Stellantis pulled out their whipsawing 101 playbook for this one... But instead of using this as a moment of solidarity with Unifor to oppose plant closures, UAW leaders are cheering the short term gain of job. dailystruggle.org/stellantis-s...

Stellantis Shutters Canadian Plant and Promises Future Jobs in Illinois, UAW Leaders Cheer

Stellantis is shutting down its Brampton, Ontario, plant, devastating a Canadian community while saying it is sending jobs to the U.S. Instead of enabling Stellantis to execute on its whipsawing playb...

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Google AI workers in the UK have voted to unionize. These workers voted to unionize 98% to 2%, reportedly in response to the deal struck between Google and the US military to use the technology they're working on. At least 1,000 workers are in the union. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military

Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon’s Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’

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Ah yes, content directly pandering to me

@journalspectre.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Orc Marxism" by @lkonstan.bsky.social is a meditation on the significance of the orc as a literary figure, and an allegory for the masses. Check out The Mismeasure of Orcs by @roberttally.bsky.social out now with @mcfarland.bsky.social press. spectrejournal.com/orc-marxism/

So much for UAW's support for strategic tariffs... www.abc12.com/news/busines...

GM expects $500 million tariff refund, raises profit guidance

General Motors is raising its profit expectation for this year to account for an anticipated $500 million tariff refund.

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Maddening www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...

How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.

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Utility CEO pay becoming even more egregious is a useful quick proxy for how insane things have gotten, but the real problem is not a simple financial redistribution but what class gets to control the future of utilities energyandpolicy.org/utility-ceo-...

Utility CEOs received over $1 billion in executive compensation from 2017 - 2019

Utilities paid their CEOs over $1 billion in executive compensation from 2017 - 2019. Southern Company's Tom Fanning was the highest paid executive.

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It is with tears in my eyes that I am reading 2024 reports on the auto industry that excitedly made declarations like: "Meanwhile, a rapid shift towards battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is underway as major automakers set ambitious targets to phase out ICEV production within the next two decades"

🚨: Ever wonder how your utility bill is calculated or why it feels like it keeps rising year after year? Our new report, “Paying for Their Profits: How Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Soaring Utility Profits,” has answers. energyandpolicy.org/utility-prof...

I was skimming the widely used Borjas' "Labor Economics" textbook to understand how the neoclassical view is presented and boy, even when correlation-causation isn't being twisted with motivated reasoning, the hegemony building is very thinly veiled

One of the most important tests for the UAW and the labor movement today. If we can't contest the restructuring of manufacturing sector between EV technology introduction and policy whiplash, workers will continue suffer under the whims of market competition dailystruggle.org/ford-busts-b...

Ford Busts Union and Fires 1,600 Workers as Kentucky BlueOval SK Plant Closes—How can the UAW Fight Back?

Workers at BlueOval SK, who recently unionized with UAW, lost their jobs in February as the joint venture between Ford and Korean battery manufacturer SK On was dissolved and as Ford pivots from EV ba...

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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

Another step on the road to extinction? Weak labor power and lack of cross border solidarity led Canada to make deals with China to import cheap (and technologically superior) EVs The inward turn by auto unions weakens all North American workers www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Exclusive | Canada’s Move to Import Cheap Chinese EVs Is ‘Slippery Slope,’ GM CEO Says

Thousands of electric vehicles from Chinese automakers can enter Canada this year at a new low tariff rate.

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Toly Rinberg@tolyrinberg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Anyone looking to understand the restructuring of the North American auto industry should grapple with this long-but-useful piece by Sam Gindin: "Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction"

I reviewed MORE AND MORE AND MORE which argues that there’s no historical precedent for an “energy transition”; instead, we see symbiotic linkages between wood, coal, oil, and now renewables. I’m convinced. But the book’s analysis of capitalism falls short @thebaffler.com Link ⬇️

Any union utility / electrical workers following me that would be up for being interviewed by a researcher i'm working with? 👀

Appreciate the discussion, and would also love to hear insights from this group about the current situation

Wen Stephenson@learning2live.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New at @thenation.com: excerpts from my conversation with Andreas Malm & @triofrancos.bsky.social, co-sponsored by @haymarketbooks.org & @versobooks.bsky.social It's 2026. This is the kind of discussion the left needs to be having about climate catastrophe. www.thenation.com/article/envi...

I know there's a lot going on, but also @chess.com needs to dial it back

Regardless if the US takes over Venezuelan oil fields or whatever else people are speculating, this openly reminds fossil capital that the full might of the US state will defend oil hegemony. Despite short-term chaos, a bunch of other structural rearrangements follow from this

You gotta hand it to them, US auto execs pivoting away from EVs and back to combustion engines is proving to be a pretty smart financial decision They must be feeling pretty giddy right about now

In the last 2 years, the auto sector reduced by +46,000 jobs, with more than 4,000 GM workers laid off during these holidays But there's nothing natural here, corporations are intentionally restructuring the industry to continue making profits at the expense of workers through the EV transition

Is the current form of collective editing through google docs the highest level we're able to achieve? It's fine if yes, I just want to know

"We start this report from the premise that any revitalization of the labor movement will not come through existing methods, and Democrats will not deliver salvation through labor law reform."

Pretty broad question, but will take any leads: Is there a body of research that has systematically studied the political-economic impact of various large-scale strikes in the US? Thinking especially of manufacturing, transportation, logistics sectors

Nearly 6 million US households have utility debt “so severe” that it will soon be reported to collection agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...

New analysis shows more US consumers are falling behind on their utility bills

A new analysis of consumer data shows that more people in the United States are falling behind on their utility bills.

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President of a Unifor Local representing Canadian GM autoworkers, whose jobs are threatened by tariffs and EV policies, is drawing a line in the sand: "Nothing comes in and nothing goes out. If they try to remove even one single thing from the plant, we are ready to take over."

Anyone looking to understand the restructuring of the North American auto industry should grapple with this long-but-useful piece by Sam Gindin: "Canadian Auto Isn’t in ‘Crisis’, It’s in Danger of Extinction"

I've been replaying this episode and find myself learning something new every time I turn it back on Strongly recommend this two-parter with @melindacooper.bsky.social

Daniel Denvir@danieldenvir.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...

How come we’re not talking about how housing rental security deposits are a scam? I had a bit of an aha moment recently when I realized that as long as I’ll be a renter, I effectively never get my security deposit back: I just transfer it to the next landlord

Work in the auto industry is often considered a high road manufacturing job. But UAW parts plants, like this one that makes car seats, often work grueling mandatory hours and in this case were being paid $14/h before UAW Local 1819 organized their contract campaign

Feeling the doom spiral? We don't have to settle for this and UAWD is talking about class struggle as a means to rebuild our power over our lives: "So long as we wait for somebody else to stand up for us, things will only get worse. We have to come together and fight. Our self-respect demands it."

A Class Struggle Vision: Why UAWD is Launching Daily Struggle - Daily Struggle

To face the threats to the American labor movement and build a better world, UAWD believes a vision based in internationalist class struggle is essential.

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UAW takes a victory lap, claiming their pressure and tariffs got Stellantis to commit $13 billion in product, bringing thousands of manufacturing jobs to the Midwest Meanwhile, 3,000 Canadian Stellantis workers at Brampton receive robocalls saying their work is moving to the US