Unions Are Leaving Money on the Table
How worker data can create new income, new members, and new bargaining power
James Felton Keith
Chair, Int’l DEI Standard ISO-30415:DISM | First Black LGBTQ Person for US Congress | Engineer Economist Professor Diplomat Bestseller Speaker
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The Next Great Collective Bargaining Opportunity: Why Every Labor Union Must Become a Data Union
Artificial intelligence has created organized labor's next great bargaining opportunity—but only if we recognize what workers have been producing all along.
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This News Broke as I was lecturing before the NAACP Labor Awards last night.
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2026 NAACP Labor Award Recipient
I'm receiving the 2026 Benjamin L. Hooks Keeper of the Flame Award from the NAACP National Labor Committee
Soul Summit in Central Park for Juneteenth March
Walk Run Roll Dance!
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I just left the New York City Comptroller’s Pride Month Breakfast honoring human rights organizers from across the city.
The Employee Who Taught The Knicks How to Win: A Case Study in Organizational Culture
Go Knicks!? Go Team.
Response to Bernie Sanders: A.I. Is a Public Resource.
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