I feel for the workers who lose their jobs, and certainly respect their right to band together if they feel they are treated unjustly. The negotiating factor is always the companies bankruptcy. If the company is bankrupt it's game over. Both sides lose.
To force a bailout or a loan for the company is a form of extortion. We've been getting into that bad habit a lot these days.
Bankruptcy? Not necessarily, many relocate while earning big money to earn more. There are also many cases of companies shutting down entire sectors with decent balances because they can't get enough money fast enough out of them.
@sinekonata So in a system where everyone is bailed out there's little wrong/risk with hiring failures.
However if companies are not artificially supported failing is a serious black mark. Good luck getting another job. If they try to start their own new business with their substantive savings, they'd better hope it was simply bad luck.
With no bailouts/subsidization, being an executive of a failed company is very very bad.
@sirellyn For this company's case yes, but a lot of the jobs that go oversea in many companies is simply because the company wants to make money. I mean certain subsidaries they own can be making great quarterly profits, but just for that extra 1 million dollars they can relocate to Vietnam or for IT and engineering China and India and make slightly more of an already successful business. ITs simply greed at this point, and its happening in most developed countries, but in the US the worse!
@lordblazer So when it comes to developed country getting a donation of food you are all for it. But when it comes to people in the country getting a job that raises their standard of living 10x (still putting them significantly lower than US) you are against it.
So you'd like the idea of choosing when to "donate" to the other country.
Yet you are also for the idea of taking tax money and giving relief to the countries without your permission.
I'm all for DEVELOPING countries being able to provide jobs, but trust me China has plenty of Chinese entrepenuers who do provide jobs in China. It has a lot to do with relying too much on foreign firms. The dichotomy you just created is so short-sighted, and irresponsible. Do you even understand how economies work in developing countries? Lots of opportunities are provided, next gen gets educated and starts to take up that slack. developing countries don't allow foreign firms
don't allow foreign firms to destroy their industries if they do then they become what is known as an underdeveloped country. A country that never had a chance when they opened up their economy to the world's markets too soon. Outsourcing from developed to developing countries is killing us. and trust me there are indian firms and chinese firms providing jobs for professionals in their countries. DO you understand how economies operate? the model that asian countries used to develop?
the problem in the US is that the big dogs are outsourcing everything while remaining in the US, and then not allowing for new blood and new entrepenuers and new talent to pick up the slack and generate more jobs through the creation of businesses. ITs why we have recessions. It allows for new blood to come into the game and rise up to the occasion. Also the US doesn't have a culture of entrepenuership on the scale that many other countries do. our economy is at risk!
@lordblazer Last point US doesn't have entre culture I agree with. How does outsourcing stop entrepreneurship? So because they can pay india say for help support less money than people would do it here that stops them?
You realize higher prices are passed to consumers. As are higher wages. So if you forced cheap jobs to only pick American prices would go up, and again people would demand even more wages. The money doesn't magically appear from no where.
@lordblazer You should be asking yourself what stops another group of people from forming a company and being slightly less greedy and undercutting the first companies costs?
Because if you think all companies are greedy terrible people it's pretty much the same crazy generalization saying all Muslims are fanatical terrorists who want to kill us.
Anytime you hold a belief of all of X type of people are Y. You are instantly wrong.
Not even all black people are black. (Albino or Vitiligo)
never said that. I said they're mostly short-sighted. They'll make money until their bottom line is useless, not realizing they have a longer more stable life span if they treat their bottom line a bit better. Maybe productivity will increase, but this isn't what I am talking about. The issue right now is with the way the global economy is currently functioning. We live in the world of the MNC that have basically their own economies. We also live in a race to the bottom world.
