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Rank-and-file committees must form the basis for teachers to link up with the growing movement against war, and with other educators facing massive cuts to school budgets.
The recent tour of the US by officials of the CSP-Conlutas union federation served to integrate it into support for the emerging US war against Russia and China.
“The UAW has allocated $40 million for organizing and is looking to organize other plants in the South as well. The union must become larger and stronger if it is to confront the industry as it makes the transition to electric vehicles. The union has organizing drives under way at a Hyundai plant in Montgomery, Alabama and Toyota Motor in Troy, Missouri.”
Any historical appraisal of Bridges, the most notable Stalinist labor official in US history, raises important historical questions for workers today.
The UAW unionization drive has received the blessings of the Biden administration, which is seeking to use the unions to control and stifle social opposition to war and austerity.