Huge victory for UAW in first union auto shop in South. As Ted Fertik said Southern states 'are the most militantly anti-union and will fight any beachheads of the UAW or other industrial unions with every tool at their disposal' jacobin.com/2023/09/bideno… twitter.com/NickKnudsenUS/…

HISTORIC news out of Tennessee for Volkswagen auto plant workers and UAW. Union organizing is ALIVE in the south - and this is just the beginning.
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BREAKING: Over 4,000 Volkswagen workers in Tennessee just joined the UAW in a landslide.

They’re the first American workers to win a union at a non-union car company in decades.

This historic victory will change the auto industry, and the future of American labor.

The great cwabobmaster up with a wonderful new essay about the path forward for labor. convergencemag.com/articles/milit…

Lots of big news on the industrial policy / trade front over the last 24 hours, including big speeches from John Podesta and President Biden.

Thread with a few highlights...

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Workers at ⁦Mercedes-Benz⁩: “We’re going to end the Alabama discount.” prospect.org/labor/2024-04-…

NEW🚨After almost a year of preparations, we are happy to launch our European Clean Tech Tracker. This aims to provide a clear, timely and policy-relevant overview of the key clean tech innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends. Highlights in🧵👇
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Ted Fertik Adam Tooze Obama never forgets to take credit for world-historic fracking boom. twitter.com/70sBachchan/st…

This chart represents one of the most important, least commonly known facts in all of world politics.
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We are VW. We are UAW.

And we are voting YES for our union!

#StandUpVW

It sure would suck if a systemically significant price were being unnecessarily inflated, whether by the obscene pay-as-clear marginal pricing system, or by an insistence by policymakers on the private sector's structurally higher cost of capital.

We must protect our democracy from right wing extremists. There is no room in the Democratic party and our democratic primaries for Trump's Republican mega donors and those sympathizing with Jan 6 insurrectionists.

We must take a stand and firmly say we #RejectAIPAC .

Quite possibly the best economic news of the entire pandemic/post-pandemic episode Matthew C. Klein

Last year I was proud to deliver the Working Families Party 🐺 #WFPSOTU address. This year, I'm passing the torch to new Councilmember Nicolas O'Rourke 🐺, who just made history shutting out the Republican Party from at-large City Council seats in Philly.

Sign up here: wfpus.org/sotu2024

Biden is planning to go hard on taxing corporations and the rich in SOTU tonight. He absolutely should. 4 reasons why. 1. Draw a contrast with Trump/Republicans. They say they are going to do a lot of things if they get elected. They always do one. Giant tax cuts. 1/4

Today is Super Tuesday. In our latest forum Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson scrutinize the Democrats' new electoral base—and what it means for the party's prospects and priorities. With Lily Geismer Heather Gautney Dorian Warren Ted Fertik Bryce Covert & more:
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Albert Pinto Ted Fertik Boston Review Cool article! I'd just add: states only perceive something as a crisis when they're under pressure. The pressure of passing legislation through the most progressive Dem caucus we've ever had + inside/outside strategy by GND movement made Biden rule to the Left of his own campaign

Huge thanks to Cori Bush for having #Teamsters backs and reminding Anheuser-Busch how crucial job security and retirement benefits are to workers in St. Louis and around the nation 👊

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Really glad Albert Pinto and I were able to participate in this outstanding forum! Thanks to Jacob Hacker & Pierson for their provocative piece and to Boston Review for organizing it.