TOLEDO, OHIO – “September 16th was suppose to be my first day ” says a 41 year African-American GM worker Tula Beacham, who recently transferred to Toledo’s after her plant in Lordstown, Ohio closed” I’ve never been in the plant yet. When I got here, they were already on strike…

BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY – “Eww that keeping you going tonite,” says GM striker Nancy Childress as her elementary-school-age son grabs a double-chocolate donut and runs back out to the picket line to blast the siren of a broken megaphone.  Not only did Childress’ son show up, but so did her husband,

SPRING HILL, TENNESSEE – “You wanna go ahead and get a burst of adrenaline – step out on the side of the road,” says UAW Local 1853 Chair Mike Herron a tractor-trailer passes blaring on the horn on the picket lines outside of General Motors plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. “You can

This week, 11 GM strikers were arrested at GM’s plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee for blocking a scab from entering the plant.  According to a video released by a fellow striker, the arrests appear to be “bullshit”. The story is a big deal in the press in Tennessee. Anti-union