Mexico’s reenergized labor movement should be leery of AFL-CIO cooptation and CIA infiltration following long historical pattern In early February, workers at a General Motors plant in Silao, a town in central Mexico, won an important victory by establishing an independent union. Rob McKenzie’s (assisted by Patrick Dunne) new...
Growing strength of independent Mexican labor movement today draws on legacy of striking Ford workers. In the pre-dawn darkness outside Mexico City, in the dim light created by streetlamps, a group of about 300 thugs and tough guys prepare to enter the Ford Cuautitlán Assembly Plant. They are men willing...
Harry Bridges made his mark as leader of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for more than 40 years, surviving FBI harassment and efforts to deport him. His fusion of union leadership with the rank and file and outspoken opposition to U.S. imperial foreign policies provide a model that...