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Chris Brooks

@chactivist

Former chief of staff @UAW & architect of 2023 Stand Up Strike. @Jacobin columnist. Previously @nyguild / @cwaunion & NEA & @labornotes.

 Detroit, MI
Joined September 2010
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Haley Stevens ran her entire primary campaign on the premise that as an Obama staffer she helped save the auto industry and she strongly suggested that Obama was endorsing her. Now Obama is rallying with El-Sayed and the UAW is calling out her “disgusting divide and conquer politics.”
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@UAWOct 30
UAW Stands Against Divide and Conquer Politics in Michigan Senate Race

UAW Stands Against Divide and Conquer Politics in Michigan Senate Race

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Helen Brosnan@HelenBrosnanOct 31
“When our members endorsed El-Sayed early in this race, it was because of his aspirational vision for what is possible when we come together and fight for all of us.”
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@UAWOct 30
UAW Stands Against Divide and Conquer Politics in Michigan Senate Race

UAW Stands Against Divide and Conquer Politics in Michigan Senate Race

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Lisa Xu 🌹@l_l_xuOct 27
This is the craziest story I've ever written for @labornotes. If you have any other tips related to UFCW Local 8 or aspects of this article, please reach out. labornotes.org/2026/10/ufcw-…
UFCW Members Protect Local Election After Sham Merger Attempt

UFCW Members Protect Local Election After Sham Merger Attempt

An insurgent slate is challenging the longtime incumbents in Local 8-Golden State, one of the largest locals in the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), in what may be the local’s first

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Jake Werner@jwdwernerOct 27
A tour de force discussion on the state of the US labor movement and organizing methodology, plus the bizarre story of the court-appointed union monitor’s (failed!) attempt to sabotage Shawn Fain’s leadership of UAW. @micahuetricht interviews @chactivist. Highly recommended!
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New on The Dig: Confronting Labor's Crisis w/ Micah Uetricht & Chris Brooks The US labor movement has long been in serious crisis - but we might soon be hitting a point of no return, after which the revival of organized labor might not be possible.
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Jaw dropping story about how rank-and-file workers organizing to build a fighting UFCW stopped their local leadership from merging with a sham local in an attempt to postpone their next internal union election labornotes.org/2026/10/ufcw-…
UFCW Members Protect Local Election After Sham Merger Attempt

UFCW Members Protect Local Election After Sham Merger Attempt

An insurgent slate is challenging the longtime incumbents in Local 8-Golden State, one of the largest locals in the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), in what may be the local’s first

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Good morning - it's an excellent day to unionize your AutoZone if you're feeling understaffed. This company can afford it. Hit us up if you need support.
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@jeremyscahillOct 22
🚨Bombshell story by Matthew Cole about Jared Kushner from Cole’s book, Princes and Thieves, which comes out next week. The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers vanityfair.com/story/jared-k…
The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in Transfers

The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in Transfers

An exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former...

