[Pen-l] The Auto Crisis: Management, Labor and the Struggle for the Future

["Charles Brown" <charlesb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: raghu
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On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Charles Brown
 wrote:
> How about a big caravan to Wall Street , and set up a permanent occupation there ?
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> Labor Legacy benefits, like the prime fruits of US labor history struggle: just give them up.
>
> In Solidarity Forever,
>
> Joe Hill
>



How much of this mess is the UAW's fault?

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CB: Not much. It's a systemic crisis of capitalism and the non-systemic part is 99% the fault of the auto execs and finance capital. How about if they made up for it now by leading a caravan to Wall Street to protest ?

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 Why did they not raise
alarms back in the 90's when the Big 3 were making bets on
gas-guzzling SUVs?

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CB: Yes, and even goes back to their dropping class struggle trade unionism when Reuther took over with opportunist , anti-Red policies in the late 40's. It's a long story.

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Why are they not trying to organize Toyota's and Honda's workforces?

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CB: Truly. Why not ?
-raghu.





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