French dock workers at a southern port are blocking the shipment of military material bound for Israel in protest at Israeli actions against Palestinians in Gaza, their union said.The stevedores at the port in Fos-sur-Mer outside Marseille have refused to load crates of links used to assist the rapid fire of bullets aboard the cargo vessel, the CGT trade union said.
Disagree. UAW’s high profile cases are a good example of effectively run established old-style unions getting big wins, and unionization is occurring at high rates compared to the historical mean of the past fifty years worldwide, even in the face of total hostility from government and the owner class.
Many unions are currently in a place where they need to hand over the reigns from an older generation that got way too comfortable with cost of living adjustments and cosy relationships with management to a new generation who have been directly blocked from power most of their working lives by that older generation.
The UAW that supports Trump’s auto tariffs? In spite of the fact they used to represent Canadian auto workers just accross the border as well? That’s not solidarity.
And, MAGA unions are growing in number as of last I checked. Like, sure, labour has been more active recently, and I’ve heard that it’s to be expected when you have higher inflation, but are we sure this is the democracy-loving all-accepting faction from the past, and not just chuds in hardhats?
The RMTU in Britain has also been phenomenonal. Their leaders are natural public speakers and could easily shut down criticisms and biases from the media trying to grill them and their strikes.
Disagree. UAW’s high profile cases are a good example of effectively run established old-style unions getting big wins, and unionization is occurring at high rates compared to the historical mean of the past fifty years worldwide, even in the face of total hostility from government and the owner class.
Many unions are currently in a place where they need to hand over the reigns from an older generation that got way too comfortable with cost of living adjustments and cosy relationships with management to a new generation who have been directly blocked from power most of their working lives by that older generation.
Things are going to get much spicier, just watch.
The UAW that supports Trump’s auto tariffs? In spite of the fact they used to represent Canadian auto workers just accross the border as well? That’s not solidarity.
And, MAGA unions are growing in number as of last I checked. Like, sure, labour has been more active recently, and I’ve heard that it’s to be expected when you have higher inflation, but are we sure this is the democracy-loving all-accepting faction from the past, and not just chuds in hardhats?
The RMTU in Britain has also been phenomenonal. Their leaders are natural public speakers and could easily shut down criticisms and biases from the media trying to grill them and their strikes.