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Jeff Schuhrke
@JeffSchuhrke
Author of Blue-Collar Empire (@VersoBooks, 9/24/24). Labor historian, journalist, unionist. Asst. Prof. at @SUNYEmpireLabor. Bylines @inthesetimesmag, @jacobin
Sep 2 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
🧵I've seen no indication that Histadrut's gen strike was intended as an act of solidarity w/ Palestinians experiencing a genocide. The *exclusive* concern was Israeli captives. Any pressure that may stop the genocide- even if only incidentally- is welcome, but let's acknowledge the implicit dehumanization of this, which fits neatly w/ Histadrut's long history of explicit racism.

Prior to the 1980s/90s Histadrut wasn't just a union federation, but was the 2nd largest employer in the State of Israel after the government. Since it's founding in 1920, it
Mar 16 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Not many people know that Rachel Corrie was a proud union member w/ SEIU. After she was killed 21 years ago today in Rafah, some of her fellow SEIU members tried to pass a resolution to divest from Caterpillar, but union officials stopped it. 🧵 Through her job at Behavorial Health Resorces in Washington State, Corrie was an active member of SEIU 1199NW. After she was killed, 1199NW's leaders sent this letter to her parents noting her activism in the union. labournet.net/world/0502/rac…

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Jan 15 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Dr. King is celebrated today, but when he called for a ceasefire in Vietnam in 1967 & denounced US militarism, he faced almost universal backlash from the political & media establishment, including from moderate Black leaders who distanced themselves from him. 🧵 King Urges Cease-Fire And End of Bombing, Denounces US Role The NAACP & its executive director, Roy Wilkins, called Dr. King's antiwar stance a "serious tactical mistake." Wilkins said of the war: "when you're out there being fired at, you have to fight back."
NAACP Decries Stand of Dr. King on Vietnam
Wilkins In Bitter Attack on Dr. King's Peace Stand
Oct 7, 2023 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
To my union siblings in the US labor movement: we have a special obligation to stand in solidarity with Palestine.

Please read this 🧵 for some historical background on why I say that. Our labor leaders have historically been some of the loudest defenders of Israel. Here is one example: when Israel invaded Lebanon & laid siege to Beirut in 1982, the AFL-CIO took out an ad in the NYTimes to express full support for Israel. "Organized Labor Speaks Out on Lebanon: 'THE AFL-CIO IS NOT NEUTRAL. WE SUPPORT ISRAEL.'"
Sep 4, 2023 • 53 tweets • 15 min read
Every documentary about the labor movement ever made and how to watch. 🧵 Union Maids (1976)

3 women union organizers from Chicago recall their activism in the 1930s.