Supporting Voluntary Recognition of Brookings United

Supporting Brookings United

On April 13, Brookings Institution nonsupervisory staff announced that they have formed a union. According to a recent update from Brookings United, a supermajority of the nearly 200 nonsupervisory staff across research programs and business units have signed cards showing their support.

We, the below supervisory staff, scholars, and other members of the community who are not in the Brookings United union, support the right of non-supervisory staff to organize and collectively bargain.

We are proud to be part of the Brookings community, and appreciate its contributions to the common good. It is because of this that we urge President John Allen and the Board of Trustees to voluntarily recognize the union. Voluntary recognition aligns with Brookings’ values of equity, inclusion and opportunity, and with the Institution’s commitment to the growth of the middle class. It puts our scholarly research into practice.

This statement is our own and does not represent the Brookings Institution or Brookings United.

The names below are not a comprehensive representation of supervisory, scholar and senior staff in support of Brookings United’s organizing efforts. If you would like to add your signature to this statement, please message supporting-brookings-union@googlegroups.com.

Signed,

Loren Adler, Associate Director, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

Randall Akee, Nonresident Fellow, Economic Studies

Scott Anderson, Visiting Fellow, Governance Studies

Dany Bahar, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program

Lauren Bauer, Fellow, Economic Studies

Cy Behroozi, Library Director

Kristen E. Broady, Fellow, Economic Studies

Marcus Casey, Nonresident Fellow, Economic Studies

Matthew Collin, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program

Fred Dews, Managing Editor, Podcasts and Digital Projects, Office of Communications

E.J. Dionne, Jr. , Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

Alex Engler, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Governance Studies

Bill Finan, Director, Brookings Institution Press

William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Tarek Ghani, Nonresident Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program

Annelies Goger, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Josh Gotbaum, Guest Scholar, Economic Studies

Emily Gustaffson-Wright, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, Center for Universal Education

Jessica Harris, Communications Director, Governance Studies

Makada Henry-Nickie, Fellow, Governance Studies

Stephen Hess, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Governance Studies

Chris Howie, Senior Director of Principal Gifts and Strategic Initiatives, Metropolitan Policy Program

John Hudak, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Deputy Director, CEPM

Molly Kinder, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Aaron Klein, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Rob Lang, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Executive Director, Brookings Mountain West

David Lanham, Communications Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Addisu Lashitew, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program

Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

Tracy Hadden Loh, Fellow, Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking, Metropolitan Policy Program

Shannon Meraw, Communications Director, Economic Studies

Mark Muro, Senior Fellow and Policy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Joseph Parilla, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

John Parker, Director, Facility Operations

Kavita Patel, Nonresident Fellow, Economic Studies

Jenny Perlman Robinson, Senior Fellow, Center for Universal Education

Andre Perry, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Rashawn Ray, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Governance Studies

Molly Reynolds, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

Martha Ross, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Adie Tomer, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Jon Valant, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy

Emiliana Vegas, Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Universal Education

Jennifer Vey, Senior Fellow and Director, Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program

Vanessa Williamson, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies