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Bob Master

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Bob Master retired in 2022 after 45 years in the labor movement, the last 36 with the northeast region of the Communications Workers of America.  At CWA, he served as Assistant to the District One Vice President, with responsibility for overseeing the union’s legislative, political and contract mobilization activities from New Jersey to New England. He served as a founding co-chair of the New York State Working Families Party for 20 years, and remains a member of the WFP National Executive Committee.  He is currently an adjunct professor at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. 

Contributions from Bob Master

Militancy—and Beyond

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“At a moment when the political climate for workers is far less hospitable than it was at the height of the New Deal, when right-wing ethnonationalism is competing for the loyalty of the working class, sustaining and expanding the gains of recent years of militancy will require careful strategizing and deep political engagement.”