We #Elves in the sleigh barn, having recently organized a chapter under the #UAW, we stand with our fellow #workers in the #reindeer stables as they seek to #unionize under the #SEIU. #UnionStrong
#UAW
November 21, 1945 - 200,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike against General Motors, the first major strike following World War II. The UAW’s demand for a 30% wage increase was based on the increase in the cost of living during the war (28% according to the Department of Labor), the wartime freeze on wages, and the cut in the average workweek with the disappearance of overtime pay in manufacturing.
But the UAW also considered profits and prices a subject for negotiation, a position rejected by GM. The union did not merely say that labor was entitled to enough wages to live on. It also said that labor was entitled to share in the wealth produced by industry.
“... Unless we get a more realistic distribution of America’s wealth, we won’t get enough to keep this machine going.”
–Walter Reuther, UAW President
I hope the #UAW uses news of Musk’s trillion dollar pay package as the impetus for a unionization drive for Tesla workers. Those workers need to understand they’ll be the ones paying for that in literal blood, sweat, and tears.
✊ Shawn Fain: “We Need More Than a Party — We Need a Movement”
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/fain-uaw-working-class-independence-democrats/
>> Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by #Unions?
Umm, NO.
#TaftHartley Act prohibits jurisdictional strikes, wildcat strikes, solidarity or political strikes, secondary boycotts, and more.
Besides, #PoliticalWhore #ShawnFain, president of #UAW, who campaigned for #KamalaHarris last year was praising #Trump #Tariffs this year. So, forget unions as an ally.
Labor Unions, #EFF Sue #Trump Administration to Stop Ideological #Surveillance of Free Speech Online
Shawn Fain: We Need More Than a Party: We Need a Movement
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/fain-uaw-working-class-independence-democrats
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Auto_Workers
* UAW president Shawn Fain
* emphasizes need for political program that addresses workers’ most basic issues
* a broad strike could put them front/center
🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #GOP #Christofascism #SCOTUS #antiLGBTQ #AmericanReich #AmericanGulag #AmeriKKKa
🇨🇦 #Trumpism
Wedge issue/distraction: #transgenocide
🏳️⚧️ #TLM
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
Two years after the historic #UAW stand-up #strike, the #union’s stronger than ever — winning big raises, COLA, and organizing across industries. But the fight’s not over.
With May Day 2028 set as the next showdown, the focus is clear: end retirement tiers, win pensions and health care for all, and build working-class power nationwide. The goal? Justice for all workers — and no one left behind.
#jacobin
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-uaws-shawn-fain-on-union-growth-and-union-power/
Today in Labor History September 16, 1945: 43,000 oil workers went on strike in 20 states. During WWII, most of the major unions collaborated with the U.S. war effort by enforcing labor “discipline” and preventing strikes. In exchange, the U.S. government supported closed shop policies under which employers at unionized companies agreed to hire only union members. While the closed shop gave unions more power within a particular company, the no-strike policy made that power virtually meaningless. When the war ended, inflation soared and veterans flooded the labor market. As a result, frustrated workers began a series of wildcat strikes. Many grew into national, union-supported strikes. In November 1945, 225,000 UAW members went on strike. In January 1946, 174,000 electric workers struck. That same month, 750,000 steel workers joined them. Then, in April, the coal strike began. 250,000 railroad workers struck in May. In total, 4.3 million workers went on strike. It was the closest the U.S. came to a national General Strike in the 20th century. And in December 1946, Oakland, California did have a General Strike, the last in U.S. history. Overall, it was the largest strike wave in U.S. history. In 1947, Congress responded to the strike wave by enacting the Taft-Hartley Act, restricting the powers and activities of labor unions and banning the General Strike. The act is still in force today and one the main reasons there hasn’t been a General Strike in the U.S. since 1945.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #GeneralStrike #oakland #oilworkers #union #strike #strikewave #worldwartwo #tafthartley #uaw #coal #railroads #inflation #steel #wildcat
(...) Am 30. Juni waren 5,42 Millionen Menschen in der deutschen #Industrie beschäftigt, 114.000 weniger als zwölf Monate zuvor. In den sechs Wochen seitdem kündigten deutsche #Unternehmen den Abbau von mehr als 125.000 Arbeitsplätzen an. Deutschlands größter #Stahlkonzern, Thyssenkrupp, streicht jeden zweiten bis dritten Arbeitsplatz, insgesamt 11.000. Die Deutsche #Bahn plant den Abbau von 30.000 Stellen, ihre Tochtergesellschaft #Cargo von 5.000. #SAP reduziert seine Belegschaft in Deutschland um 3.500 und weltweit um 10.000 Mitarbeiter. Die Deutsche #Post streicht 8.000 Stellen, die #Commerzbank 3.900.Die Automobilhersteller und ihre Zulieferer hatten bereits massive Stellenstreichungen angekündigt: VW 35.000, Mercedes 40.000, Ford 2.900, Audi 7.500, Daimler Truck 5.000, ZF 14.000 und Bosch, Continental und Schaeffler insgesamt 7.000. In den letzten 12 Monaten sind in der #Automobilindustrie bereits über 51.000 #Arbeitsplätze vernichtet worden.
