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National Progressives Side With Mamdani in House Race Splitting #NYC Left

Justice Democrats is endorsing Claire Valdez, a socialist with the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and UAW President Shawn Fain.

https://theintercept.com/2026/01/14/claire-valdez-antonio-reynoso-zohran-mamdani-nyc/

from #TheIntercept
Akela Lacy
January 14 2026, 6:00 a.m.

#JusticeDemocrats is wading into a high-profile congressional race in #NewYorkCity, where a competition between the progressive Brooklyn borough president and a #socialist first-term State Assembly member is testing competing visions for the future of the electoral left under Mayor #ZohranMamdani.

The group is endorsing #ClaireValdez, a State Assembly member from Queens and member of the #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica, to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in #NewYork’s 7th CD. Valdez launched her campaign last week alongside #Mamdani and #UAW President #ShawnFain, two of her highest-profile backers...

#news #politics #DemocraticParty #election #USpol #DSA

Sanders Introduces “Pensions for All Act” to Ensure Workers Can Retire

Only 9 percent of Americans have pensions today, compared to 44 percent in 1975.

https://murica.website/2025/07/sanders-introduces-pensions-for-all-act-to-ensure-workers-can-retire/

from # FastCompany
What labor unions are saying about #Trump's win

All of these unions endorsed #Harris. In the wake of Trump’s victory last night, here’s what they’re saying about how they’ll move forward.

BY AJ Hess
November 6, 2024

https://www.fastcompany.com/91223848/what-the-uaw-the-seiu-and-other-major-labor-unions-make-of-trumps-win

#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #USA #US #USPolitics #USElections #KamalaHarris #Trump
#SEIU #CWA #LaborUnions
#UAW #UnitedAutoWorkers #ShawnFain
#press #news #media

#UAW #Chief #Slams #Trump as “#JobKillerInChief” Ahead of his #Michigan #Visit

"#KamalaHarris has #stood with #labor," said #ShawnFain. "She's #walkedthewalk. #DonaldTrump #serves only #himself. He's always served himself."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/shawn-fain-trump

from #CommonDreams
After Historic #Union Vote, #Chattanooga #VW Workers Rally for 'Record Contract'

"You're the backbone of this plant, you're the backbone of this company, and you deserve your fair share of the wealth that you create," #UAW President #ShawnFain told workers.

Olivia Rosane
Sep 15, 2024

https://www.commondreams.org/news/volkswagen-uaw-first-contract

#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #USA #US #USPolitics #news #press #politics
#UnitedAutoWorkers #Volkswagen

from #CommonDreams
Major #Union Backing #Harris-#Walz Joins Call for #Palestinian American to Speak at #DNC

"If we want peace, if we want real democracy, and if we want to win this election," the #UAW said, "the #DemocraticParty must allow a Palestinian American speaker to be heard from the DNC stage tonight."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/dnc-palestine-protest

#Uncommitted #UnitedAutoWorkers
#ShawnFain
#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics #USElection #KamalaHarris
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

These forces are a million miles away from and deeply hostile to the working class.

In #DNC speech, #UAW President Fain covers up role of Democrats and union bureaucrats in mass layoffs - World Socialist Web Site

#DNC24 #DNC2024 #ShawnFain

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/21/auto-a21.html

#DemocracyNow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4iD8GjVvfE '#DonaldTrump is a Scab' #UAW #ShawnFain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMaVaymjoIQ #Chicago is a labour town

#Election2024

‘Trump is a scab,’ UAW leader Shawn Fain tells Democratic National Convention
https://www.mlive.com/politics/2024/08/trump-is-a-scab-uaw-leader-shawn-fain-tells-democratic-national-convention.html

#UnionStrong #ShawnFain #UAW #GOPWeirdos #TrumpMustLose2024 #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #FuckFascists #VoteBlue #USPol

#ShawnFain in #UAW statement on NLRB complaint against Trump and M*sk: “Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, who is contributing $45 million a month to a Super PAC to get him elected. Both Trump and Musk want working class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly. It’s disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns.”

