Jeff Schuhrke

The US labor movement has never been neutral: its union officialdom has a more-than-century-long history of allying with Zionism.

After the successful purges of leftists from unions, US labor leaders were enlisted by government officials to join in their global imperialist operations.

In 1986, black workers in apartheid South Africa walked off the job in support of New Jersey unionists; marking a rare moment of international labor solidarity.

Progressive forces in US labor took a stand in solidarity with trade unionists facing murderous repression in El Salvador.

During the Cold War, the AFL-CIO actively participated in efforts to suppress left-wing labor movements abroad.

Union workers in the US weapons industry present a paradox for anti-war labor activists, but a history of “conversion” campaigns offers a route.

Ever since the execution of labor radicals in 1886, reactionaries have tried to tarnish their legacy — and leftists have honored them as working-class martyrs.