The problem with this model is that eventually it hurts the home country if all of your companies outsourced, and yet they're still HQed in the US and are dead set on vertical control of their respective industries effectively keeping out new entrepenuers to pick up the slack of the loss of jobs. For the US it will mean the creation of a new industry, but this isn't happening. Atleast not with clean energy. It is happening in China. every household has a solar water heater in china
I never said all x people are y. Though if you study economics you will know a company's sole purpose is to make a profit. to turn it out. How you go about it is another ethical question. Do you look for short-term benefits and go on the assumption that it will always be the case ignoring how destructive it can be if you're able to grow large enough to have influence over your industry, or long term. Those pestky anti-pollution laws bothering you. Then goto country x also.
I feel bad for this particular company because they had to make the tough decision of laying off its workers, and of course its workers were unionized and were able to fight it off. But there is a reason why unions exist, and why they have the power and influence that they have in most of the developed world except for the US. There is a reason why they were demonized in the US. You aren't looking for an educated conversation. You just want to argue.
Korea needs a welfare state, so that when capitalism crushes people, they have a fall-back. I think that would benefit the ruling classes as well, by avoiding this kind of struggle.
@Arrrz77 You think a welfare state benefits the people? Notice the countries that are economically doing better, and how large their welfare states are.
Are you under some crazy impression that as soon as you lose work in a non welfare state you shrivel up and die?
I don't know... to be honest the company went bankrupt years ago not just financially but also technologically.
Shanghai motors just prolonged the process of it's death.
I do feel sorry for the works as Korean government lacks any welfare support for such people and it really could mean death for the people such as who have huge mortgage for example.
The workers of Korea have been fighting the good fight for many years now and were at the forefront of resistance to the WTO and privatization drives in the 1990s. They are not afraid to stand up and fight, and not just symbolically either. Workers around the world should be inspired by their example - only by increasing the pressure on the system worldwide will justice be achieved.
You were a fan of Bush... It takes no reasoning to do that nor to be the 'fan' of any politician.
From my point of view it seems as if back then you liked his policies and now that you feel guilty about it you choose another path, the opposite path(according to the MSM and the sheeple society).
If you put reason above all partisan propaganda you will see things different. I don't want to sound condescending, I'm just trying to overemphasize the importance of reasoning.
You live in the past. You ignore the fact that for slavery to exist today there has to be consent from the consumer and the workers themselves.
You see the workers as imbeciles who cannot do anything for themselves.
Good luck with govt intervention, one day you will realize that the one with the most money is the one who controls what the govt does and not "the people"(whoever these people are).
Thanks for this fantastic report about an intensive labour fight, which we (of course) heard nothing about on other venues. There's an important lesson to be learnt for all the working class people in NA.
This story really hits home for me and my fellow workers at our place of employment. We've had several meetings recently where management has threatened that if we don't pick up production they're going to lock the doors and shut the lights off. It will be interesting to see how things develop, but if they do in fact follow through on their threats maybe we could hold a sit-in.
All companies should have the flexibility to hire and fire, with adequate compensation, according to the changing economic circumstances, if they have to stay in business.
@consdel2000 LoL!!!..That is not true.Americans is not worst off then the Koreans.The US Government own the Big 3 auto makers.Every thing else in your comment is 100 percent true.
Being the daughter of a clothing manufacturer who had to deal with unions and resented it, I'm well acquainted with the business side of it. But I still think that unions are necessary to prevent abuses and that there needs to be a balance of power between unions and management. These workers did the right thing.
There is no limit to the greed and evil that the political, banking and corporate elite are capable of. No amount of wage or worker rights concessions could ever be enough. Human rights are only for the top 1 or 2% of the worlds population.
A good point this Korean made was that the people who led the company to ruin should take responsibility and be laid off, not the workers. The workers did not make the strategic and financial decisions that led to the stupid situation in the first place.
You're exaggerating the power the employer has, as if he was some ruthless dictator who enslaves his workers. You also ignore the influencing power the consumer has over wages.
The market is web of relationships, not some monolithic institution with a monopoly on violence, that's the State.
get ANOTHER fuckin job! what the hell could possibly result from maintaining an uneconomical structure of production? the company will go bankrupt and you'll be out of a job anyway.
@chainzdown2dadik yeah, when an economic structure means thousands of families being broken apart so that the boss can keep maintaining his ridiculously opulent lifestyle.
