Navruz Baum, Author at Daily Struggle

Navruz Baum
UAW Local 2325

Navruz Baum is a member of UAW Local 2325, and a tenant paralegal in New York City.

Analysis | Event | Interview

UAWD ConCon Strategy Roundtable: Winning Divestment through a Vision of Class Struggle
Navruz Baum, Andrew Bergman, Jeremy Bunyaner, Nevena Pilipović-Wengler, Shelly Pires, Margie Thornton July 3, 2026July 3, 2026

The six leaders of UAWD’s team at the 2026 UAW Constitutional Convention discuss the class-struggle strategy that enabled UAWD to lead the effort to divest the UAW from Israel bonds. Standing on the shoulders of decades of Palestine solidarity organizing, the win was made possible through the past year of organizing Local UAWD Chapters grounded in shop-floor struggle and the development of a UAWD ConCon program, which featured resolutions to enable rank-and-file militancy to fight layoffs, fight ICE, and in support of Palestine.
News

UAW Divests from Israel Bonds
Navruz Baum June 18, 2026August 12, 2026

After UAWD members forced the amendment onto the Constitutional Convention agenda, UAW delegates voted to divest the union’s reported $400,000 in Israel bonds, marking a victory for decades of rank-and-file organizing.
Event

Class Struggle in Practice: UAWD Training Builds Shop-Floor Power
Navruz Baum, Nevena Pilipović-Wengler, Estefania Rodriguez, Nolan Tabb, Josh Trombley March 26, 2026May 6, 2026

UAW members from across sectors came together for UAWD’s Class Struggle Unionism 101 Training, sharing concrete tactics and examples of how they’ve been used to build power on the shop floor, escalate fights, and take on the bosses and capitalist class.
Analysis | News

UAW Local 2325 Commits to a Strike Vote to Fight ICE—What Can Other Locals Do?
Navruz Baum, Andrew Bergman February 15, 2026May 5, 2026

In the wake of mass anti-ICE mobilization in Minneapolis, UAWD members in Local 2325 have organized for a strike authorization vote to prepare for mass, democratic, labor action. Members in other locals and unions can use that same blueprint to build towards the broad-based working-class power required to defeat ICE.
Analysis

Breaking the Whipsaw: Sectoral Bargaining in Legal Services
Navruz Baum, Jeremy Bunyaner, Sophia Gurulé October 19, 2025November 13, 2025

The success of sectoral bargaining and strikes across UAW locals in legal services in New York City shows what workers stand to gain from sector-wide coordination and rank-and-file militancy.