Marcie Pedraza
@sparkymarcie
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Mom, Electrician, Activist, Union Chingona @UAW, @UAWD_Reform, @SETaskForce
East Side, Chicago
Joined January 2017
Proud of my local @UAWLocal551 for passing this at our last union meeting. #FreePalestine! @UAW @uawlabor4pal @UAWD_Reform
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We stand in solidarity today with UAWD leader Sophia Gurulé (@s_phia_) who is being retaliated against by @BronxDefenders management her for her principled advocacy for the rights and freedom of the Palestinian people. (1/3)
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It's time to lay off the bosses and take control of our plants. https://t.co/aLsAU3UP4c
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General Motors laid off more than 1,700 workers across manufacturing sites in Michigan and Ohio, the company confirmed to CNBC.
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A shorter work week with no cut in pay: an idea whose time has come Daily Struggle Infographic by @UAW members Martha Grevatt (Local 869), Marcie Pedraza @sparkymarcie (Local 551), and Nevena Pilipović-Wengler (Local 22) https://t.co/ya46cCDRJ3
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At the Lear plant in Roscommon, MI, rank-and-file workers in @UAW Local 1819 led an effort to educate fellow workers about the disparity in wages and benefits between Big Three auto plants and plants in the Independents, Parts, and Suppliers (IPS) sector like Lear.
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An Urgent Call from Palestinian Trade Unions: End all Complicity, Stop Arming Israel, 16 October 2023. Full statement here: https://t.co/C3fVQDQb9V
#Labor4Palestine #StopArmingIsrael @JeffSchuhrke
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@labornotes UAW Pres Shawn Fain "Show Us Support & Call A General Strike" UAW 551 Chicago Member Message To UAW President
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Congrats @CTULocal1 President @stacydavisgates on being elected President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers! 👏🏻🍎❤️ @jacksonpCTU
@ChicagosMayor Thanks Dan Montgomery for 15 years in the role! 🙏🏻
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@uaw4democracy UAW Pres Shawn Fain "Show Us Support & Call A General Strike" UAW 551 Chicago Member Message To UAW President https://t.co/0MJEXUVeKF
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Don’t believe the hype.
"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." UAWD is alive, well, and advancing the cause of militant class-struggle unionism. THANK YOU to the 100+ who joined today for the launch of DAILY STRUGGLE! Check out the first articles and subscribe at https://t.co/1jGzTkYXj0
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At 3 PM ET *today* hear from rank-and-file leaders from the shop floors of GM, Mercedes, and Brooklyn Defenders, UAWD members, and labor historian Toni Gilpin at the online launch of Daily Struggle! Register @ https://t.co/ePVVySwaGA
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You may have also heard about an undemocratic attempt by some former leaders to dissolve UAWD. Those who attempted the dissolution left, while hundreds of UAWD members and supporters decided to keep building our rank-and-file caucus. Read more @ https://t.co/rceE5wlF1m (4/4)
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At our June Membership Meeting, members voted to adopt a new UAWD Member Platform to chart a course for recommitting our union to class struggle! Read the platform and find out more about how we’re organizing to put our new platform into action @ https://t.co/dxXQH4ncBq (3/4)
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POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE We must be committed to fighting bosses everywhere and maintaining independence from the UAW leadership to be able to criticize what it prioritizes.... Read the full platform at https://t.co/NOkM5Muqpw (6/6)
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WORKING CLASS SOLIDARITY We must bring an internationalist class struggle to our shop floors that sees workers across the world as part of one working class, spanning borders and cultural divides.... (5/6)
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UAWD's vision of class struggle unionism, outlined in our Membership Platform, is founded on these five values: (1) worker control, (2) militancy, (3) democracy, (4) working class solidarity, and (5) political independence. Read the full platform at https://t.co/NOkM5Muqpw (1/6)
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We’re launching DAILY STRUGGLE, a publication championing an independent rank-and-file voice for class struggle in the UAW, BY and FOR UAW members! Join our online launch this SUN., 10/19, @ 3PM ET, with UAWD shop floor leaders and special guest labor historian Toni Gilpin. (1/2)
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📣 We’re excited to update everyone on the present and future of Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), the caucus for rank-and-file UAW members committed to building a member-led, militant union. (1/4)
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The @bronxdefenders began the summer engaging in union-busting tactics, including targeting longtime BxD worker and @alaa2325 leader Sophia Gurulé for termination without just cause. Consider supporting her as she prepares to defend herself at arbitration:
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