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Dec. 5, 2016 | OPINION | …The threats Trump’s victory and the Republican sweep pose to unions are numerous and have already been articulated by labor experts … If we hunker down and simply wait for the storm to pass, the house of labor will likely sustain irreparable damage …The only organized force capable of effectively resisting Trump and the Right in the present moment is organized labor. The Democratic Party has proven that it is either incapable — or unwilling — to be the voice of the voiceless in the United States today. Organized labor cannot resist Trump as an appendage of a political party. It must find its own voice. But how do we find our voice? Many in the labor movement support laudable goals: we must build power in all directions and challenge every step of the Trump agenda. We must defend the targeted — immigrants, women under assault, ethnic and religious minorities — and we need to do so both inside and outside the confines of our unionized workplaces… jacobinmag.com
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