https://uaw.org/uaw-files-federal-labor-charges-against-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-for-attempting-to-intimidate-and-threaten-workers/

Under #ShawnFain's leadership, the #UAW does not f*** around, and I love it. https://www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-charges-trump-musk?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=bca079007e-News+Alert%3A+Israel+Bombs+Beirut_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4da0978648-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Whoops, Trump And Elon Musk's Xwitter Convo Didn't Go Over Well With The United Auto Workers
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a61868095/elon-musk-trump-union-bust/

#ElonPutz #DonaldTrump #UAW #UnionBusting #ShawnFain #LaborStrong #VoteBlue #SellTSLA

“When we say #DonaldTrump is a #scab, this is what we mean. When we say #Trump stands against everything our #union stands for, this is what we mean,” said #UAW President #ShawnFain.

Under #federalLaw, workers cannot be fired for going on #strike. Threatening to do so is illegal under the #NationalLaborRelationsAct.

#laborViolations #TrumpIsAScab #MuskIsAScab #MuskIsADick #FuckElonMusk #ElonIsATwat #VoteBlue #VoteBlue2024 #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy

https://newrepublic.com/post/184821/trump-elon-musk-payback-threatening-striking-workers-uaw

#ShawnFain, in copies of the complaints obtained by The Detroit News, is listed as the party filing charge on each of the #UAW's 2 new filings to the National Labor Relations Board #NLRB, a #federal agency meant to serve as a referee in #union elections & #labor disputes.

#Trump #Musk #law #LaborLaw
#VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

…The #UAW's international executive board on July 31 endorsed MVP #KamalaHarris. Since then, UAW President #ShawnFain has stepped up his familiar role as a top booster for the Democratic ticket & a Trump opponent.
"When we say Donald Trump is a #scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump stands against everything our #union stands for, this is what we mean," Fain said.

#law #LaborLaw
#VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

Meanwhile, #Harris was in #Michigan at a #UAW local flanked by #Walz & #ShawnFain, the #union’s visionary president, to extol “the #dignity of #work” & the #value of #collective #action.

While MaraLago #Trump called the #UnitedStates a “very, very sick country right now,” Harris spoke an actual populist language w/a strong emphasis on #patriotism.

#democracy #freedom #HumanRights #Ally #joy #Fight4AFuture #WeAreNotGoingBack #HarrisWalz2024

‘I’m #Fucking #Angry!’ #AutoUnion #Chief Lets Loose at #KamalaHarris #Rally

#UnitedAutoWorkers (#UAW) president #ShawnFain let loose at a #rally in support of #VicePresident #KamalaHarris on Wednesday. “With the #HarrisWalz #ticket, we have what I call the #DynamicDuo for #Democracy!”

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/im-fcking-angry-auto-union-chief-lets-loose-at-kamala-harris-rally/

from #NewYorkTimes [expires in 30 days]
U.A.W. Holds Off on Endorsing #Harris

Unlike other prominent unions, the auto workers are taking their time to ensure that the vice president is aligned with them on key policy questions.

"A person familiar with the board’s discussions said that the #UAW was likely to endorse Ms. Harris but that it wanted indications that she understood the importance to the union of two key issues: continuing Mr. #Biden’s agenda of investing in US manufacturing jobs, and being more outspoken on the need to end the war in #Gaza and attach strings to #US aid to #Israel."

#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael
#StopArmingIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#Palestine #politics
#USA #USPolitics
#media #news #press
#UnitedAutoWorkers #ShawnFain #workers #labor #LaborUnions #unions @palestine @israel

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/us/politics/uaw-harris-endorsement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k0.p35y.9l6rUgd9qMoK&smid=url-share

from #DropSite
The #UAW’s federal monitor twice pressured the union to back off its call for #Gaza ceasefire, then launched an investigation

