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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

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

“Ever since its birth about one hundred years ago the railroad industry, heart of the American industrial system, has been exploited for the enrichment of its private owners. The portion of the workers has always been long hours, low pay, unemployment, and bad working conditions; while the owners of the industry, who perform no useful

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

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

Historical Context – 1934 Bloody Thursday—July 5, 1934—marked the turning point of the great West Coast maritime strike of 1934. The reasons for this “Big Strike” had been seething for many years. For starters, an old San Francisco longshore union had been broken in 1919. The long nonunion period that followed lasted until 1934. These

BY S.M. CIFONE ATU MEMBER ON JUNE 18, 2024 – Labor Today (https://labortoday.luel.us/en/amid-roadblocks-alu-members-vote-to-ratify-affiliation-with-ibt) STATEN ISLAND, NY—The workers at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse who in 2022 voted to form the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) have voted to affiliate with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). In their press release, the Teamsters announced that a near unanimous 98.3% voted