Last week the United Electrical Workers (UE) published a new pamphlet, Them and Us Unionism, which argues that the labor movement needs to return to the class-struggle unionism that animated the founding of the industrial unions in the 1930s.
The 24-page pamphlet highlights five principles of class-struggle unionism—each of them near and dear to us at Labor Notes:
aggressive struggle
rank-and-file control
political independence
international solidarity
uniting all workers
It’s a worthwhile read for activists in all unions thinking about how to put the movement back in the labor movement.
New UE Pamphlet Highlights Rank-and-File Control, Calls for Return to ‘Them and Us Unionism’
