UAW Officials in Michigan Threaten Socialist Equality Party

Union officials, including UAW Local 735 President Chuck Rogers, threatened SEP supporters on October 3 as they distributed leaflets opposing the GM contract to workers at the Willow Run transmission plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Read the World Socialist Web Site article on repeated threats by union officials: "UAW officials threaten Socialist Equality Party members": http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/uaw-o04.shtml

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[ddsep]

A clear display of Union deceit and hostility to the working class. The sooner workers break from these moribund institutions, the sooner they can mount a genuine fight against the assault by big business and the state.

[Chris300IC4I]

The 'scabs' are the UAW trade union bureaucrat leech scumm.

The SEP/WSWS did a fine job never give in.

[sfmike20]

Unions do nothing but create more disunity amongst the working class. Why not leave these stupid capitalist institutions, and unite under one common cause. Hopefully we have enough trouble coming our way to truly unite the blue collars. Wall Street wont know what hit them when they have a million, or so, dissatisfied workers knocking on their door. Btw people, how the hell is the forty hour work week a good thing? We could lessen that to thirty easily. Just look at our technology.

[amsterdam78]

The UAW and many other bourgeois unions only seek to separate the working man from what his needs really are. The only union I have respect for is the IWW, but they won't combine with political parties; however they sure as hell wouldn't harrase fellow workers, be then SEP or not.

[phildog67]

American Axle made a gain of 37 million this past year people who know nothing about labor somehow have an opinion. If it werent for Union battles for decades we would be working like China sweat shops(using jr. students for a buck n hour);without worker safety protections,40 hour work week,and health care benefits needs no explaing. FDA standards are obviously negotiable on imports too now(dog food,toys,fish etc...)

[soakchips]

the constant use of the term "scab" for people who are clearly not scabs reminds me of how the Stalinists referred to the POUM and anarchists in Spain as "fascists" and "Nazi collaborators".. thankfully, the workers in cars seem to be getting past the UAW's manichaeanism

[fightglobalists]

Violence is nothing new to these Union thugs in Mich. (or UAW / CAW anywhere really)

[BrunoRegens]

We distributed the same leaflet to the workers of GM in Germany ( Opel ). Fortunately the union bureacrats haven't been informed about that. Seems they are really all aroung the world the same.

Most shame on the organizations which are still supporting these degenerated trade unions. They are the biggest obstacle for the workers.

[nomidoo]

At about a minute and a half in you hear the real position of the UAW bureaucrats toward social equality and international solidarity: "We allow scum like them to be in our country." What pigs.

[pulikrule]

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

Orwell.