The 2024 election highlighted the shifting partisan allegiance of working-class voters. What impact does the labor movement have on members’ political decision making? Join us for a presentation of a new survey of union members and a discussion of the relationship between trade unions and the political parties.

Speakers include: 

• Alex Hertel-Fernandez, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

• Max Kiefel, Fellow, Center for a Just Labor and Economy, Harvard Law School

• Mike Podhorzer, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

• Alan Yan, PhD Candidate in Political Science, UC Berkeley

• Sharon Block (Moderator), Executive Director, Center for Labor and a Just Economy; Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School 

Respondents include:

• Kim Anderson, Executive Director, National Education Association

• Stephanie Ternullo, Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School.

For more information, see the Ash Center website.

Zoom registration link.