THE WAR ON COMMUNISTS IN THE HOTEL WORKERS’ UNION
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✍️ The article discusses the history of anti-communist purges in New York's hotel workers' union, specifically in the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union (HERE). It explores how socialists can gain and lose influence within the labor movement.
👉 Communist influence in HERE rose in the 1930s and 1940s 👉 The union's leadership was divided between communist and non-communist factions 👉 Hugo Ernst brokered a peace deal between the factions in 1947 👉 The Cold War and Red Scare led to the purge of communist members and the decapitation of the party's leadership 👉 The union's communist members were expelled or forced to resign
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