By Jonathan Kissam | Photo Courtesy of ueunion.org | UE News Reuse Policy In the 1930s, as rank-and-file workers in the electrical manufacturing industry were establishing UE in workplaces like the giant General Electric plant in Erie, PA (Local 506) and Sargent Lock in New Haven, CT (Local 243), a union with a similar “Them and Us” philosophy of unionism […]
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The following is taken from a speech by LUEL National Exec Member, and Heartland Chapter Chair, M. Drezner at the NALC “Fight Like Hell” Rally Against Privatization of the USPS in Sioux Falls, SD on March 23, 2025. Good afternoon brothers and sisters, I’m M. Drezner and I am a member of the International Brotherhood
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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 third
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Speech by Pambis KyritsisGeneral Secretary of WFTUPresidential CouncilHanoi, March 2025 Comrades, Before I begin my speech, I would first like to warmly thank the [Vietnam General Confederation of Labor] VGCL for hosting this very important meeting of the WFTU Presidential Council here in Hanoi today. It is a great honor for all of us that
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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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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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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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 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
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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