Learning & Advancing from Setbacks (opens in new tab)

The UAW accepted two-tier wages and benefits in 2006 concession bargaining. The 2023 contract finally ended the wage difference, but did not restore full benefits. (Jim West) THE U.S. LABOR movement over the past half century has experienced more defeats — and even more failures to fight — than victories. Defeats are not permanent, though. And neither are victories. What we learn from them often lasts far longer than the specifics of the event itself. In January, 1919, following the suppressi...