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LUEL Solidarity Statement with Amazon Labor Union

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Labor United Educational League (LUEL) stands in solidarity with Amazon Labor Union (ALU) against the attempts by ultra-leftists to destabilize the union. Attempts to circumvent ALU’s Constitution and force an

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Supreme Court Ruling Erodes The Right to Strike!

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On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a decision setting strong precedent for corporations to sue unions over expired building materials, spoiled products and other costs incurred in the

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LUEL Greetings to the 42nd National Conference of the All India Trade Union Congress

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Dear Comrades, Labor United Educational League (LUEL) sends its greetings to the 42nd National Conference of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) happening on December 16th-20th in Alappuzha, Kerala.

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LUEL on the Rail Strike Interference, “Biden, Congress back off!”

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President Biden’s call for congressional action to forcibly legislate a contract that railroad workers have refused to accept is an affront to the workers who have made their demands clear.

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LUEL Heartland Chapter Statement of Solidarity with Minnesota Nurses Association

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After another round of failed contract negotiations, the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) will vote whether to go on strike again on November 30th.  Since the last walkout, two more hospitals

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LUEL Statement of Solidarity with US Railroad Workers

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On November 21, the last of twelve railroad unions finished voting on whether or not to ratify the tentative contract agreement presented by Joe Biden’s Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) and the

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LUEL Solidarity Statement with PAME on the National General Strike in Greece

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ALL in the struggle! All in the GENERAL STRIKE on November 9! The people of Greece are being throttled by high prices of food, cuts in pension, job shortages and

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LUEL Solidarity Statement with Railroad Workers United (RWU)

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The railroad workers of America have taken enough abuse at the hands of the railroad carriers. Democratic decisions made by the workers must be adhered to as the tentative agreement

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LUEL Solidarity Statement with the Workers of Haiti

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If the previous era was one of the advance of US imperialism, the current era is one of a growth of resistance to the yoke of a now dying US

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LUEL Statement on Amazon’s Cowardly Attack on Workers

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After an unprecedented sit-down strike at JFK8 facility in Staten Island protesting deplorable working conditions, Amazon has suspended the workers who led the action for workplace safety. These suspensions come

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The third session for 2025 of the Harry Bridges School of Labor was on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Section 1: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and Aftermath
13:40 Q&A 1
16:10 Section 2: The Legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
24:45 Video - Remembering Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
30:20 Q&A 2
33:10 Section 3: Similar Incidents Happening Today
46:30 Q&A 3
51:00 Video - Commemoration
57:00 Conclusion
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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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14 Feb

"You Can Smell a Hot Box" --Our first podcast dropped. Listen in to Adam and Nick chat about life on the railroad.

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Public Rail Now has a podcast!
Our first episode features @railroadworkers General Secretary and SMART-TD member Nick Wurst, and covers topics including the East Palestine derailment, PSR, regulatory capture, and more.

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publicrailnow PublicRailNow @publicrailnow ·
13 Feb

Here we go again.
This is what a rail system owned by robber barons gets us.
We need PUBLIC RAIL NOW.

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publicrailnow PublicRailNow @publicrailnow ·
12 Feb

Occidental Petroleum, the company that manufactured the toxic chemicals that were released in East Palestine, was the largest corporate donor in the 2022 election cycle to the PAC that spent $32 million to get @JDVance elected.

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