re: #103 Decatur Deb

Still have my IUE card, but I’m a Wobbly at heart—they had all the good songs.

Grandma and Grandpa endlessly organized for the USW, UAW and UE. Grandpa really blew his stack when the press endlessly lied about the UE being a Communist front group. They effectively destroyed the UE.

For those who don’t know—the UE was the United Electrical Workers which was an important part of the CIO.

If it wasn’t for John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers, the CIO would never have gotten off the ground. And it’s so sad that West Virginia which was the incubator of the CIO just passed a Right To Work law…