@jakiner yes, when capital restructuring occurs, which tends to be accompanied by a growth or establishment in another industry it may mean that quite a few people will no longer be needed in their current occupation and will be most useful to others elsewhere. holding onto jobs that new technologies render obsolete will only serve to stagnate economic prosperity. they will be much better off just finding a new job.
If people would just be a little more honest with their communities about company work ethics, change will come a lot quicker! I will be an example, Northrop Grumman Company enforces mandatory overtime and and unhealthy treatment. Forces thousands of workers to go on lunch for 30 min ALL @ ONCE! Over use of regulations. Let People be people! Not Robots! People feel threatened of loosing their jobs if they say anything! Not to mention Virginia law says business' fire employees At-Will!
@bootyjudie At-Will meaning, "Do the JOB or your FIRED!" A lot of these people look unhealthy and working them like robots is exactly why! No time to care for Ones self! Lets Do Something, Now!
Thank god for these people. This really made my day. Even though they didn't win all their demands, anytime workers show militancy and solidarity in the face of overwhelming odds is a victory and an inspiration.
This world is just going to keep getting shittier and shittier unless working people all over the world begin to stand up and fight back against this bullshit.
I think this is proof that worker's can run and control the factories and businesses for themselves. Like Jack London said, if the work and country are being mismanaged, it is only fair to do away with the management.
I'm still amazed how truthful TRNN is. No major news media would report on this, let alone give it meaningful attention.
Thank you TRNN. Always appreciate international coverage.
Mr. Lee’s words, “… resist injustice”. He is absolutely correct. We need to support those that resist against criminal injustice. Those that use police to shield their elite life style.
If you want to raise wages you need to leave unions aside.
Unions negotiate with the State for a wage that seems to be fair but there is no such thing as "fair" when it comes to salaries. Salaries are decided between the employee and the employer. The employees sell their labor to the employer, they don't need the govt to demand a better pay.
yea, and korea is a developed country. I'm surprised they haven't solved this issue, but I dunno I think everyone is doing this race to the bottom and its hurting humanity.
@themeaningoflife38 um no sorry not true.Since govt' takeover of GM.The taxpayer owns 61%.You can thank obama for that.Also NAFTA in which he is in favor of and voted for. A month ago GM anounced of building a $500 million in Mexico.So your rightwing theory has no sound basis!
@themeaningoflife38 Last time I checked it was under a total Liberal government that Unions had suffered the biggest losses since their inception in the 30s.
@BeantownJim American Unions should go to all the third world nations and help Unionize them and explain to them how they are being victimized by greedy corporations.
@themeaningoflife38 There are mutual lessons to be learnt between unions of all countries (that have unions). People in the third world may well know a lot more about being victimised by corporations, since the latter get away with more over there. There was a Real News piece on a mining union in Canada teaming up with Brazilian and other colleagues, against a Brazilian company if I remember right...
@Valdris1987 americans aint lazy you fuckin tool!!!... there are loads of protests over there & they get beat up & imprisonment for days.. & now with the new laws coming in that obama will be able to arrest anyone that gives out decent against the government ...
I remember this. I was living in Korea when this occured. The workers used tools and other machines in the plant to fight law enforcement. It was inspiring to say the least! The world will see much more of this in the near future. Workers in China have been striking and will continue to strike in many industries.
fucking people deserve it
ehnogi 1 year ago
super excellent story!!
888Kharami 1 year ago
Epic title is epic.
sascha024 1 year ago
This was really awesome :-)
So much respect to the workers and their trade unions:-)
R.I.P to those who died in the struggle
SuperAcab666 1 year ago
I feel for the workers who lose their jobs, and certainly respect their right to band together if they feel they are treated unjustly. The negotiating factor is always the companies bankruptcy. If the company is bankrupt it's game over. Both sides lose.
