by Justin | Dec 1, 2021 | Fight Back News, Referendum Vote, Toni Gilpin
“If you look at the John Deere strike, here you have this union, UAW, that has made headlines in the past four or five years for corruption. And yet you have the rank and file in the union, these strikers, who remain loyal to their union even if not to the…
by Justin | Jan 19, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Labor Notes, Nelson Lichtenstein, Organizing, UAW Corruption Scandal
“The UAW has been a one-party regime for many decades because the union convention, which elects all the top national officers, has been tightly controlled by an “Administration Caucus,” which routinely wins an overwhelming proportion of the delegate vote.Actual…
by Justin | Sep 20, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns, & Money Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 19, 1977. The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company shut down its operations, laying off approximately 4,100 workers….
by Justin | Sep 15, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis on Lawyers, Guns, & Money Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 15, 1845. Women working in the Pittsburgh textile mills met in Market Square to discuss the necessity of…
by Justin | Sep 14, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis on Lawyers, Guns, & Money Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 14, 1959. President Eisenhower signed the Landrum-Griffin Act after actively lobbying for its passage. It…
by Justin | Sep 9, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis on Lawyers, Guns, & Money Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 9, 1985. The Latina workforce in the large frozen food facilities in Watsonville, California walked out on…
