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The UAW’s fight to unionize autoworkers represents a larger struggle against the state’s corporate power structure.

The DSA has been an integral component of the Democrats’ attempted rehabilitation of the UAW apparatus, while other pseudo-left organizations are coming forward as an additional line of defense.

Autoworkers have launched a Stand Up Strike to do more their improve their working conditions. They say they’re fighting for the entire working class.

In Wake of Amazon Union Vote, Progressives Urge Action on Filibuster and PRO Act People hold pro-union signs during a rally at the Amazon Spheres and headquarters in solidarity with Amazon workers hoping to unionize in Bessemer, Alabama, in Seattle, Washington, on March 26, 2021. JASON REDMOND / AFP via Getty Images By Amazon’s victory over an against-the-odds unionization effort at its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama is intensifying pressure on Senate Democrats to swiftly eliminate the 60-vote legislative filibuster and pass the PRO Act, a proposed revamp of employer-friendly U.S. labor la...

Energy was high, and the night air was cold, so people were dancing. The music switched between Anuel AA and Pop Smoke, while Teamsters wearing thick layers—hats, gloves, masks—chanted in call and response. “Just got one question for you: What do you want?” one of the workers at the mic asked. “Yo, what do you want?” I thought someone said, “Bad Bunny,” but it was:  More money.   In the first major work stoppage of 2021, more than 1,400 warehouse workers and drivers represented by Teamsters Local 202 are on strike at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx. The strik...