Stern John - Ford/ Visteon, where have our pensions gone?

Protest song inspired by Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie, Bily Bragg and Bob Dylan. Tells story of former Ford car parts factories in Basildon, Belfast, and Enfield, which were originally transferred to a connected firm called Visteon, then closed down altogether. This left hundreds of workers, many of whom had worked at the factories for over 30 years, with no pensions or redundancy payouts, even though they were promised continued Ford standard pay and conditions, when the factories changed ownership. The closures sparked mass protests from the workers, who eventually won generous redundancy packages. Very inspiring!! They still fighting to rescue their pension scheme.

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Music

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• Stern John
• Woody Guthrie
• Phil Ochs
• Billy Bragg
• Bob Dylan
• folk
• protest music

[ostormbringero]

WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU GUYS WHEN NAFTA GOT PASSED!!!??? WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS ORGANIZE A NATION WIDE STRIKE!!!??? NOW YOU WANT US TO FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!!??? AFTER YOU SUPPORTED OBAMA!!!! FUCK YOU YOU GUYS DESERVE WHAT YOU GOT!!!!

[pensionfight]

a fine effort - the struggle will continue

[potatoisyellow2]

Great video, deserves lots of views. The way things are going, I'm afraid. I hope to be able to retire at 70!