Jeremy Brecher's history of the 1934 strike of dock workers and the San Francisco general strike it sparked, against casual hiring methods on the docks, which was bitterly opposed by employers, the state and the unions.
Article examining the role of unions in the exploitation of workers, focussing in particular on the US car manufacturing industry from the 1930s to 1970s.
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At a recent talk at the book store Politics & Prose, leftist Mother Jones journalist David Corn made the claim that conservatives have embraced radicalism in a way that liberals have not. “There’s no example that you can give me,” Corn announced, “of a high-ranking Democrat a president, presidential candidate, a national Democratic leader who embraces something like the Tea Party: a conspiratorial, paranoid, racist-driven force. It just doesn’t exist.”
The record of the ILWU, both before and after the July 1, 2022 expiration of the dockworkers contract, has demonstrated that the only unity it has displayed is with the PMA and the government.