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Jane Slaughter | |
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 Slaughter in 2019. | |
| Born | January 9, 1949 |
| Education | American University |
| Occupation | Co-Founder of Labor Notes |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Organization | Democratic Socialists of America |
| Known for | Labor Organizing & Activism |
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Jane Slaughter (born January 9, 1949) is an American journalist who writes frequently on labor affairs. [1] Her writing has appeared in The Nation , [2] The Progressive , Monthly Review , and In These Times . She is based in Detroit. [2]
Jane Slaughter was born in Scott Depot, West Virginia in 1949. She moved to Washington, D.C. to study at American University. There, she became a member of the New American Movement, and later a member of the October League. She later joined the International Socialists and moved to Detroit to work in telecommunications. Shortly thereafter, she left her job to join the UAW at Chrysler, where she worked for several years. While working at Chrysler, she worked on the UAW's union newspaper. Finding the work enjoyable, she went on to co-found the labor magazine Labor Notes, where she was an editor until retiring in 2014. She still occasionally writes articles for the magazine. [3]
Slaughter is the author of Concessions and How to Beat Them and co-author, with Mike Parker, of Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept and Working Smart: A Union Guide to Participation Programs and Reengineering. She is also the editor of Troublemaker's Handbook 2. Additionally, she co-wrote Secrets of a Successful Organizer with Alexandra Bradbury and Mark Brenner. She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. [4]
Walter Philip Reuther was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor unions in American history. He considered labor movements not as narrow special interest groups but as instruments to advance social justice and human rights in democratic societies. He leveraged the UAW's resources and influence to advocate for workers' rights, civil rights, women's rights, universal health care, public education, affordable housing, environmental stewardship and nuclear nonproliferation around the world. He believed in Swedish-style social democracy and societal change through nonviolent civil disobedience. He cofounded the AFL-CIO in 1955 with George Meany. He survived two attempted assassinations, including one at home where he was struck by a 12-gauge shotgun blast fired through his kitchen window. He was the fourth and longest serving president of the UAW, serving from 1946 until his death in 1970.
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