Originally published at the Intercept
AS PART OF ITS CONTRACT TALKS, the United Automobile Workers labor union is demanding that General Motors Co. reopen two plants in Lordstown, Ohio, and Hamtramck, Michigan, as electric car factories. The demand underscores the tensions inherent in the coming shift to a green economy,
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As the General Motor strike enters day 11, some progress appears to be made at the bargaining table as GM decided to reinstate strikers’ health insurance.
Last week, General Motors decided to cut health insurance for striking workers; causing many workers and their family members to skip vital medical appointments.
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SPRING HILL, Tennessee – “The tide is changing. You can feel it,” says union activist and sheet-metal worker Adrian Mizell, as cars pass by honking their horns in support of workers here out on strike at the local General Motors facility.
“There has been so much honking, and you can just
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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…
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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,
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