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Misleaders of Labor Drift Rightward Towards Trump

Misleaders of Labor Drift Rightward Towards Trump

By M. Drezner Faux radical misleaders like International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and International Longshoreman Association Harold Daggett have crossed the line from labor independence to tailing Donald Trump and his far right Republican regime. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain also stated that the union would “support aggressive tariff action to protect […]

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Labor’s Shift toward Political Independence Must Be Pushed in Anti-Monopoly Direction

By S. M. Cifone The 2024 US Presidential Election saw the beginning of a split among the ranks of labor away from its long relationship with the Democratic Party. The United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers (UE) renewed their call for a Labor Party in the US, while other major unions have started to show

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The Plumb Plan – A Historical Proposal for Public Ownership of the Railroads – Harry Bridges School of Labor

The first session for 2025 of the Harry Bridges School of Labor covers the Plumb Plan, which proposed public ownership of the railroads after World War I. To follow up on our class on The Case For Public Rail, we will look at the history of public rail in the United States. We will discuss

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