#Trump and the #UAW both have the power to shut down the whole American auto industry, to the extent there is an American auto industry, in actual fact it is an integrated North American auto industry.
#UAW
The legitimacy of #UAW (founded 1935) was secured in 1937 on #ThisDayInHistory, when 48,000 #union workers at #GeneralMotors won their 44-day sit-down #strike. The #FlintSitDownStrike changed the balance of power in the American automobile industry, leading to its unionization.
Today in Labor History February 11, 1937: General Motors recognized the United Auto Workers (UAW) following a 44-day sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan, involving 48,000 GM workers. Two months later, company guards beat up UAW leaders at the River Rouge, Michigan plant. On January 11, police armed with guns and tear gas tried to storm the plant. Strikers repeatedly repelled them by throwing hinges, bottles and bolts at them. Fourteen strikers were injured by police gunfire during the strike.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #flint #SitDownStrike #gm #uaw #policebrutality #teargas
‘That’s a union brother who spoke up. He put his constitutional rights to work. He put his union rights to work.’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tj-sabula-trump-heckler
"That's a union brother who spoke up," the UAW’s Sean Fain added. "He put his constitutional rights to work. He put his union rights to work."
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NOW PLAYING == The Jacobin Show 2/6/26: #UAW breaks through in the South as #Minneapolis pushes #ICE back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l2UUtphC5U
#workers #unions #labor #news #commentary #leftist #revolution #left #Jacobin #socialist #anticapitalist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
Save the Date: 2026 Progress Banquet
On Saturday, June 6, 2026, the Maury County Democratic Party and the UAW Local 1853 CAP Committee will host the 2026 Progress Banquet. This is our annual fundraiser dinner.
More information, including ticket prices, ad rates, etc., will be announced soon.
https://www.maurydems.org/event/save-the-date-2026-progress-banquet/
#2026 #CAP #fundraiser #HeritageDinner #ProgressBanquet #uaw
We were bringing manufacturing back the Murica...maybe ...not so much. And the money trail goes exactly where you think it does.
Today in Labor History January 27, 1969: A group of African-American auto workers in Detroit led a wildcat strike against racism and poor working conditions. Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) began on July 8, 1968, when a group of Black autoworkers led a wildcat strike that partially shut down Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge Main plant in Hamtramck, Michigan. The movement sprang from a deep mistrust of the existing United Automobile Workers (UAW) union, and a strong anti-imperialist sensibility. DRUM was committed to building a revolutionary movement capable of challenging capitalist exploitation, union complacency, imperialism, and state violence. By 1969, the Revolutionary Union Movement had developed into the communist League of Revolutionary Black Workers.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #union #wildcat #racism #revolutionary #uaw #detroit #drum #imperialism #communism #BlackMastodon
Today in Labor History January 22, 1969: African American workers at the Eldon Chrysler plant in Detroit marched on the autoworkers' union with a list of grievances during the ELRUM strike. A few days later, on January 27, they began a wildcat strike at the Eldon plant, which was highly segregated. At the time, 65% of Eldon employees were black. ELRUM, or the Eldon Revolutionary Union Movement, was part of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW). Both groups emerged from DRUM (the Dodge Revolutionary Movement), which formed in May, 1968, in response to the racism and disregard by the United Autoworkers toward black workers. DRUM launched a wildcat strike on July 8, 1968. LRBW were mostly communists. They opposed capitalist exploitation, union complacency, imperialism, state violence, and the collusion of the AFL-CIO with the FBI and CIA.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #autoworkers #uaw #drum #elrum #lrbw #racism #fbi #cia #revolutionary #wildcat #union #strike #leagueofrevolutionaryblackworkers #segregation
National Progressives Side With Mamdani in House Race Splitting #NYC Left
Justice Democrats is endorsing Claire Valdez, a socialist with the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and UAW President Shawn Fain.
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/14/claire-valdez-antonio-reynoso-zohran-mamdani-nyc/
from #TheIntercept
Akela Lacy
January 14 2026, 6:00 a.m.
#JusticeDemocrats is wading into a high-profile congressional race in #NewYorkCity, where a competition between the progressive Brooklyn borough president and a #socialist first-term State Assembly member is testing competing visions for the future of the electoral left under Mayor #ZohranMamdani.
The group is endorsing #ClaireValdez, a State Assembly member from Queens and member of the #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica, to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in #NewYork’s 7th CD. Valdez launched her campaign last week alongside #Mamdani and #UAW President #ShawnFain, two of her highest-profile backers...
US Senator Says America ‘Got Absolutely Rolled’ in Canada-China EV Deal
I'm thinking how nicely the Ford worker Sabula could have prolonged the confrontation by responding to Trump's "f*** you" with "You don't want to f*** me. I'm too old for you!"
#TrumpAndEpstein #Sabula #Ford #UAW
I feel very strongly that a general strike is key.” A Dearborn Truck Ford worker with 11 years at the plant described Trump's behavior and the ...
Ford workers at the Rouge Complex are speaking out in defense of Thomas “TJ” Sabula, who was suspended without pay after denouncing Trump during the president’s visit to the plant.#Ford #Sabula #UAW #Trump #pedophile
“People in the plant are ready to fight”: Ford Rouge workers speak out in defense of co-worker victimized for opposing Trump
#Canadian political analyst @daviddoel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
is discussing what led to an autoworker heckling Trump, Trump giving that #Ford autoworker the finger, the reaction from the #UAW, and the OUTPOURING of donations he's now receiving on #GoFundMe.
🇨🇦 🇺🇸 #Cdnpoli #USpoli
youtu.be/Gen1NxHoigY?...
Suspended Ford Worker Receives...
#Ford worker suspended after intense exchange with President #Trump
https://eu.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2026/01/13/ford-worker-suspended-after-exchange-with-trump/88169275007/
A Ford employee and #UAW member has been suspended after a verbal exchange with President Donald Trump during the president's visit to Ford Motor's Dearborn Truck Plant on Jan. 13. In the incident the president is reported to have made an obscene gesture in return to the worker.
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