The CIO (1935-1955) - Robert H. Zieger
Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 14 2015 02:30
A comprehensive, if institutional, history of the CIO, an American federation of industrial unions that organized many of the mass industries in the United States during the 1930s-1950s.
How the UAW grew - Daniel Nelson
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 7 2015 06:32
A paper by Daniel Nelson on the growth of the United Automobile Workers.
Discussion: anarchist shop experiences - Mike Harris
An article discussing the personal experiences of anarchist organising on-the-job in the New York area in the early 1980s.
Review: Chris Rhomberg, The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor (2012)
A critical review of Chris Rhomberg's The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor.
"A rank and file union built by the rank and file”: Toledo, progressives, and the rise of the UAW 1933-1937 - Adam Lax
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 26 2014 03:41
A paper on the union movement in Toledo, Ohio in the 1930s.
When the union's the enemy: an interview with Cleo Silvers
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 23 2014 09:16
Cleo Silvers, a former organizer with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, discusses racism in the labor movement with Andrew Elrod.
The Mechanics Educational Society of America and World War II
Submitted by Pennoid on Apr 20 2014 22:54
A brief introduction to the MESA and their experiences in WWII.
Better late than never - Needle Trades Action Workers Committee
Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 18 2014 14:46
This is a 1981 shop leaflet from the Needle Trades Workers Action Committee, a rank and file group within UAW district 65 textile shops.
The great Flint sit-down strike against GM 1936-37 - Walter Linder
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 16 2014 15:40
A history of the Flint sit-in strike by Walter Linder, slightly abridged by Solidarity and published as Solidarity pamphlet 31 on 1 November, 1969. Walter Linder was a member of the Maoist Progressive Labor Party, whose politics are rejected by both Solidarity and libcom.org, however Solidarity published the pamphlet due to the wealth and value of the factual historical information.
Solidarity motor bulletin #02: UAW scab union
Issue of Solidarity's car industry bulletin from March 22, 1974, looking at the behaviour of the US auto workers' industrial union the UAW and how it was sabotaging and scabbing on struggles of its members at the time.
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