Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

April 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Amazon: exploiting our tax system 🤝 enabling autocracy

Check out this new researchView this email in your browser Hi John,   Our taxes are supposed to go towards essential public services like Social Security, education, and Medicare. But while most of us pay our fair share, big corporations like Amazon and their wealthy executives avoid doing the same.…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Our network isn't backing down...

Building solidarity, challenging corporate power, and championing bold solutionsView this email in your browser Hi John,   As it’s Women’s History Month, I’m thinking about why Trump, Musk, and their political allies’ focus on gender is so important to their political project. In the past few weeks,…

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  Natalie Hernandez, PowerSwitch Action & Activate Respect · [email protected]

March 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Uber 🤝 Elon Musk (here’s what to expect with AI on the job)

View this email in your browserHi John,  Billionaire Elon Musk is dismantling our government from the inside with tactics he’s used before: firing people without reason, demanding they justify their jobs, and relying on AI tools to perform critical work. Earlier this month, news broke that his so-ca…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

February 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Resisting despair, cynicism, and scapegoating — and offering something better

It's time to get corporate billionaires out of the driver's seatView this email in your browserDear John, It is truly a painful time on the clock of the world, to quote activist and organizer Grace Lee Boggs. I know that what we’re witnessing now has happened before, and I do not want to rub salt in…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

January 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM

Our 2024 Year in Review

Big victories, important fights, and inspiration for the road aheadDear John,  We are entering daunting times, and a moment that calls for deep solidarity. The incoming presidential administration has promised a campaign of mass deportations, embraced autocracy at home and abroad, and intends to han…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

January 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM

⚡️ NEW: Social Housing Toolkit + Webinar on 1/23!

Check out our newest release Hi John, We’re ready to hit the ground running in 2025 — starting with the release of our new toolkit: Housing for the People: How Local Governments are Building Social Housing Solutions for Public Good!  Together with Local Progress Impact Lab and PolicyLink, we’ve deve…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 19, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Join us in meeting this moment

We know that people like you, who care deeply about building strong, liberated communities, feel the undeniable weight of the current political moment.Hi John,   We know that people like you, who care deeply about building strong, liberated communities, feel the undeniable weight of the current poli…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 17, 2024 at 8:39 PM

Save the Date! Webinar on Social Housing Models Across the US – January 23, 2025

Delve into social housing experiments happening across the country Hi John,  There are few things in our society as important to us as the place we live — both the physical dwelling and the broader community we’re situated in. Whether we rent or own, our homes should offer stability, safety, and a s…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 4, 2024 at 10:27 PM

Our network is growing: Welcome, NEW Houston!

View this email in your browser Hi John,   I am very pleased to announce that New Economy for Working (NEW) Houston has joined the PowerSwitch Action network! We’re excited to welcome our newest affiliate, who is building grassroots organizing power, winning innovative public policy, and fighting fo…

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM

The Biden Admin must act now to end the genocide in Gaza and protect immigrant communities

View this email in your browserDear John,  Right now, the Biden Administration must take steps to end the genocide in Palestine and protect the communities at most immediate risk from the incoming Trump administration.   At PowerSwitch Action, we are committed to building a world that values the bri…

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  Lauren Jacobs & Lena Pervez Afridi, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 13, 2024 at 9:31 PM

Reflecting on the past week and planning our path forward

View this email in your browser Dear John,  The results of last week’s election have left many of us shocked and fearful. We face an incoming president who has promised attacks on immigrants and families, communities of color, gender-oppressed people, civic institutions, democratic processes, and an…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

October 29, 2024 at 6:15 PM

Why we build power year round

View this email in your browser Dear John,  As we head into the last weeks of this year’s election season, I’m thinking about how year-round power building undergirds some of the most effective voter engagement programs.  We all know that elections help to shape the conditions under which we will or…

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  Natalie Hernandez, PowerSwitch Action & Activate Respect · [email protected]

October 10, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Uber execs refused to meet, so drivers rallied outside Uber HQ with demands (and a giant puppet of CEO Dara!)

