On September 22, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman took part in a historic debate involving UAW President Ray Curry, longtime UAW bureaucrat Shawn Fain, and other candidates running in the election.
The full video can be accessed at WillforUAWpresident.org/debatelive. We are publishing below excerpts of the debate, which have been posted by Lehman on Twitter and YouTube.
Introduction: “The UAW bureaucracy is part of management”
“My experience is the experience of rank-and-file workers”
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“The working class needs to fight for everything it’s going to gain”
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“Abolish the bureaucracy that can’t be trusted with our dues money”
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“I’m calling for the abolition of the parasitic layer”
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“The UAW bureaucracy is corrupt, not rank-and-file workers”
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“Every one of the trade unions is failing their members”
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“We need global unity to face multi-national corporations”
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“If we organize internationally, we can shut these companies down”
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“Every worker needs to understand that they should have the power directly in their hands”
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“I’m a socialist: I’m advancing a workers’ agenda”
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“We must reorganize society to meet human need, not private profit”
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“The UAW doesn’t care about working class women”
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“My turn is to workers on the factory floor”
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Conclusion: “Stand up and fight back!”
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