From portside.org
America’s Brutal Capitalist Class Tamed Its Labor Movement
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Compared to their counterparts around the world, US trade unions have historically been reluctant to undertake broad programmatic and transformative agendas. The division emerged most clearly in the early twentieth century: In France, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) embraced a...
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18h ago
From overland.org.au
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Together as a group, the workers joined the Union and pulled the trigger on negotiations. What followed was a beautiful demonstration of trust and courage in motion. Every time the managers threw a crumb at the workers, the delegates looked to the MUA officials. Every time, the officials said...
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22h ago