Trumka embodied the reactionary instincts of a corrupt and privileged labor bureaucracy, steeped in anti-communism and nationalism, that long ago separated the unions from any connection to the defense of workers.
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The UMWA bureaucracy’s supporters in the Democratic Socialists of America are blaming workers for the assault in order to weaken the strike and force through the demands of the coal operators.