View this email in your browserHi John,  Yesterday, rideshare drivers from across the country rallied outside of Uber’s headquarters in San Francisco to call for an end to unfair deactivations! They came with personal stories about getting deactivated, demands for new rules on the job, and a giant p…

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  Minsu Longiaru, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

October 3, 2024 at 4:01 PM

🛠️ New Toolkit for Organizers: "Building Worker Power in the Digital Age"

View this email in your browser  Hi John, BIG NEWS! We just released our new toolkit: Building Worker Power in the Digital Age: Popular Education Tools for Organizers!  From electronic surveillance to automated management, Silicon Valley is developing new technologies for bosses to exert ever-greate…

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 27, 2024 at 8:20 PM

How community-controlled land can transform our homes, public transit, jobs, and more

View this email in your browser Public Land in Public Hands: Housing, Transit, and Thriving Communities by Christina RosalesHousing and Land Justice Director Earlier this year we brought a delegation of housing organizers and elected leaders from across the country on a trip to Vienna and Berlin t…

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  Natalie Hernandez, PowerSwitch Action & Activate Respect · [email protected]

September 19, 2024 at 7:50 PM

💥 Uber responds to driver organizing by announcing new changes

View this email in your browser Hi John,  Driver organizing is working! All across the country, Uber and Lyft drivers have been fighting for safer working conditions, better pay, and protections against unfair “deactivations” that cut drivers off from their livelihoods.  Yesterday, Uber announced a …

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Building a Worker-Led Digital Future: Pop-Ed Toolkit Launch Webinar

Join us on Sept. 27th!View this email in your browser Building Worker Power in the Digital Age: Pop-Ed Toolkit Launch Webinar  From electronic surveillance to automated management, Silicon Valley is developing new technologies for bosses to exert ever-greater power and control over workers. To fight…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Reflections on Labor Day and heading into the fall season

View this email in your browser Dear John,  I hope you’re returning from the long weekend rested and reminded of the power of organized workers to win good jobs and transform our communities for the better. For many folks, Labor Day marks the end of summer and a shift towards a more busy season. It’…

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  Kareem with Activate Respect & PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

August 8, 2024 at 5:33 PM

I traveled 1,200 miles to Uber HQ to get my account back

View this email in your browser Hi John, My name’s Kareem and I drive for Uber and Lyft in Denver, Colorado. I started driving more than five years ago as a way to supplement my income and take care of my family. Yet with each passing year, I’ve had to work more and more hours, while taking home les…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 30, 2024 at 5:01 PM

Processing this month and committing to a better future for each other

View this email in your browser Sonya Massey should still be alive. We are horrified and outraged that when Sonya called the police for help, the responding officer instead threatened her and ended her life. Sonya was a mother, a neighbor, a person who was loved and cherished by others. She should…

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 9, 2024 at 3:00 PM

📆 RSVP: Monopoly Power & Structural Racism Panel hosted by Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Tune in on Wednesday, July 17th View this email in your browser Power Play: How Monopolies Leverage Systemic Racism to Dominate Markets and What We Can DoJoin the Institute for Local Self-Reliance on Wednesday, July 17th at 2pm ET for a panel discussion exploring the findings and recommendations fr…

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  Vincent Acuña, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM

💢 Work shouldn’t hurt! Help protect Amazon workers on the job

View this email in your browser Dear John,  Every year for the past three years, Amazon has reported more than 38,000 serious injuries in their warehouses. To Amazon, that’s just a number — but for someone who works on their feet, a serious back or knee injury can change the course of their live…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

June 28, 2024 at 6:01 PM

Pride Month and the community solutions that transform our society

View this email in your browser  Dear John,  Happy Pride Month! I am wishing you and your loved ones joy and safety during this celebration of LGBTQIA+ history, activism, and community.   I know that celebrating this year (as in recent years) can be complex and difficult for many people. Targeted …

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  Natalie Hernandez, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

June 27, 2024 at 12:26 AM

Uber drivers unite in Chicago, Denver, and San Jose!

View this email in your browser Hi John,  We know that drivers do the hard work for Uber, putting in the miles and getting passengers where they need to go. Yet Uber treats drivers like they’re disposable—ignoring safety concerns, keeping wages low, and deactivating accounts with little to no expl…

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  Natalie Hernandez, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

June 25, 2024 at 3:04 PM

NOW: Uber drivers are uniting to demand new rules!

