Published Work
Washington State Forges A Path to Recovery and Prosperity
medium.com-May 21, 2020
Let the Workshare Cat Out of the Bag
medium.com-May 14, 2020
The Economic Madness of State Austerity
medium.com-May 7, 2020
To Reboot America, Reboot the Power of Hard-Working Americans
medium.com-May 6, 2020
It’s Time to Show Essential Workers the Money
medium.com-April 30, 2020
The Real Outrage is Not that Ruth’s Chris Got Federal Money
medium.com-April 23, 2020
Some Thoughts on the Emerging Economic Crisis
medium.com-April 16, 2020
The Decline of Worker Power
Pitchfork Economics-July 9, 2019 (with Larry Mishel)
Amazon’s bold wage move: The internet giant does right by its workers
New York Daily News–Oct. 2, 2018
A fund for NYC drivers models how benefits could work in the gig economy
Quartz–Sept. 27, 2018 (with Natalie Foster)
‘Learn, Lead, and Leave’ — Why our Local Union Opted for Officer Term Limits
medium.com-September 6, 2018
Spend County Revenues on Housing, Not a $180 Million Stadium Subsidy
The C is for Crank–Sept. 5, 2018
A Roadmap to Rebuilding Worker Power
The Century Foundation–Aug. 9, 2018
A conservative and a liberal agree: Unions must change after Supreme Court blow on Janus
USA Today–July 3, 2018 (with Eli Lehrer)
Building a Portable Benefits System for Today’s World
Jan. 23, 2018 (with Dara Khosrowshahi and Nick Hanauer)
Basic Income in a Just Society
Boston Review–May 15, 2017 (with Corrie Watterson)
Portable Benefits for an Insecure Workforce
The American Prospect–Feb. 23, 2017 (with Nick Hanauer)
Why would a Labor Leader Support a Universal Basic Income?
Medium–Dec. 12, 2016
Trump, Sunk Cost Fallacies, and the Next Labor Movement
On Labor–Nov. 16, 2016
Stronger Together or Will Workers Be Trumped?
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung–Oct. 13, 2016
The Labor Movement As We Know It Is Dying. Here’s How It Can Survive
PBS Newshour–Sept. 5, 2016
Portable Benefits in the 21st Century
The Aspen Institute-June 16, 2016 (with Shelby Clark and Corrie Watterson Bryant)
Don’t Believe Falsehoods About $15 Wage
The Orange County Register–May 28, 2016
Life on the Homecare Front
Generations, Journal of the American Society on Aging–Spring 2016
Book Excerpt: How the Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage Became a Reality
Signature–May 12, 2016
Toward a 21st-Century Labor Movement
The American Prospect–April 18, 2016
A $15 Minimum Wage Is What We Need – and Here’s Why the Attacks on It Are Bogus
AlterNet–March 1, 2016
Does Labor Deserve Its Own Downfall?
The Nation–Feb. 4, 2016
Shared Security, Shared Growth
Democracy Journal–Summer 2015 (with Nick Hanauer)
The $15 Minimum Wage: How Seattle workers seized the moment and made history
The Social Policy Journal–February 2015
Thinking Bigger in Local Minimum Wage Campaigns: The Fight for $15 in Seattle
The Aspen Journal of Ideas–July/August 2014
What if We Treated Labor Like a Startup?
The Nation–June 18, 2014
Guest: Seattle’s on the vanguard of movement to raise minimum wage
The Seattle Times–August 2013 (with Nick Hanauer)
Labor: Building a New Future
Democracy Journal–Summer 2013
Alternative Futures for Labor
The American Prospect–December 12, 2012
Don’t delay implementation of I-1029’s home-care worker training requirements
The Seattle Times–May 20, 2011
More cuts to home-care workforce will be costly in the long run
The Seattle Times–Feb. 12, 2012
Editorial: Aging population needs Washington state’s attention
The Spokesman-Review–Dec. 10, 2014
Washington Legislature should ensure home-care workers have health care
Seattle Times–April 6, 2010
Wake-up call
The News Tribune–July 30, 2007
Home care workers deserve respect
Seattle Post-Intelligencer–March 12, 2003
Union gives care workers a voice
Seattle Post-Intelligencer–August 26, 2002
Tight-fisted Legislature squeezes the needy
The Seattle Times–April 9, 2002
Public wants home care strengthened
Seattle Post-Intelligencer–December 13, 2001
Dear Governor: About that Healthcare Crisis