Scott Marshall

 
 
Scott Marshall

Scott Marshall is a vice chair of the Communist Party and chair of its Labor Commission. Scott grew up in Virginia where he first became active in the civil rights movement in high school, working on voter registration and anti-Klan projects in rural Southern Virginia and Tennessee. He was also active against the war in Vietnam.

Scott has been a life long trade unionist and was active in rank and file reform movements in the Teamsters, Machinists and Steelworkers unions in the 1970s and '80s. He was co-chair of the Save Our Jobs committee of USWA local 1834 at Pullman Standard in Chicago and active in nationwide organizing against plant shutdowns and layoffs. He was a founder of the unemployed organization Jobs or Income Now (Join), in Chicago, and the National Congress of Unemployed Organizations in the 1980s.

Scott has worked for the Communist Party since 1987 when he became the district organizer for the party in Illinois, a post he held until he was elected chair of the National Labor Commission in 1997. Scott remains active in SOAR (Steelworkers Active Organized Retirees). He lives in Chicago.

Big Picture Trade Unionism – a Discussion on the Next Steps for the Labor Movement

Big Picture Trade Unionism – a Discussion on the Next Steps for the Labor Movement

The labor movement is changing. Technology is changing how we work and produce. Capitalist globalization is creating new international divisions of labor. Global corporate power is restructuring class relations between...

BY:Scott Marshall| May 1, 2016
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Convention Discussion: Big Picture Trade Unionism

Convention Discussion: Big Picture Trade Unionism

Convention discussion: The labor movement is changing. Technology is changing how we work and produce. Capitalist globalization is creating new international divisions of labor. Global corporate power is restructuring class...

BY:Scott Marshall| February 13, 2014
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Is the GOP Sabotaging Recovery?

Is the GOP Sabotaging Recovery?

The elephant in the room - is it the bad economy, or the party of elephants who are trying to keep it that way? There is a lot of evidence...

BY:Scott Marshall| June 18, 2012
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Tax the Rich to Create Jobs

Tax the Rich to Create Jobs

Thanks to all those who have signed our petition to create jobs through the Rebuild America Act. One other thing you can do to help us get to our goal is to click...

BY:Scott Marshall| May 31, 2012
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Act on Rebuild America Act

Act on Rebuild America Act

The first thing we need you to do is sign this petition. It's for the Rebuild America Act that we initiated last week. There are 4,500 people who receive this weekly...

BY:Scott Marshall| May 25, 2012
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