View this email in your browser Dear John,  Imagine being fired by an automated message through an app. Uber calls this “deactivation,” but for drivers it means suddenly losing access to work and income. To make things worse, drivers rarely get information about why they’ve been deactivated, and a…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM

🤝 International Workers' Day and the fights that unite us

View this email in your browser  Dear John,  May always feels like a month of renewal and celebration — flowers come back into bloom, school comes to an end, and summer lies ahead full of possibilities. This year, that sense of possibility is intertwined with the tension and crises we’re facing he…

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 21, 2024 at 8:42 PM

3 big lessons from our housing trip to Vienna and Berlin

View this email in your browser  “Social housing doesn’t mean poorly constructed, drab, or uncomfortable. When people have a say in it — when it’s built for us, by us — our housing can be beautiful, comfortable, long-lasting, and sustainable.” 3 Housing Lessons from Vienna and Berlinby Christina R…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

May 15, 2024 at 3:26 PM

More Perfect Union: Here’s why your Uber is more expensive

Watch this new video! Hi John, Check out this new video from More Perfect Union about our research on why the cost of an Uber ride has gone up, and where that money is really going. Earlier this year we released a report debunking Uber’s claim that raising driver pay would increase passengers fare…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

April 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM

🌔 The 2044 solar eclipse, our vision for the future, and the fights that get us there

View this email in your web browser  Dear John,  Earlier this month, people from southern Texas all the way to northern Maine looked up at the sky together to glimpse a once-in-a-generation solar event. For a few hours, we collectively witnessed a force far outside of human control, so powerful tha…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

April 23, 2024 at 4:14 PM

🌱 Housing lessons from Vienna & Berlin

Photos and highlights from our trip! Hi John,  We’re back from Vienna and Berlin! Last week we brought together housing organizers and elected leaders from California, Seattle, Nashville, Colorado, Philly, Chicago, and Boston on a trip to study community-controlled housing models. We met with elect…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

April 17, 2024 at 4:04 PM

What can Vienna and Berlin teach us about community-controlled housing?

Photos & video from Day 1 of our trip! Hi John, PowerSwitch is in Vienna, Austria! We brought together a group of housing organizers and elected leaders from across the US to travel to Vienna and Berlin to learn about community-controlled housing.  We’re here to study other housing models, take…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 28, 2024 at 6:49 PM

Challenging corporate power from Pittsburgh to Kansas City to Oakland

Exposing how corporations buy, bully, and bamboozle to get their way Dear John,  You might have seen our video from earlier this month that exposes Uber’s greedy and duplicitous tactics. It unpacks our latest research revealing how Uber has been jacking up the cost of rides, taking a bigger cut of …

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM

What It Means (and What It Will Take) to Build a Feminist Economy

“The feminist economy urges us to re-examine how we think about what we need to survive and relate to each other.”What It Means (and What It Will Take) to Build a Feminist Economy Lauren Jacobs and Cindy Wiesner explore the connections between US-based and global movements, the conditions and experi…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM

NEW: “Dot’s Home” featured on Marketplace Morning Report!

Listen to the two-part broadcast Hi John,  I’m excited to share that the videogame “Dot’s Home” and its stage adaptation “Dot’s Home Live” were just featured in a two-part radio broadcast on NPR’s Marketplace! You can listen to Part 1 about the videogame and Part 2 about the production.   Dot’s Hom…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

March 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM

Greed and gaslighting: new research debunks Uber’s favorite scare tactic

Dear John, Why has the price of an Uber ride shot up? Our new research reveals a story of gaslighting and corporate greed that squeezes drivers and riders alike, while funneling our money to banks and billionaires. We’ve been organizing alongside rideshare driver groups across the country who are …

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

February 28, 2024 at 8:18 PM

PowerSwitch Action's February Newsletter

How worker organizing can transform our economy, democracy, and society Dear John,  Last month I shared some guiding questions to help us think about and plan for the year ahead. Another question on my mind is how we construct a shared “we” that is multiracial, feminist, and devoted to the common g…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

January 31, 2024 at 8:12 PM

PowerSwitch Action's January 2024 Newsletter

3 questions to guide us through this year and beyond Dear John,  As we transition into this new year, I am taking inspiration from the organizers, renters, and working people across the country who are already strategizing and winning big for our communities. From climate demands in New York to wag…

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  Mariah Montgomery, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 18, 2023 at 4:31 PM

ICYMI: Chicago rideshare drivers deliver lumps of coal and demands to Uber HQ

Dear John,  Last week, we joined Uber and Lyft drivers with Chicago Gig Alliance (CGA) at one of Uber’s Chicago hubs to unveil a “Naughty or Nice” list, put coal in Uber’s stocking, and demand fair pay, safety on the job, and an end to unfair deactivations.  After singing some cheeky carols toget…