The rise of UAW President #ShawnFain has been met with alarm in powerful corridors
by Ryan Grim

https://substack.com/home/post/p-146479713?source=queue

#unions #UnitedAutoWorkers #labor #LaborMovement #NeilBarofsky
#WorkersRights #Workers #FederalCourtMonitor #ADL #Israel #Palestine #USPolitics
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#EndTheOccupation #PalestinianLivesMatter #StopArmingIsrael
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

from #NewRepublic
#UAW President Expertly Skewers Response to #UniversityProtests
#ShawnFain made his stance on the war in #Gaza clear.

https://newrepublic.com/post/181172/key-biden-ally-police-response-university-protests-fain-gaza

#labor #UnitedAutoWorkers #workers
#LaborSolidarityWithGaza
#LaborMovement
#DefendStudentProtesters
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael
#DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#EndTheOccupation #PalestinianLivesMatter #StopArmingIsrael
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#IsraelWarCrimes
#USHandsOffICC
#Israel #Palestine #USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

from #NewYorkTimes [expires in 30 days]
As the #UAW Scores Wins in Red States, Tensions Emerge Over #Gaza Protests

#unions #UnitedAutoWorkers #ShawnFain #labor #LaborMovement
#WorkersRights #Workers
#AllEyesOnRafah
#DefendStudentProtesters
#SolidarityWithPalestine #NotAntisemitism
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#EndTheOccupation
#StopArmingIsrael
#USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#Israel #Palestine #USPolitics
#news #press @palestine @israel

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/us/politics/uaw-gaza-biden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU0.VKNc._xVRRyo4er68&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

de #PanoramaMundial / #WorldOutlook
‘Nuestra lucha por la justicia para la clase obrera va a continuar’: El #sindicato automotriz #UAW seguirá adelante tras el revés en #Alabama

Declaración de Shawn Fain, presidente del sindicato #automotriz #UnitedAutoWorkers (#UAW)

[con muchas fotos]

#unions #ShawnFain #Labor #LaborMovement #MovimientoLaboral #Volkswagen #Mercedes
#WorkersRights #DerechosDeLosTrabajadores #Workers #Trabajadores #español

https://world-outlook.com/es/2024/06/08/nuestra-lucha-por-la-justicia-para-la-clase-obrera-va-a-continuar-el-sindicato-automotriz-uaw-seguira-adelante-tras-el-reves-en-alabama/

Biden appoints UAW president to White House advisory council https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4697077-shawn-fain-biden-uaw-white-house-advisory-council/

#BidenHarris2024 #LaborStrong #ShawnFain #RidinWithBiden #JoeBiden #DemocratsDeliver

from #CommonDreams
Accusing Mercedes of 'Wanton Lawlessness,' UAW Seeks New Alabama Vote

"All these workers ever wanted was a fair shot at having a voice on the job and a say in their working conditions," the union said.

#unions #UAW #UnitedAutoWorkers #ShawnFain #labor #LaborMovement #Volkswagen #Mercedes #Alabama
#WorkersRights #Workers #press #news #USPolitics

https://www.commondreams.org/news/mercedes-benz-alabama

from #WorldOutlook
‘Our Fight for Justice for the Working Class Continues’: #UAW to press forward after setback in #Alabama

[background article by World-Outlook, followed by full text of a statement by #ShawnFain, President of the #UnitedAutoWorkers on May 17 regarding the loss of the union recognition vote at #Mercedes.]

#unions #labor #LaborMovement #Volkswagen #Mercedes #LaborUnions
#WorkersRights #Workers

https://world-outlook.com/2024/05/22/our-fight-for-justice-for-the-working-class-continues-uaw-to-press-forward-after-setback-in-alabama/

from #CommonDreams
'We'll Be Back,' Says #UAW Chief #ShawnFain After 'Tough Loss' in #Alabama

Organizers are expected to continue their effort, drawing inspiration from a recent success in #Tennessee that followed two defeats.

#press #news #USPolitics #labor #LaborUnions #Unions #UnitedAutoWorkers #MercedesBenz
#workers

https://www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-alabama

Comment from #UAW President #ShawnFain on #MassArrests of #AntiWar #Protestors

https://uaw.org/comment-from-uaw-president-shawn-fain-on-mass-arrests-of-anti-war-protestors/