Earlier today, an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal cited some of Payday's reporting on the UAW scandal. (See our story "UAW Prez Threatened to "Slit the Throats" of Critics as He Pushed No-Bid Contracts with DC Firms".)
The op-ed was written by union busters at the Center for Union Facts. Obviously, we do not support union busters and believe that they are manipulating the story for reasons intended to stop autoworkers from organizing the South.
However, the op-ed does show that this will be a national story, but the left media isn't covering it. If we on the left do not cover this stuff, then it will only be covered by the corporate media, which, in places like the Wall Street Journal, Detroit Free Press, and Auto News, are already covering it.
With open union elections set to be held in the UAW next year, this story will likely get even more national attention, which is why we need worker-funded media like Payday to tell the story from the perspective of trade unionist trying to deal with it. Already, as Payday reported on Friday, the AFL-CIO has declined to grant the UAW's proposal to remove UAW Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock from the AFL-CIO's Executive Council.
In coming days and week, Payday will have more stories and we challenge the left media to cover this honestly from a union democracy perspective. At Payday, we have done major work that is getting lots of attention, but if our allies in the left media ignore it, our scoops will be spun for anti-union reasons.
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