To force a bailout or a loan for the company is a form of extortion. We've been getting into that bad habit a lot these days.
sirellyn 1 year ago
@sirellyn
Bankruptcy? Not necessarily, many relocate while earning big money to earn more. There are also many cases of companies shutting down entire sectors with decent balances because they can't get enough money fast enough out of them.
sinekonata 1 year ago
@sinekonata So in a system where everyone is bailed out there's little wrong/risk with hiring failures.
However if companies are not artificially supported failing is a serious black mark. Good luck getting another job. If they try to start their own new business with their substantive savings, they'd better hope it was simply bad luck.
With no bailouts/subsidization, being an executive of a failed company is very very bad.
sirellyn 1 year ago
@sirellyn For this company's case yes, but a lot of the jobs that go oversea in many companies is simply because the company wants to make money. I mean certain subsidaries they own can be making great quarterly profits, but just for that extra 1 million dollars they can relocate to Vietnam or for IT and engineering China and India and make slightly more of an already successful business. ITs simply greed at this point, and its happening in most developed countries, but in the US the worse!
lordblazer 1 year ago
@lordblazer So when it comes to developed country getting a donation of food you are all for it. But when it comes to people in the country getting a job that raises their standard of living 10x (still putting them significantly lower than US) you are against it.
So you'd like the idea of choosing when to "donate" to the other country.
Yet you are also for the idea of taking tax money and giving relief to the countries without your permission.
sirellyn 1 year ago
@sirellyn
I'm all for DEVELOPING countries being able to provide jobs, but trust me China has plenty of Chinese entrepenuers who do provide jobs in China. It has a lot to do with relying too much on foreign firms. The dichotomy you just created is so short-sighted, and irresponsible. Do you even understand how economies work in developing countries? Lots of opportunities are provided, next gen gets educated and starts to take up that slack. developing countries don't allow foreign firms
lordblazer 1 year ago
@sirellyn
don't allow foreign firms to destroy their industries if they do then they become what is known as an underdeveloped country. A country that never had a chance when they opened up their economy to the world's markets too soon. Outsourcing from developed to developing countries is killing us. and trust me there are indian firms and chinese firms providing jobs for professionals in their countries. DO you understand how economies operate? the model that asian countries used to develop?
lordblazer 1 year ago
@sirellyn
the problem in the US is that the big dogs are outsourcing everything while remaining in the US, and then not allowing for new blood and new entrepenuers and new talent to pick up the slack and generate more jobs through the creation of businesses. ITs why we have recessions. It allows for new blood to come into the game and rise up to the occasion. Also the US doesn't have a culture of entrepenuership on the scale that many other countries do. our economy is at risk!
lordblazer 1 year ago
@lordblazer Last point US doesn't have entre culture I agree with. How does outsourcing stop entrepreneurship? So because they can pay india say for help support less money than people would do it here that stops them?
You realize higher prices are passed to consumers. As are higher wages. So if you forced cheap jobs to only pick American prices would go up, and again people would demand even more wages. The money doesn't magically appear from no where.
sirellyn 1 year ago
@lordblazer You should be asking yourself what stops another group of people from forming a company and being slightly less greedy and undercutting the first companies costs?
Because if you think all companies are greedy terrible people it's pretty much the same crazy generalization saying all Muslims are fanatical terrorists who want to kill us.
Anytime you hold a belief of all of X type of people are Y. You are instantly wrong.
Not even all black people are black. (Albino or Vitiligo)
sirellyn 1 year ago
@sirellyn
never said that. I said they're mostly short-sighted. They'll make money until their bottom line is useless, not realizing they have a longer more stable life span if they treat their bottom line a bit better. Maybe productivity will increase, but this isn't what I am talking about. The issue right now is with the way the global economy is currently functioning. We live in the world of the MNC that have basically their own economies. We also live in a race to the bottom world.