Der Apparat der Gewerkschaften – insbesondere der beiden größten, #IGMetall und #Verdi – hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, diese Kürzungen umzusetzen. Der Begriff „Gewerkschaft“ ist irreführend. Sie haben nichts mehr mit den Organisationen gemein, die einst zur Verteidigung der Interessen der #Arbeiter aufgebaut wurden. Stattdessen dienen sie als verlängerter Arm der #Konzerne und agieren als Unternehmenspolizei – die #Ford-Arbeiter in #Saarlouis sprachen von einer „#Mafia“ –, die jeden Kampf blockiert und sabotiert.
Die „#Zukunftsverträge“, „#Sicherheitsvereinbarungen“ und „#Sozialverträge“ der Gewerkschaft sind das Gegenteil dessen, was ihre Namen versprechen. Bei Thyssenkrupp Steel werden unter dem Motto „Arbeitsplätze für die Zukunft sichern“ 11.000 von 27.000 Arbeitsplätzen abgebaut und die Löhne um 8 Prozent gekürzt. Eine weitere solche „Beschäftigungssicherungsmaßnahme“ wird den Todesstoß für #Thyssenkrupp Steel bedeuten.
Die #Gewerkschaften stehen nicht nur im Inland auf der Seite der Konzerne, sondern auch im globalen Wirtschafts-, Zoll- und #Handelskrieg. Die #IGMetall begrüßte umgehend die von Bundeskanzler Friedrich #Merz (Christlich-Demokratische Union, #CDU) angekündigten Treffen für die Automobil- und #Stahlindustrie. Christiane #Benner, Vorsitzende der IG Metall, fordert die #Arbeitgeber auf, die #Standortdebatte endlich zu beenden und gemeinsam mit den #Arbeitnehmern eine starke, innovative #Automobilindustrie aufzubauen. Während US-Präsident Donald #Trump „America First“ predigt, antwortet die IG Metall mit „Germany First“ und fordert euphemistisch ein „Ende der #Verlagerungsdebatte“.
Shawn #Fain, Präsident der amerikanischen Autoarbeitergewerkschaft #UAW, und die Präsidentin des amerikanischen Gewerkschaftsbundes AFL-CIO, Liz #Shuler, haben Trumps Zölle offen unterstützt. Zölle seien „seit jeher“ als „handelspolitische Instrumente“ angesehen worden, so Shuler. Jürgen #Kerner, stellvertretender Vorsitzender der IG Metall, argumentiert in die gleiche Richtung, wenn er „wirksame EU-Zollregelungen gegen gedumpten #Stahl aus #China und #Russland“ fordert. (...)
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Today in Labor History September 15, 1970: Over 350,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike against General Motors. UAW leader Walter Reuther had recently died (or been assassinated) and there was a power vacuum in the UAW leadership. The current leadership knew a strike would build members’ support for and loyalty to the union. They hoped it would unite rank and file factions against a common enemy (GM) and in support of them. Both the UAW leadership and GM management hoped that a strike would whittle down members’ expectations and demands, as hunger and privation set in, allowing them to negotiate a contract more favorable to GM management, while still keeping their members under their control. However, the strategy almost backfired, as rank and file members refused to agree on local issues preventing the UAW from coming to a national agreement with GM and risking them losing control of the strike. To avoid this, the UAW leadership entered into secret talks with GM to settle the dispute, even though few of the local issues had been settled.
#UAW Issues Statement Condemning Dangerous #WorkingConditions and #ImmigrationRaid at #Hyundai
🕸glané sur le net🕸 États-unis : Le syndicalisme a un problème avec la Chine, mais ce n'est pas celui que l'on pense: À la veille de l'investiture de Donald Trump, le président de l'United Auto Workers (UAW), Shawn Fain, probablement le dirigeant… #Syndicalisme #ÉtatsUnis #Chine #UAW #DonaldTrump
États-unis : Le syndicalisme a...
#Falsehoods and #Inconsistencies:
#UAW Files Unfair #Labor Practice Charges Against #GE #Aerospace for Failing to Bargain in Good Faith
Sign this petition to #KennedyCenter “management” to demand:
All three members of the Dance Programming Team be immediately reinstated to their jobs with full backpay.
The Kennedy Center immediately recognize the Kennedy Center United Arts Workers union, exactly as the bargaining unit was submitted to the NLRB in their petition for an election.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/reinstate-kc-union-workers?source=direct_link
#dance #union #unionize #WorkersUnite #NLRB #UAW #UnionBusting #FuckTrump #FuckFascism #SupportTheArts
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