A powerful strike movement has begun to emerge in the US and internationally in recent weeks, involving tens of thousands of workers across different industries, coming into headlong conflict with the union apparatuses.
  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I really disagree with WSWS’s line on class collaborationist unions.

    Are American unions weak and pathetic? Yes. Are they pro-capitalist and pro-corporate? Yes. Is the solution to start up a splitter movement and fracture labor even further? lol no wtf why would that help at all why do trots always fucking do this?

    We need to retake the unions for the working class, not abandon them. That’s a serious waste of preexisting infrastructure and legacy.

    • Sunforged@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Rebuilding is not abandonment, nor is it a one glove fits all approach. In fact despite your interpretation of the article, the organizers I know are both building militant committees within existing unions (what this article was calling for) and also trying to build new unions free from corporate interests in industries that currently lack a union.

      People love to rail against Trots but it’s been the most effective approach in the imperial core with results to show for their efforts. Love that you felt it necessary to throw in that sectarianism instead of just sticking to criticism of the article.