We
Don’t Quit! describes the crucial role the United Auto Workers
(UAW) union has played in the global struggle for workers’ rights.
At a time when labor’s power seems to be waning, the book
establishes the UAW’s vigorous internationalism as a counterbalance
to corporate globalization and anti-worker repression by foreign
governments. The UAW joined independent black unions in South Africa
in the struggle against apartheid. It supported the Solidarity union
in Poland that toppled the communist regime there. In Central
America, the UAW stood up for workers targeted by death squads. In
moving detail, author Don Stillman describes the UAW’s efforts to
win freedom for imprisoned worker activists in Burma, China, Nigeria,
Indonesia, and Mexico. In addition, he outlines how the support of
German workers helped the UAW organize workers in North Carolina in
the face of a harsh anti-union campaign. At a time when corporations
operate without national boundaries, We Don’t Quit!charts a
path for workers to join together across borders to preserve and
expand workers’ rights.
