What the growing class struggle in the US reveals about the pseudo-left
Both in the United States and in other countries, workers are engaging in an upsurge of strikes and militant struggles, seeking to reverse decades of worsening living standards and working conditions. As has often been the case, the development of the class struggle is shedding light on fundamental aspects of contemporary social and political life, putting to the test political programs and tendencies.
Striking Volvo Truck workers (Source: UAW Local 2069/Facebook)
Shortly after midnight on Monday, nearly 600 Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kansas, walked out in the first strike at the facility since at least the early 1970s, when the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers union (BCTGM) initially established a presence at the plant. Last week, workers at the snack food giant overwhelmingly rejected a fourth contract proposal this year, defying the BCTGM’s efforts to pass a deal that failed to
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Volvo Truck workers last month [Source: UAW 2069]
With the strike by nearly 3,000 Volvo Trucks workers in Dublin, Virginia entering its fifth week, opposition is growing to the tentative agreement for a new six-year labor contract being pushed by the United Auto Workers. The new deal, which includes wage increases far below the rate of inflation and increases out-of-pocket healthcare costs for current and retired workers, is little more than a rehash of the two previous UAW-backed proposals, which workers rejected by a 9-to-1 margin in May and June.
GM says it supports unionizing workers at new battery plants
Robert Besser
03 Jul 2021, 12:04 GMT+10
A high-ranking official of General Motors Company voiced support for the United Auto Workers efforts to organize EV battery factories in the United States
Gerald Johnson, the company s executive VP, said the decision for workers to join the union is up to the workforce
During a trip to Dearborn last month, President Joe Biden called on automobile manufacturers to work more closely with the United Auto Workers
DETROIT, Michigan: A high-ranking official of General Motors Company voiced support for the United Auto Workers (UAW s) efforts to organize EV battery factories in the United States.
General Motors supports UAW at battery factories: auto official
03 Jul 2021, 12:04 GMT+10
DETROIT, Michigan: A high-ranking official of General Motors Company voiced support for the United Auto Workers (UAW s) efforts to organize EV battery factories in the United States. We are supportive of the UAW, we are partners with the UAW. We believe there has been good that has come out of that partnership, and that good is transferrable to other operations, Gerald Johnson, the company s executive VP, remarked while giving a brief to reporters.
Johnson said the decision for workers to join the union is up to the workforce.
Johnson added that the United Auto Workers could make their case without interruption and with complete neutrality from the automotive manufacturer.