Abe Walker
Assistant professor of sociology and author of Reassembling the UAW (Temple University Press, 2026), who researches labor organizing, union strategy, and the UAW's Chattanooga campaigns.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 2min
Abe Walker, "Reassembling the UAW: Insurgency, Contention, and the Struggle for Unionism in the American South" (Temple UP, 2026)
Abe Walker, sociologist and author of Reassembling the UAW, traces the UAW’s decade-long struggle to organize Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. He recounts three elections, shifting strategies from accommodation to militant reform, and how rank-and-file insurgency and post-2023 strikes reshaped union tactics. He also considers limits of the victory and future organizing targets like supply chains and battery plants.
Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 2min
Abe Walker, "Reassembling the UAW: Insurgency, Contention, and the Struggle for Unionism in the American South" (Temple UP, 2026)
Abe Walker, assistant professor of sociology and author of Reassembling the UAW, studies labor organizing and the UAW’s Chattanooga campaigns. He traces the decade-long struggle to unionize Volkswagen, reviews strategic failures and the rise of insurgent rank-and-file tactics, and explains how shifts in strategy, scandals, and worker-led mobilization produced a 2024 breakthrough.
