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Socialists Argue About Labor Unions Under the influence of changing public opinion they permitted labor unions to prevent anybody from defying union orders concerning wage rates and other working conditions
The Real History of Unions: Violent Communist Agitation Violent communist agitation was a large part of early unionization in America, but union officials don’t claim ignorance of unions’ historical ties to communism In 2011, Andy Stern, former president of the Services Employees International Union (SEIU), admitted that unions have Marxist roots
Why Unions Are Good — But Not Good Enough - Jacobin For socialists, unions are paradoxical organizations On the one hand, unions are essential for creating a workers' organization that can oppose capital and challenge it for power But they are also an insufficient vehicle for mobilizing those workers to transform the world
Unions and the Road to Socialism – Against the Current There were two steps in Marx’s linking unions and socialism (1) But neither suggests that union membership or activity would make socialists The first step is that, through unions, workers improve their chances of protection from their employers’ demands They do this by actions taken together and for the good of all their members
Socialists in the Trade Unions - Socialist Workers League Revolutionary socialist organizations involvement in unions is crucial to building workplace union organization with radical views and vibrant actvism Quoting the author, the book ‘socialist in the trade union’ is a book that explains how rank and file workers can use the power of unions
Marxism, unions, and class struggle | International Socialist Review Marxist theory provides a starting point, but only a starting point, for socialists in unions today There is no formula for applying the Marxist method in individual unions at specific points in the class struggle that lie ahead
Solved: Skipped Unions had a problem with socialists trying to make the . . . Explanation Unions had a problem with socialists trying to make the unions socialist clubs The other problem unions had was that they had no legal protection This lack of legal protection made it difficult for unions to operate freely and protect the rights of their members
Socialist Leaders Won’t Save Unions - Organizing. work Socialist Leaders Won’t Save Unions Marianne Garneau interviews Nick Driedger about the “rank-and-file strategy ” In a recent piece for Jacobin, Barry Eidlin makes the case for socialist leadership of labor unions Eidlin notes that when unions were run by socialists, they were more militant
Unions Fighting Back and the Need for Socialism Union density in the U S has declined since 1954 At that time, the combination of the Taft-Hartley Act, McCarthyism, and labor leaders supporting the Democratic Party severely weakened unions Cutting the link between socialist ideas and the labor movement was a crucial reason for the decline of union membership and power