Beyond the assembly line: Auto workers’ labor union emerges as key player in anti-Israel activism

Beyond the assembly line: Auto workers’ labor union emerges as key player in anti-Israel activism

The United Auto Workers historically evokes imagery of assembly lines, picket lines and blue-collar solidarity. But the UAW, one of the largest unions in the country, has increasingly drifted away from its core mission of representing autoworkers in the workplace, driven by individuals pushing an extreme anti-Israel political agenda that leaves critics questioning the relevance to workplace issues.  The most recent example came earlier this mont…