'Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., passed a historic vote to join the United Auto Workers on Friday, becoming the first Southern auto factory to approve a union with an election since the 1940s.'

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'The UAW said Friday night that it made history with its biggest organizing win in decades when workers at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant in Tennessee voted to join the union.'

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You are never going to be ready. The conditions are never going to be perfect. The math might not be there. Do it anyway.

Have faith in workers. Trust workers to lead. Give workers the tools they need and get out of the way. UAW

'They said Southern workers aren't ready for it. They said non-union autoworkers didn't have it in them. But you all said, 'Watch this!'' UAW president Shawn Fain said. commondreams.org/news/tennessee…

Volkswagen workers just made history!

#StandUpUAW

HUGE congratulations to the auto workers at the Chattanooga VW plant on a hard-won, long-time-coming union drive. What a margin! Welcome to the UAW!! #StandUpUAW

Is is amazing how the protesters are always right 50 years ago and always wrong today

'These companies are more profitable than the Big Three ever dreamed of being, and the workers are paid even less.' — Shawn Fain via John Nichols The Nation

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This is absolutely true. Thank you Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. for your powerful moral voice.

How does Columbia University administration think their draconian approach is going to serve them? I mean, obviously powerful people are pressuring them to do this, but I don't think they're really thinking through how this plays out — in raw political terms, balance of forces, etc.

This song has popping into my head a lot lately for some reason open.spotify.com/track/6ur5Pnp8…

180 days ago: “How is it that we are serving in a body where there are members who condemn us for asking for peace, for ceasefire?” Ilhan Omar

What is going on here Barnard College Columbia University?

How does a student with no disciplinary record suddenly get to a suspension less than 24 hours after a nonviolent protest?

What merits asymmetric crackdowns on Palestinian human rights protests?

'Labor experts say if the UAW wins at VW Chattanooga, it will be a historic and hard-won victory, after repeated failures over the past decade to organize foreign automaker plants in the South.'

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The Pennsylvania primaries are just five days away. On April 23rd, Lancaster Stands Up urges you to write-in “Uncommitted” for President on your ballot if voting in the Democratic primary.

Columbia Professor Rebecca Jordan-Young: 'The faculty who are supporting the students do not all agree on the issue of Israel and Palestine...[but] we are astonished and disgusted with the way the university has cracked down on the students.'

Paranoia on U.S. campuses is palpable, as the uproar over Gaza morphs into a relentless assault on free speech - protest bans, arcane rules, harsh punishments. A protest culture born 60 years ago has unraveled

My report from the front lines (gift link) inquirer.com/opinion/colleg…

“Victories at both Volkswagen and Mercedes would be nothing less than an earthquake. This would be the biggest breakthrough in private-sector organizing in decades.” theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…