The chapter delves into the book 'Blue Collar Empire' highlighting the AFL-CIO's involvement with the US government, Cold War dynamics, and global anti-communist activities, exposing unsettling collaborations and advocating for a more global worker solidarity approach.
On this public News Brief, we are joined by author and historian Jeff Schuhrke to discuss labor's response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the history of union support for (and opposition to) U.S.-led war and imperialism, and his upcoming book, Blue-Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade.