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Mini-cast: Update from the UAW Picket Line (w/ John Jayne)
Published 6 years, 4 months ago
Description
We talk with John Jayne, a GM worker in Philadelphia and member of UAW Local 2177, about the month-long UAW strike and the new tentative contract agreement.
Additional links/info below...
- Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, "GM-UAW Deal Calls for 9,000 Jobs, $9,000 Ratification Bonus, E-truck at Detroit-Hamtramck"
- Jamie McCallum, Jacobin, ""They Made That Money off Our Blood, Sweat, and Tears""
- Sean Crawford and Maximillian Alvarez, In These Times, "The Strike Against General Motors Is One Front in a Much Larger Class War"
Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)
- Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"
- Pete Seger, "Solidarity Forever"