by Justin | Jun 13, 2020 | Education, General Motors, UAW History
For months, Pete Beltran has asserted that the team concept would erode traditional union protections, damage the national UAW and eventually cost jobs at the Van Nuys plant. He also asserted that the system, which eliminates strict job classifications and calls on...
by Justin | Jun 13, 2020 | Dodge, Education, UAW History
On this day in labor history, the year was 1974. That was the day workers at the Dodge Truck plant in Warren, Michigan went out on a wildcat strike. Workers were fed up with endless attacks from management and disappointing contract negotiations the year before....
by Justin | Jun 12, 2020 | Education, Jerry Tucker, New Directions Movement, UAW History
When the governing body of the United Auto Workers union meets on Dec. 5, an unusual tension is likely to pervade the session. For the first time in at least 30 years, union leaders will be confronting a genuine rebel in their midst. Jerry Tucker, a burly, bearded...
by Justin | Jun 11, 2020 | Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), Education, UAW History
The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) was a radical organization of black autoworkers in Detroit, Michigan who were dissatisfied with working conditions at Chrysler and with the response of their union, the United Autoworkers (UAW). DRUM grew out of the Black...
by Justin | Jun 3, 2020 | Education
The organizational failure of labor leadership in the US is more than individual failures, which could perhaps be overcome by the election of new leaders. The author argues that the model of trade unionism that has dominated US unionism—business unionism—offers no...
