 feels like 7 and 8 could usefully be combined https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357976656 2022-10-26 20:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357976656 "California's labor movement (and national)" https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357976941 2022-10-26 20:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357976941 "Workers have the resources needed for a good life while working and in retirement" and "Workers have high quality jobs, and are able to spend time with family, in community, for rest, and for leisure" could be combined and still cover the important distinctions https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357977928 2022-10-26 20:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357977928 Do all results/impacts need to be utopian and aspirational? Seems like marginal gains and victories are important results/impacts as well. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357978456 2022-10-26 20:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357978456 Bullet 6 is about changing the definition of quality job. Perhaps we need more explicit statements about workers have autonomy, agency etc. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357978542 2022-10-26 20:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357978542 Is an impact that more people learn about the labor movement? This is in regards to labor education https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357978595 2022-10-26 20:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357978595 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357979272 personally I like the exercise of visioning liberation/a better future, even though it may not be achievable within 20 years. it is important to think constructively of what is possible to create vs. just being reactive to the problems that we have ]]> 2022-10-26 20:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357979272 Some of the statements are very vague (i.e. capitalism, capital vs. labor power), which on the one hand can incorporate a wide range of interpretations, but on the other hand might be at the cost of gaining clarity and having difficult conversations about world views and strategy. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357981889 2022-10-26 20:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357981889 Overall the strategies section feels a lot stronger than it was (thank you!). The problem and impacts section feel a bit unwieldy to me. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357992333 2022-10-26 21:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2357992333 all-staff structured based organizing and whole-worker organizing overview would be great https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358000755 2022-10-26 21:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358000755 https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358013542 I know finalizing this will be tough, but I'm really looking forward to some condensing and tightening. It's a bit unwieldy as is and some grouping into themes and combining will be helpful. 
Also an idea for whenever the next one is presented would be to have an annotated version--whether by voice or in writing. Hearing some of the thinking that goes into wording things one way or another, or the comments about we know we need to define this term for staff etc. is interesting, educational, and helps with buy-in.]]> 2022-10-26 21:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358013542 As is, this section focuses on the labor movement (institutions/actors) and to some extent the state (if you assume public debates are a euphemism for public policy). It seems like it is missing a component of “shaping cultural ideas/narratives and norms” regarding identities as well as work and employment relations in order to address the problems listed related to systemic racism and sexism and perceptions about unions. This is a key component of student programming (to increase awareness of the labor movement and work and employment relations so that people join the labor movement or support it and workers in the future jobs). To some extent the research teams are also shaping narratives and norms by lifting up issues and presenting a counter narrative to the orthodox econ perspective of employment and labor issues. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358040257 2022-10-26 22:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358040257 This section could be improved by grouping the problems as sub bullets into different buckets, such as: 1) weak labor movement/institutions (2, 3, 7); 2) weak legal and regulatory infrastructure to support workers (1, 6, + labor laws); 3) ideological context (cultural ideas) that divide groups and individuals, hinder democratic engagement and processes, and individualize problems (4, ~5 if framed as general ideas since it is not just about right-wing perceptions); 4) corporate and employer norms/practices that harm workers (5 - union avoidance, 9 (since it is employer use that is the threat not the tech), + lean and mean employment practices, etc.); 5) environmental context (8, perhaps recognition of globalization of labor and/or larger geopolitical threats beyond labor and employment relations (e.g. growing socioeconomic inequality, rise of fascism/authoritarianism, political and economic destabilization). https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358040571 2022-10-26 22:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358040571 This section conflates public debates with public policy debates. I think the regulatory landscape needs to be explicit and informing public perceptions/opinions need to be a separate bullet. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358041012 2022-10-26 22:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358041012 The second bullet should go under the first bullet or broadened to indicate building broad-based multi stakeholder power beyond the labor movement. https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358041181 2022-10-26 22:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358041181 Perhaps group these into buckets, such as: 1) strong diverse, and dynamic labor movement capable of supporting/generating a thriving democracy, 2) strong legal and regulatory infrastructure to supports living wages, benefits, and a safe workplace as well as the right to organize; freedom from discrimination; autonomy and agency over technological change; and in general, decision-making power over any issue that impacts their work, 3) improved socio-economic distribution of resources/opportunities in society (decreased inequality/inequities), 4) high quality jobs that provide workers and their families with necessary resources to thrive and engage in a democratic society, and 5) strong cultural narrative and norms that situate the economy into society (i.e. value human dignity over financial imperatives, counter the myth of the free market, value governance and democratic decision making, and work/family life balance/sustainable jobs). https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358062952 2022-10-26 22:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alexismillett/3onmjyz6ije273v6/wish/2358062952