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@ryangrimOct 22
Explosive story many years in the making, now out in Vanity Fair by Matthew Cole (who will be on Breaking Points next week, and publishing soon in @DropSiteNews): Saudi Arabia and the UAE set up multi-billion slush funds for Jared Kushner to use. Iran-Contra 2 here (except with Iran-Contra, at least the US got some hostages released. Not clear what we got out of this one.)
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@ryangrimOct 22
Aside from the shocking substance of this story, what's amazing is how it was unearthed by Cole. The short version: The Russians were able to penetrate Jared Kushner's iPhone and extract screenshots and data. Then, a Russian intel official was captured by Dutch intelligence (!) and flipped. The Dutch believed Kushner may have been acting on behalf of Russia, so pursued him as an intel target and were able to get into his phone. They did not find any evidence of Russian collusion, instead they watched him moving hundreds of millions of dollars from slush funds created by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, one of them housed in Israel's central bank. Incredible reporting, and if Democrats have any sense, they will pull on these threads and learn a lot more about this money.
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@ryangrimOct 22
Explosive story many years in the making, now out in Vanity Fair by Matthew Cole (who will be on Breaking Points next week, and publishing soon in @DropSiteNews): Saudi Arabia and the UAE set up multi-billion slush funds for Jared Kushner to use. Iran-Contra 2 here (except with Iran-Contra, at least the US got some hostages released. Not clear what we got out of this one.)
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The Dig@thedigradioOct 21
The largest forces in the world can be humbled by groups of workers. Listen to Yael Bridge, Jeremy Flood & Erick Stoll on our latest episode, Who Moves America pod.fo/e/6b95c1
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The only “UAW for Rogers” is the UAW members left waiting for Rogers in the hallway with the trash can because he wouldn’t meet with them. Here’s what his UAW member constituents thought of him while he was in Congress: michiganadvance.com/2026/10/…
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Shawn Fain is right. It is an outrage that GM is spending $20 billion on stock buybacks to enrich its wealthy shareholders, while 80% of its autoworkers no longer have a pension or retiree health benefits. That $20 billion should be going to workers, not Wall Street executives.
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@UAWOct 20
Statement from UAW President Shawn Fain on Corporate Greed at GM

Statement from UAW President Shawn Fain on Corporate Greed at GM

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@UAWOct 17
ICYMI: On Thursday, the UAW released an hour-long conversation between UAW President Shawn Fain and Michigan Senate candidate @AbdulElSayed covering a wide range of topics that matter to working-class voters ahead of Election Day. 📽️ ow.ly/TxmW50ZYqKg
UAW President Shawn Fain, Abdul El-Sayed in Candid Conversation on 2026 Midterm Stakes

ALT UAW President Shawn Fain, Abdul El-Sayed in Candid Conversation on 2026 Midterm Stakes

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Let’s be real about why theres a flood of unhinged attacks in this Senate race. Divide & conquer is all they got. This race is the working class having a voice in Senate vs another corporate/billionaire lackey. That’s why there hundreds of @uaw members knocking doors right now
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@UAWOct 17
ICYMI: On Thursday, the UAW released an hour-long conversation between UAW President Shawn Fain and Michigan Senate candidate @AbdulElSayed covering a wide range of topics that matter to working-class voters ahead of Election Day. 📽️ ow.ly/TxmW50ZYqKg
UAW President Shawn Fain, Abdul El-Sayed in Candid Conversation on 2026 Midterm Stakes

ALT UAW President Shawn Fain, Abdul El-Sayed in Candid Conversation on 2026 Midterm Stakes

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The Dig@thedigradioOct 15
There is no greater threat inside a union than ideologically committed reformers. Listen to Micah Uetricht and Chris Brooks on our latest episode, Confronting Labor's Crisis pod.fo/e/68a498
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The Dig@thedigradioOct 16
People don't trust AI. They trust labor to fight for them. Listen to @micahuetricht and @chactivist on our latest episode, Confronting Labor's Crisis pod.fo/e/68a498
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Diana Hussein@heyadianaOct 15
Active and retired UAW members told Michigan Advance they recall tense meetings with Rogers’ office when they lobbied him in Congress. michiganadvance.com/2026/10/…

UAW members recall tense encounters with Mike Rogers during his time in Congress • Michigan Advance

As Mike Rogers courts Michigan voters in his bid for the open U.S. Senate seat, members of Michigan’s largest union describe a strained relationship with him when he was last in Congress.

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Sick of the hateful rhetoric? Here’s an honest conversation between @ShawnFainUAW & @AbdulElSayed about what faith and family mean to two leaders fighting for a more just society.
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@UAWOct 15
Shawn Fain and Abdul El-Sayed talk faith and family ahead of the 2026 midterm election. Watch the full candid one-on-one conversation here youtu.be/RKWtIHePUjo
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Shawn Fain and Abdul El-Sayed talk faith and family ahead of the 2026 midterm election. Watch the full candid one-on-one conversation here youtu.be/RKWtIHePUjo
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