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  Lauren Jacobs & Kyra R Greene, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 13, 2023 at 8:44 PM

A lookback on 2023

It’s been a year of leveling up ⚡️ Dear John,   As 2023 comes to an end, we’re reflecting back on a year of grief and joy, struggles and victories. While many of us have felt the weight and toll of this year, there have been many moments of solidarity, of collective action, of fighting and demandin…

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  Jahmese Myres, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

December 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM

What it means to build a leaderful movement

Dear John,  I'm Jahmese Myres, the Leadership Development Director at PowerSwitch Action. I’m writing to you from the San Damiano Retreat Center in Danville, CA, where we're in the middle of our network’s 9th Transformational Leadership Retreat! During this period of connection, reflection, and fo…

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  Elly Matsumura, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 30, 2023 at 6:00 PM

CASE STUDY: Four lessons for weaving alliances that build long term power

Dear John, My name’s Elly and I’m the California Director here at PowerSwitch Action. I’ve been helping to build worker and community power for two decades now, and lately I’ve been thinking about how our short term fights can advance long term transformation.   Since I joined the network in 2005,…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 28, 2023 at 8:27 PM

PowerSwitch Action's November Newsletter

Dear John, As election results have rolled in over the past few weeks, I’ve been particularly excited about a few victories that help to build community power, rewrite the rules of our economy, and expand our democracy:In Ohio, citizens voted to enshrine the right to abortion in their state consti…

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  PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

November 1, 2023 at 2:17 PM

We stand with the people of Palestine

Dear John,  PowerSwitch Action stands firmly in solidarity with the people of Gaza and their inalienable human rights to safety, dignity, and peace. We mourn the lives of the Israeli citizens murdered in early October. The memory of all those who have lost their lives demands that we speak up for …

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

October 30, 2023 at 7:00 PM

PowerSwitch Action's October Newsletter

Dear John,  This month, we're spotlighting how local communities across the US are rising up against state bans that are driven by corporate interests. Take Colorado and Missouri for example, where renters and working folks are fighting for local policies to limit unfair rent hikes and ensure peop…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

September 27, 2023 at 7:33 PM

PowerSwitch Action's September Newsletter

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general announced their landmark anti-monopoly lawsuit against Amazon. This step towards reining in corporate power has been years in the making, and is an opportunity to truly hold Amazon accountable to workers, communities, and our p…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

August 30, 2023 at 7:01 PM

PowerSwitch Action's August Newsletter

We are mourning the lives of Angela Michelle Carr, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr., and Jerrald De'Shaun Gallion—three Black people who were murdered while going about their daily lives in Jacksonville, Florida this past Saturday. Racist rhetoric, hate, and attacks on Black people, communities, and…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

August 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM

How to make rent stabilization happen in your city

Hi John,  We just released a new guide on how to create a rent stabilization policy – check it out!  Across the country, renters and families are grappling with the harm caused by greedy corporate landlords and a housing system where the cards are stacked against them. Fortunately, as people and g…

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  Lauren Jacobs, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 26, 2023 at 7:01 PM

PowerSwitch Action's July Newsletter

Dear John,  Things are heating up with #HotStrikeSummer! I’m so energized by the solidarity and action that we’re seeing across industries—from writers, hospitality workers, and Starbucks baristas to Uber drivers, UPS Teamsters, and flight attendants. I’m also reminded of the power of local organiz…

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  Jeff Barrera, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 13, 2023 at 1:00 PM

PowerSwitch @ Netroots: We’re talking app worker organizing, utility justice & more!

Hi John,  We’re here in Chicago for the Netroots Nation conference! Let us know if you’re here, come say hi, and stop by one (or all!) of our events.  Staff from the PowerSwitch Action national team and from across our network are moderating and speaking on a range of fascinating panels. Check them…

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  Christina Rosales, PowerSwitch Action · [email protected]

July 10, 2023 at 9:13 PM

‘Dot’s Home Live’ Premiered in Detroit!

Hi John,  Last week, Dot’s Home Live—an interactive performance adapted from the award-winning video game Dot’s Home—made its theatrical debut in Detroit, MI. Community members, organizers, and artists came together to tell the story of Dot Hawkins, a young Black woman living in Detroit who travels…

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