--- title: Sharon Block | TIME description: Sharon Block is a professor of practice and executive director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. canonical: https://time.com/author/sharon-block/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/sharon-block/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sharon Block ## Sharon Block Sharon Block is a professor of practice and executive director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. ## Sharon Block *  Aug 13, 2026 ### [Why States Are the Key to the Modern Labor Movement](https://time.com/article/2026/08/13/why-states-are-the-key-to-the-modern-labor-movement/) “States have an opportunity to build the infrastructure of worker power that this country will need ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image","\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sharon-block/","name":"Sharon Block"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sharon-block/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sharon-block/"},"name":"Sharon Block","jobTitle":"","description":"Sharon Block is a professor of practice and executive director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School.","url":"https://time.com/author/sharon-block/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```