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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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WFTU Strongly Condemns Trump’s Statements on the Displacement of Palestinians from Gaza

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The World Federation of Trade Unions strongly denounces and condemns Trump’s statements on the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. This statement constitutes a continuation of the longstanding and consistent USA stance and support for the murderous state of Israel and its plans. Trump reaffirms, in unprecedented cynicism, the USA’s full support of genocide and ethnic

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

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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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Amalgamated Transit Union on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Editor’s Note: We have found archives from the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. First is a 2018 statement by then ATU International President Larry Hanley on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Second is an article from Running Hot, a rank-and-file publication from ATU Local 998 in

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

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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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WFTU Solidarity Statement with Amazon Strike in U.S.

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The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing 105 million workers across the globe, extends its fullest support to the militant strikes being launched by the U.S. Teamsters Union members against the gigantic Amazon corporation. Thousands of workers at 7 Amazon worksites across the United States struck on December 19, and additional strikes are planned. The

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The Case for Public Rail – Harry Bridges School of Labor

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Labor United Educational League is proud to announce we are releasing the recordings from the Harry Bridges School of Labor sessions. Launched in Spring 2023, the Harry Bridges School of Labor is a monthly class held 2x per month. Classes cover a variety of topics aimed at building class conscious among union members. The twelfth

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RWU: UP Rail’s Phillip Araujo, 47, and Clay Burt, 63, Killed December 18th in Pecos, TX

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Phillip Araujo, 47, and Clay Burt, 63, were killed December 18th in Pecos, Texas. The two crew members died after their Union Pacific train collided with a tractor-trailer truck on Wednesday (Dec. 18) and derailed, sending railcars into a trackside building. Pecos Police Chief Lisa Tarango said the deceased workers were “veteran employees” of the

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Florida Joins Growing List of States Rolling Back Child Labor Laws

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By Driss El-Hassan Earlier this year, the state of Florida, under Governor Ron DeSantis, enacted a law that rolls back certain child labor protections for children aged 16-17. The bill, HB 49, went into effect on July 1. The changes made in HB 49 are as follows: HB 49 was initially written by the Foundation

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Resolution of the Working Youth Committee Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

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The Youth and Student Department of the Party of Communists USA endorses the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions. On October 3, 1945, in the ashes of the Second World War, in the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, trade unions from across the globe united to establish the World Federation of Trade

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Misleaders of Labor Drift Rightward Towards Trump

WFTU Strongly Condemns Trump’s Statements on the Displacement of Palestinians from Gaza

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

Amalgamated Transit Union on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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

WFTU Solidarity Statement with Amazon Strike in U.S.

The Case for Public Rail – Harry Bridges School of Labor

RWU: UP Rail’s Phillip Araujo, 47, and Clay Burt, 63, Killed December 18th in Pecos, TX

Florida Joins Growing List of States Rolling Back Child Labor Laws

Resolution of the Working Youth Committee Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

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