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Justin Mayhugh

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Working People

Danny Glover

Sara Nelson

Sarah Jaffe

Melissa Gira Grant

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Heather McGhee

Julia Wallace

Scott Walker

Chuck Jones

Sarah Smarsh

Katie Glenn

Brian Murray

James Green

Jane McAlevey

Astra Taylor

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For decades, the United Auto Workers has been controlled by a tight-knit group of insiders. Now members are voting in a historic referendum on how the union elects its central leadership.  The post Belabored: Can the United Auto Workers Be Democratized? With Justin Mayhugh appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

For decades, the United Auto Workers has been controlled by a tight-knit group of insiders. Now members are voting in a historic referendum on how the union elects its central leadership. The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-can-united-auto-workers-be-democratized-with-justin-mayhugh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Belabored: Can the United Auto Workers Be Democratized? With Justin Mayhugh</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Belabored: Can the United Auto Workers Be Democratized? With Justin Mayhugh

A lot of important history is being made right now, and something potentially game-changing is unfolding among the American workforce. At this very moment,  10,000 UAW members at John Deere are on strike in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas;  35,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente have authorized a strike;  1,400 workers at cereal giant Kellogg’s are on strike in Nebraska, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee;  1,100 coal miners in Alabama have been on strike since April;  800 nurses in Massachusetts have been on strike since March; and  many other strikes and strike authorizations are also unfolding. On top of that, record numbers of US workers are voluntarily quitting their jobs, in what is being called the “Great Resignation.” Something is happening here... At the same time, there are crucial struggles happening within the labor movement that we all need to be paying attention to. One of these struggles is taking place within the United Auto Workers itself, where members are currently voting on an unprecedented referendum that will decide whether or not the 400,000 working members and nearly 600,000 retirees can directly elect their top union officers. Ballots went out on October 19 and are due back at the end of November; if the referendum passes, it could be the beginning of a massive shakeup for the union, which many members say needs more democratic governance and more militant energy coming from the rank-and-file. Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), a grassroots caucus of UAW members advocating for direct elections, has been leading the charge for this historic referendum. In this episode, we talk with Justin Mayhugh, who has worked at General Motors in Kansas City for over a decade and is an organizer with the UAWD caucus.  Additional links/info below...  Join us for a special livestream  Sunday, Oct. 24, at 7pm EST! Passcode for joining the live Zoom meeting: 047512 Working People  YouTube channel   GoFundMe fundraiser for Jules and his family (please donate!)  Working People will be hosting another Listener Hang on Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 8 PM EST!  Here's a link to join the meeting Justin Mayhugh  Twitter page Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD)  Facebook page,  Twitter page, and  Instagram  Jonah Furman, The Real News Network, "A Once-in-a-Generation Chance to Revive the UAW Is Coming"  Permanent links below...  Working People  Patreon page  Leave us a voicemail and we might      play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network  website,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page In These Times  website,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page The Real News Network  website,  YouTube channel,  podcast feeds,  Facebook page, and  Twitter page  Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive:  freemusicarchive.org)  Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song" 

A lot of important history is being made right now, and something potentially game-changing is unfolding among the American workforce. At this very moment, <a href="https://labornotes.org/2021/10/surprise-john-deere-workers-get-see-contract-voting-it" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> 10,000 UAW members at John Deere</a> are on strike in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas; <a href="https://labornotes.org/2021/10/kaisers-outrageous-two-tier-wage-proposal-may-provoke-massive-strike" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> 35,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente</a> have authorized a strike; <a href="https://therealnews.com/striking-kelloggs-workers-show-the-country-what-solidarity-looks-like" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> 1,400 workers at cereal giant Kellogg’s</a> are on strike in Nebraska, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee; <a href="https://therealnews.com/five-months-into-strike-alabama-coal-miners-arent-backing-down" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> 1,100 coal miners in Alabama</a> have been on strike since April; <a href="https://therealnews.com/striking-nurses-hold-the-line-against-investor-owned-healthcare-giant" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> 800 nurses in Massachusetts</a> have been on strike since March; and <a href="https://therealnews.com/its-striketober-baby-nearly-100000-workers-authorize-work-stoppages" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> many other strikes and strike authorizations</a> are also unfolding. On top of that, record numbers of US workers are voluntarily quitting their jobs, in what is being called the “<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/19/the-great-resignation-why-people-are-quitting-their-jobs.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Great Resignation</a>.” Something is happening here... At the same time, there are crucial struggles happening within the labor movement that we all need to be paying attention to. One of these struggles is taking place within the United Auto Workers itself, where members are currently voting on an unprecedented referendum that will decide whether or not the 400,000 working members and nearly 600,000 retirees can directly elect their top union officers. Ballots went out on October 19 and are due back at the end of November; if the referendum passes, it could be the beginning of a massive shakeup for the union, which many members say needs more democratic governance and more militant energy coming from the rank-and-file. Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), a grassroots caucus of UAW members advocating for direct elections, has been leading the charge for this historic referendum. In this episode, we talk with Justin Mayhugh, who has worked at General Motors in Kansas City for over a decade and is an organizer with the UAWD caucus.  Additional links/info below... <ul> <li>Join us for a special livestream <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89822196539?pwd=RHpwZEhyMGYreGhwekFPVG9tMktNUT09" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sunday, Oct. 24, at 7pm EST!</a></li> <li>Passcode for joining the live Zoom meeting: 047512</li> <li>Working People <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7bOmS4Ohll4C10ZX-lsGlg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> YouTube</a> channel </li> <li><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-mom-through-dialysis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> GoFundMe fundraiser for Jules and his family</a> (please donate!) </li> <li>Working People will be hosting another Listener Hang on Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 8 PM EST!  Here's a link to <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87657160857" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the meeting</a></li> <li>Justin Mayhugh <a href="https://twitter.com/justinmayhugh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UniteAllWorkersForDemocracy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, <a href="https://twitter.com/UAWD_Reform" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/uawd_reform/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> </li> <li>Jonah Furman, The Real News Network, "<a href="https://therealnews.com/a-once-in-a-generation-chance-to-revive-the-uaw-is-coming" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A Once-in-a-Generation Chance to Revive the UAW Is Coming</a>"</li> </ul> Permanent links below... <ul> <li>Working People <a href="https://www.patreon.com/WorkingPeople" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Patreon</a> page</li> <li><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/workingpeople" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Leave us a voicemail</a> and we might      play it on the show!</li> <li>Labor Radio / Podcast Network <a href="https://www.laborradionetwork.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/laborradionet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>In These Times <a href="https://inthesetimes.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/inthesetimesmag/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/inthesetimesmag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> <li>The Real News Network <a href="https://therealnews.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> website</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/therealnews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> YouTube</a> channel, <a href="https://therealnews.com/our-shows-podcasts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> podcast</a> feeds, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/therealnews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> page, and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealNews" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> page</li> </ul> Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> freemusicarchive.org</a>) <ul> <li>Jules Taylor, "Working People Theme Song"</li> </ul>