lordblazer 1 year ago
@sirellyn
The problem with this model is that eventually it hurts the home country if all of your companies outsourced, and yet they're still HQed in the US and are dead set on vertical control of their respective industries effectively keeping out new entrepenuers to pick up the slack of the loss of jobs. For the US it will mean the creation of a new industry, but this isn't happening. Atleast not with clean energy. It is happening in China. every household has a solar water heater in china
lordblazer 1 year ago
@sirellyn
I never said all x people are y. Though if you study economics you will know a company's sole purpose is to make a profit. to turn it out. How you go about it is another ethical question. Do you look for short-term benefits and go on the assumption that it will always be the case ignoring how destructive it can be if you're able to grow large enough to have influence over your industry, or long term. Those pestky anti-pollution laws bothering you. Then goto country x also.
lordblazer 1 year ago
@sirellyn
I feel bad for this particular company because they had to make the tough decision of laying off its workers, and of course its workers were unionized and were able to fight it off. But there is a reason why unions exist, and why they have the power and influence that they have in most of the developed world except for the US. There is a reason why they were demonized in the US. You aren't looking for an educated conversation. You just want to argue.
lordblazer 1 year ago
LOL @ the presenter nodding his head as if he understood what he meant :)
zxcts 1 year ago
Korea needs a welfare state, so that when capitalism crushes people, they have a fall-back. I think that would benefit the ruling classes as well, by avoiding this kind of struggle.
Arrrz77 1 year ago
@Arrrz77 You think a welfare state benefits the people? Notice the countries that are economically doing better, and how large their welfare states are.
Are you under some crazy impression that as soon as you lose work in a non welfare state you shrivel up and die?
sirellyn 1 year ago
ZOMG ITS EPPPIICCCC!!@!11
nelson3300 1 year ago
I don't know... to be honest the company went bankrupt years ago not just financially but also technologically.
Shanghai motors just prolonged the process of it's death.
I do feel sorry for the works as Korean government lacks any welfare support for such people and it really could mean death for the people such as who have huge mortgage for example.
Capitalism at it's ugliest.
nurbsenvi 1 year ago
The workers of Korea have been fighting the good fight for many years now and were at the forefront of resistance to the WTO and privatization drives in the 1990s. They are not afraid to stand up and fight, and not just symbolically either. Workers around the world should be inspired by their example - only by increasing the pressure on the system worldwide will justice be achieved.
blackiron60 1 year ago
Epic is the right word for it
AbtinX 1 year ago
@hobatu
You were a fan of Bush... It takes no reasoning to do that nor to be the 'fan' of any politician.
From my point of view it seems as if back then you liked his policies and now that you feel guilty about it you choose another path, the opposite path(according to the MSM and the sheeple society).
If you put reason above all partisan propaganda you will see things different. I don't want to sound condescending, I'm just trying to overemphasize the importance of reasoning.
asperin 1 year ago
@hobatu
You live in the past. You ignore the fact that for slavery to exist today there has to be consent from the consumer and the workers themselves.
You see the workers as imbeciles who cannot do anything for themselves.
Good luck with govt intervention, one day you will realize that the one with the most money is the one who controls what the govt does and not "the people"(whoever these people are).
asperin 1 year ago
Thanks for this fantastic report about an intensive labour fight, which we (of course) heard nothing about on other venues. There's an important lesson to be learnt for all the working class people in NA.
wotan20 1 year ago
This story really hits home for me and my fellow workers at our place of employment. We've had several meetings recently where management has threatened that if we don't pick up production they're going to lock the doors and shut the lights off. It will be interesting to see how things develop, but if they do in fact follow through on their threats maybe we could hold a sit-in.
NickTreklis 1 year ago
This is really impressive, high quality reporting around the world, which is almost entirely absent in the old media. Thank you!
slipcurve 1 year ago 4
All companies should have the flexibility to hire and fire, with adequate compensation, according to the changing economic circumstances, if they have to stay in business.
gauharjk 1 year ago
Workers of the world unite!
It is time for world revolution!
Start passing out the volumes of Bakunin and Robespierre!
AndrewMann552 1 year ago
@consdel2000 LoL!!!..That is not true.Americans is not worst off then the Koreans.The US Government own the Big 3 auto makers.Every thing else in your comment is 100 percent true.
