The United Electrical Workers was once one of America’s mightiest unions. But because many leaders were leftists who challenged corporate power, UE was decimated by McCarthyism. The union managed to survive, though, and UE’s model of militant, democratic unionism is exactly what we need to revive labor in the 21st century.
The US Labor Movement Needs More of the UE’s “Them and Us” Unionism
by Justin | Aug 10, 2020 | Education, Opinion, Organizing | 0 comments