Internal rivalries among the leaders of the United Auto Workers are sapping the momentum from its historic victories.
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Posted inWorking in America
Solving the Shortage of Low-Wage Workers
Here’s the miracle cure: Pay them better.
Posted inTAP
A May Day Meditation on the Need for Strikes
Today on TAP: 55,000 L.A. County workers just walked off the job. Striking was their only way to win raises commensurate with the cost of living.
Posted inWorking in America
A World Beyond Tariffs
The United Auto Workers weren’t always in favor of tariffs; they earlier supported cross-border coordination to support better jobs and a peaceful future.
Posted inEconomic Policy
We Never Had Free Trade
The U.S. trading system since the 1970s has screwed American workers. But the main culprits are the American capitalists who devised the system, not foreigners.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s 180 on Electric Vehicles—Provided They’re Teslas
He won autoworkers’ support by opposing EVs, which need fewer workers to produce. Last week, he pitched Teslas to American motorists.
Posted inWorking in America
The Truth About the Parties and Labor
You need only look at the state level to understand who supports workers and who doesn’t.
Posted inWorking in America
The State of the Unions, Labor Day 2024
Growing among professional workers, but still stuck when it comes to organizing nearly everybody else
Posted inWorking in America
Shawn Fain Explicates ‘Scab’
And other observations by the UAW’s president
Posted inPolitics
Would J.D. Vance Join a UAW Picket Line Outside a Tesla Factory?
If you believe that, I got this bridge I need to unload.