211Alucard 1 year ago
@211Alucard "The US Government own the Big 3 auto makers"
yeah, good luck getting "your share" lmao
chainzdown2dadik 1 year ago
Being the daughter of a clothing manufacturer who had to deal with unions and resented it, I'm well acquainted with the business side of it. But I still think that unions are necessary to prevent abuses and that there needs to be a balance of power between unions and management. These workers did the right thing.
xander7ful 1 year ago
There is no limit to the greed and evil that the political, banking and corporate elite are capable of. No amount of wage or worker rights concessions could ever be enough. Human rights are only for the top 1 or 2% of the worlds population.
workwillfreeyou 1 year ago
Great interview. That is what solidarity is all about!!
Alberto2382 1 year ago
@consdel2000 what an idiotic comment..
CrimewatchMTA 1 year ago
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workers of the world unite!
tannersanta 1 year ago 6
Great story.
nekopheliac 1 year ago
A good point this Korean made was that the people who led the company to ruin should take responsibility and be laid off, not the workers. The workers did not make the strategic and financial decisions that led to the stupid situation in the first place.
GetJesse 1 year ago 6
@hobatu
You're exaggerating the power the employer has, as if he was some ruthless dictator who enslaves his workers. You also ignore the influencing power the consumer has over wages.
The market is web of relationships, not some monolithic institution with a monopoly on violence, that's the State.
asperin 1 year ago
When I read "Korean Metal Workers Union" I thought: nice name for a metal band.
Nades129 1 year ago
Real heros!!! Great story! Thank you, TRNN!
Sarandib22 1 year ago 6
get ANOTHER fuckin job! what the hell could possibly result from maintaining an uneconomical structure of production? the company will go bankrupt and you'll be out of a job anyway.
chainzdown2dadik 1 year ago
@chainzdown2dadik yeah, when an economic structure means thousands of families being broken apart so that the boss can keep maintaining his ridiculously opulent lifestyle.
jakiner 1 year ago 3
@jakiner yes, when capital restructuring occurs, which tends to be accompanied by a growth or establishment in another industry it may mean that quite a few people will no longer be needed in their current occupation and will be most useful to others elsewhere. holding onto jobs that new technologies render obsolete will only serve to stagnate economic prosperity. they will be much better off just finding a new job.
chainzdown2dadik 1 year ago
Something that American's should have done but only with the government.
SirGomez81 1 year ago
If people would just be a little more honest with their communities about company work ethics, change will come a lot quicker! I will be an example, Northrop Grumman Company enforces mandatory overtime and and unhealthy treatment. Forces thousands of workers to go on lunch for 30 min ALL @ ONCE! Over use of regulations. Let People be people! Not Robots! People feel threatened of loosing their jobs if they say anything! Not to mention Virginia law says business' fire employees At-Will!
bootyjudie 1 year ago 3
@bootyjudie At-Will meaning, "Do the JOB or your FIRED!" A lot of these people look unhealthy and working them like robots is exactly why! No time to care for Ones self! Lets Do Something, Now!
bootyjudie 1 year ago
@bootyjudie
good job sounding the horn.
GGAlice1 1 year ago
very inspirational. people need to stop whining and begin to fight for their rights.
jak1428 1 year ago 2
It's a shame they didn't take over the plant.
Arkinight 1 year ago 3
Thank god for these people. This really made my day. Even though they didn't win all their demands, anytime workers show militancy and solidarity in the face of overwhelming odds is a victory and an inspiration.
This world is just going to keep getting shittier and shittier unless working people all over the world begin to stand up and fight back against this bullshit.
truefakeness 1 year ago 3
Very disciplined people.
Diipole 1 year ago
I think this is proof that worker's can run and control the factories and businesses for themselves. Like Jack London said, if the work and country are being mismanaged, it is only fair to do away with the management.
I'm still amazed how truthful TRNN is. No major news media would report on this, let alone give it meaningful attention.
IntractableJ 1 year ago 4
Why isnt this in ANY other media ?
Ex0dus111 1 year ago 3
Thank you TRNN. Always appreciate international coverage.
