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The second session for 2025 of the Harry Bridges School of Labor was on organizing black workers in the formation of Industrial Unions. In this session, we:

-Review the history of Black workers in America leading up to the organizing drives for industrial unions.

-Look at organizing during the Great Depression, including the Unemployed Councils.

-Highlight the organizing drive of tobacco workers at RJ Reynolds in Winston-Salem, NC with the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers (FTA) Local 22.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:15 Section 1: Historical Background of Black Workers in America and an Overview of Organizing Black Workers in Meat Packing and Sleeping Car Porters.
12:40 Q&A 1
14:10 Section 2: Industrial Organizing and the Great Depression
26:50 Q&A 2
39:25 Section 3: Organizing the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Local 22
51:20 Q&A 3
53:30 Conclusion

Organizing Black Workers During the Formation of Industrial Unions

The first session for 2025 of the Harry Bridges School of Labor covers the Plumb Plan, which proposed public ownership of the railroads after World War I. To follow up on our class on The Case For Public Rail, we will look at the history of public rail in the United States. We will discuss the conditions in the railroads in the early 1900s and the nationalization during World War I, as well as the Plumb Plan and its evolution into an attempt at Independent Political Action in the labor movement.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:15 Section 1 - Working Conditions on the Railroads
23:00 Q&A 1
27:10 Section 2 - The Plumb Plan
36:30 Q&A 2
41:20 Section 3 - Plumb Plan and Independent Political Action
52:05 Q&A 3 and Conclusion
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The Harry Bridges School of Labor aims to educate the workers of America on the strength of unions and to foster a class-conscious workforce through Labor United Educational League. We aim to connect the struggles of the past with the struggles of today to empower the labor movement to transform from their present hopeless defensive fight into an aggressive attack upon Capital. We plan to empower workers with knowledge regardless of industry or type of work, bringing all workers to a class-oriented trade union movement.

To learn more, visit https://luel.us/ .

The Plumb Plan - A Historical Proposal for Public Ownership of the Railroads

The twelfth session for 2024 of the Harry Bridges School of Labor was given on The Case for Public Rail. We were joined by Adam, the National Organizer for the Public Rail Now Campaign. The Public Rail Now campaign was launched by Railroad Workers United (RWU) to nationalize the railroads after RWU passed a resolution in October 2022 supporting public ownership of railroads.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Section 1 - History, the American Railway Union, Nationalization during WWI and the Plumb Plan
11:40 Q&A 1
16:00 Section 2 - Railroad Workers United, The State of the US Rail System
24:25 Q&A 2
31:25 Section 3 - The Public Rail Now Campaign
41:30 Q&A 3
53:20 Conclusion
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The Harry Bridges School of Labor aims to educate the workers of America on the strength of unions and to foster a class-conscious workforce through Labor United Educational League. We aim to connect the struggles of the past with the struggles of today to empower the labor movement to transform from their present hopeless defensive fight into an aggressive attack upon Capital. We plan to empower workers with knowledge regardless of industry or type of work, bringing all workers to a class-oriented trade union movement.

To learn more, visit https://luel.us/ .

The Case for Public Rail, ft. National Organizer of the Public Rail Now Campaign

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Tonight LUEL presents Labor and the Anti-Monopoly Coalition" at the Harry Bridges School of Labor. Join us at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT.

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