by Justin | Dec 26, 2020 | Labor History, Organizing, UE
For unions in America, a fundamental problem is apathy. Members do not want to get involved, and a component of this is that there is not a sense of what the union stands for and what being in a union means. It may not be a coincidence that the book is published by...
by Justin | Dec 25, 2020 | Farm Equipment Workers (FE), Labor History
They crop up right around now, along with the ads for mattress sales: the annual assessments of the state of the American labor movement. There will be a certain mournful sameness to these Labor Day reflections. While wages stagnate and inequality escalates, union...
by Justin | Dec 13, 2020 | Collective Bargaining, UE
A good steward is many things – an organizer, a negotiator, a counselor, a peacemaker and a troublemaker. But there are certain things that a steward must avoid at all costs: Read the article here.
by Justin | Dec 10, 2020 | President Joseph Biden, UE
Biden said some of the right things on trade and jobs during the campaign,” said UE General President Carl Rosen, “but we know he comes from the same corporate wing of the Democratic Party that gave us NAFTA and tried to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership during the...
by Justin | Dec 9, 2020 | President Joseph Biden, UE
During the campaign, President-Elect Biden promised not to negotiate any new trade agreements until there are major investments in U.S. production. He also promised to make job-creating investments in infrastructure, including high-speed rail. However, Biden has yet...
by Justin | Dec 1, 2020 | Administration Caucus, AFL-CIO, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Opinion, Organizing
At the end of the day, a union is just a voluntary organization of workers. Workers made the union and only workers can “unmake” the union. In every other facet of our lives: church, school, work… there is always a pastor, a teacher, a boss… someone to run the show....
