What I read and how I felt about it / The myth of free trade unionism
I just finished reading "Blue Collar Empire" by Jeff Schuhrke. A friend of mine in DSA recommended it to me, and I've been reading it over the course of the past few weeks. It gives me something work-related to do when I don't have anything more pressing to do for my current labor organizing job. I feel very lucky to have my current job. The goal of Rank and File Project, which I'm working for currently, is to promote reform movements within existing unions, provide opportunities for rank and file union members to collaborate across different sectors, and to transform U.S. labor movements into vehicles for class struggle. There are definitely boring and annoying things about the job -- clicking through spreadsheets on excel to find information about donors is probably the most annoying thing -- but I feel lucky to have the job, and I genuinely believe in the mission of our work, so overall I feel grateful and I just hope I do a good job and succeed at the tasks I ...