Mr. Lee’s words, “… resist injustice”. He is absolutely correct. We need to support those that resist against criminal injustice. Those that use police to shield their elite life style.
iknownothingnow 1 year ago 6
Inspirational in this age of government and corperate control.
james9689 1 year ago 7
once again, I learned of a story I'd probably never would have seen on the mainstream. Thanks TRNN!
Knightshield 1 year ago 29
Right wing fascists all over the world want to destroy unions and drive down wages for all
themeaningoflife38 1 year ago 33
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@themeaningoflife38
If you want to raise wages you need to leave unions aside.
Unions negotiate with the State for a wage that seems to be fair but there is no such thing as "fair" when it comes to salaries. Salaries are decided between the employee and the employer. The employees sell their labor to the employer, they don't need the govt to demand a better pay.
asperin 1 year ago
@themeaningoflife38
yea, and korea is a developed country. I'm surprised they haven't solved this issue, but I dunno I think everyone is doing this race to the bottom and its hurting humanity.
lordblazer 1 year ago
@lordblazer Yeah,look what they're doing to American workers.They want people to be desperate and broke so they are willing to work for less.
themeaningoflife38 1 year ago
@themeaningoflife38 um no sorry not true.Since govt' takeover of GM.The taxpayer owns 61%.You can thank obama for that.Also NAFTA in which he is in favor of and voted for. A month ago GM anounced of building a $500 million in Mexico.So your rightwing theory has no sound basis!
BeantownJim 1 year ago
@BeantownJim That's a $500 million auto plant
BeantownJim 1 year ago
@themeaningoflife38 obama is doing what he is told by the elite.
BeantownJim 1 year ago
@themeaningoflife38 Last time I checked it was under a total Liberal government that Unions had suffered the biggest losses since their inception in the 30s.
flatblackstrat 1 year ago
This is something that won't be on the mainstream media.
trybal007 1 year ago 6
@trybal007 What you don't think Lindsey Lohan is important?
cosmosgato 1 year ago
@cosmosgato
That made me laugh so hard! Thanks. :)
God's peace to you.
trybal007 1 year ago
GM is building a $500 billion auto plant in Mexico.
BeantownJim 1 year ago
@BeantownJim American Unions should go to all the third world nations and help Unionize them and explain to them how they are being victimized by greedy corporations.
themeaningoflife38 1 year ago
@themeaningoflife38 most company in the united state don't have unions.
hodalis 1 year ago 2
@themeaningoflife38 There are mutual lessons to be learnt between unions of all countries (that have unions). People in the third world may well know a lot more about being victimised by corporations, since the latter get away with more over there. There was a Real News piece on a mining union in Canada teaming up with Brazilian and other colleagues, against a Brazilian company if I remember right...
NicosNicosNicosNicos 1 year ago
@BeantownJim thats alot of money.
cory2146 1 year ago
@cory2146 61% owned by taxpayers bailout.No jobs just taxes
BeantownJim 1 year ago
@BeantownJim: Source ?
danpt2000 1 year ago
@danpt2000 U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
BeantownJim 1 year ago
Incredible journalism, I can't thank you enough.
bulldogger 1 year ago 6
Real News is amazing
sansez 1 year ago 4
Koreans are bad ass, unlike lazy americans
Valdris1987 1 year ago 3
@Valdris1987 americans aint lazy you fuckin tool!!!... there are loads of protests over there & they get beat up & imprisonment for days.. & now with the new laws coming in that obama will be able to arrest anyone that gives out decent against the government ...
Eirexeyes 1 year ago
Solidarity forever!
Grindermetalhead 1 year ago 6
Fools vs Criminals... worldwide
Guess who will, as usual, win in the end.
MarkoKraguljac 1 year ago
I remember this. I was living in Korea when this occured. The workers used tools and other machines in the plant to fight law enforcement. It was inspiring to say the least! The world will see much more of this in the near future. Workers in China have been striking and will continue to strike in many industries.
clearasvodka 1 year ago 5