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Internal Organizing Part 2 – Rank-and-File Action – Harry Bridges School of Labor

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Originally published by Labor Today – https://labortoday.luel.us/en/ 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 […]

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New NLRB Ruling States Amazon DSP Drivers are Employees, not Contractors

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Originally published by Labor Today – https://labortoday.luel.us/en/ The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ended a year long investigation in favor of workers at Amazon; specifically, that Amazon is a joint employer of the Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers and must now must be recognized as Amazon employees, and therefore they must legally recognize and bargain

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The World Federation of Trade Unions Condemns the Continued Crimes in Palestine

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Originally published by the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) – https://www.wftucentral.org/ The WFTU condemns the continues attacks against the Palestinian people by the Israeli occupation forces. While the genocide is taking place in Gaza, the Israeli occupation is escalating its aggressions in the West Bank against the Palestinians. Thousands of Israeli occupation soldiers accompanied

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Norfolk Southern Sued for “Putting Profits Ahead of Safety” After 2023 East Palestine Disaster

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A Norfolk Southern worker has sued the company a year after the East Palestine train derailment that left the area contaminated with vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, proceeding to kill many of the marine and wildlife in the area and devastating the lives of many local citizens. Joseph Lee

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AFL-CIO Endorsement of Harris Increasingly Puts Them at Odds with Rank-and-File Members

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Editorial by Michael Iverson IBEW Member on August 9, 2024 On July 21st, 2024, President Biden announced he would not be seeking re-election in 2024 amidst growing unpopularity with the 81 year old President. Only one day later, the AFL-CIO and a number of affiliate unions such as United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the

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UFT Dropping Support for Medicare Advantage Too Little Too Late for Business Unionist Leadership

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Editorial by S.M. Cifone ATU Member, July 31, 2024 NEW YORK, NY—Last month the business unionist leadership of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) suffered two stunning defeats. In chapter elections, both Retirees and Paraprofessionals ousted sell-out leadership who threw them both under the bus in the last contract negotiations. UFT has had a long

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Labor Today Editorial: Sean O’Brien RNC Speech Shows Why an Anti-Monopoly Party Led by a Class-Oriented Labor Movement is Necessary

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BY S.M. CIFONE ATU MEMBER ON JULY 16, 2024 International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) President, Sean O’Brien, to mixed reactions spoke to the Republican National Convention (RNC) Monday night. In a much-criticized speech, O’Brien gave a speech aimed more at the Conservative worker watching at home (and some who may be delegates in attendance) and

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A Conversation with Harry Bridges

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The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies™ will host a class with the Labor United Educational League on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024. The class will be held at 8PM Eastern, over Zoom (Click for meeting link) Who was Harry Bridges? Harry Renton Bridges (1901-1990) became world famous for leading thousands of longshoremen, sailors, and other marine

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