The United Auto Workers union is kicking serious ass. All unions should look at what is working for them and what has not. If they are winning for their people, labor needs to do big things that will change the lives of their members for the long term, such as child care and a labor school, where members and families can learn how to make their lives better, and how to run strikes, work stoppages, electing labor people to local, state and federal government offices.
We are in a fight for our existence and all union members must embrace Sun Tzu's, "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
We need a trained Army. This way we can get the court system back to where they support the laws fairly when lawsuits involve labor and our families instead of the GOP corporations. The 1 percent have the money and at this time, the government, but we can change the government and we can stop making them more money by making them pay their taxes at a reasonable rate reflective of their wealth and make them pay their employees more.
UAW’s Shawn Fain has set May Day 2028 as the day that could transform labor and the world most. UAW contracts expire at midnight on April 30, 2028. This is what all labor contracts should aspire to. This is real labor power for without workers, the world comes to a stop.
All labor leaders should read a fictional story about the power of workers called, “The Iron Heel” by Jack London. The story outlines what could and has happened while also explaining how to prepare for a long strike.
In 2026 unions worldwide must educate and expand their memberships or face certain death. We need to educate our workers to understand that the republican party does not care about, does not deserve their support or votes and only cares about the billionaires. The GOP is their enemy and not their friends. The GOP and billionaires are the workers’ enemy. They want the workers’ sweat and blood for as cheap as they can get it. These greedy people and their insatiable appetite for more leaving us with much less will not stop until we’re forced to work for scraps and fighting each other for the pittance. They will not invite you to golf with them or go hunting or to dinner with them. In fact, they are always in pursuit of ways to destroy our unions and the way of life we’ve obtain by being union. One way they are doing this is to use the court system, especially the lop-sided Supreme Court, to take away our union rights and to get more states to vote for The Right to Work, which leaves work...
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