Tag: Labor movement
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Lessons from IBT Local 1150
Jay Poppa reviews the history of Rocco Calo—a newly promoted member of the Sean O’Brien leadership team—while running Teamster Local 1150, and looks for lessons for the future.
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Fighting Times
Jon Melrod’s memoir of his years as a revolutionary activist is a great read. Joe Allen reviews.
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The Fed’s inflation plan is class war
By quickly raising interest rates over the summer, the Federal Reserve Board has pushed the economy toward recession. This is an attack on recent gains by the working class, argues Shamus Cooke, and workers need independent politics to fight back.
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Rail workers may strike next month
Federal mediators will soon release their recommendation to resolve contract talks between the United Rail Unions and the bosses. Paul KD spoke to Ross Grooters, co-chair of Railway Workers United—who says a national freight rail strike is possible in September.
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Why the hell not
Gary Holloway reviews Mike Stout’s 2020 memoir Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years.
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Unleashing the fight for reproductive justice
Ashley Smith urges those in the fight for abortion justice to build mass opposition to the abortion ban instead of looking to the Democratic party, elections, or liberal feminist organizations.
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Dropping like flies
Joe Allen shares stories of UPS drivers endangered by the lack of air conditioning in delivery vehicles and the company’s failure to respond.
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“Written on Mars”
The final volume of Philip Foner’s groundbreaking history of the U.S. labor movement is now available. It covers the years 1929–1932. Despite its promise to frame the origins of the labor militancy of the Great Depression, Joe Allen argues that it presents a distorted picture.
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The necessity of organizing DSA members as workers
Aaron Hall, a labor activist and member of the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (“DSA”), discusses the organization’s labor strategy and how it fits into a broader strategy for the U.S. Left.
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The Democracy In Action slate offers a new path for UAW Local 2110
Willem Morris assesses the importance of the Democracy In Action slate in the UAW Local 2110 elections and its endorsement by the national reform group Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD).