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UAW Autoworkers Confront Rep. Sen. Shelby (Part 3 of 3)

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Uploaded by on Dec 12, 2008

On December 8 2008, active and retired UAW members from across the U.S. traveled to Washington D.C. to put a human face on the real issues underlying the future of the domestic auto industry, manufacturing, and the American working family. The workers marched, held a press conference, met with Democratic Congressman and author of Single-Payer Bill H.R. 676, John Conyers of Michigan, and confronted Republican Senator Richard Shelby on his views regarding unions, the value of domestic manufacturing, health care, green jobs, the double standards that exist between white-collar and blue-collar labor â especially with regards to the government's handling of the banking and automotive assistance plans â and more.

After being informed at Shelby's office by Ashley Bowles that the Senator was not in that day, Bill Duhnke and Mark Oesterle of the Republican staff on the Banking Committee agreed to sit down with the workers to discuss the Senator's positions.

Voice your opinion.

Call, email, or stop by the offices of:

Senator Bob Corker (R) Tennessee
http://corker.senate.gov/public/

Senator Jim DeMint (R) South Carolina
http://demint.senate.gov/public/

Senator Richard Shelby (R) Alabama
http://shelby.senate.gov/public/


http://www.AutoWorkerCaravan.org
http://www.LaborNotes.org

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http://www.archive.org/details/Part3-UawAutoworkersConfrontRepublicanSen.Shel...

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  • Fuck UAW members.  I'm proud to drive my Lexus and work as an investment banker and go to great lengths to support non-union businesses.

  • @737823 I would expect nothing less from a douche-bag parasite posing as King Kong. Our labor creates ALL wealth!

  • no wonder the car companies have gone down the toilet. They can't compete so they go to the politicians and taxpayer to save them from themselves. very few industries have reached this level of decay--thanks to the unions. Quite an accomplishment.

  • @sillyliberals1 They were never in the toilet. They were overseas. They spent all their 90s domestic profit investing in countries where workers were more exploitable & where profits could be made outside of US bankruptcy court jurisdiction. After they had everything up & running abroad, having spent people's pensions, dividends, etc., they could turn to the gov & declare, we're broke (domestically)! And just like that the union is busted & obligations are skirted. An accomplishment indeed.

  • no he said lazy and fat. appears he was correct

  • If it helps you turn a blind eye to class superiority and injustice - don't forget about their horns, tails and scales.

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  • hes fighting to keep a job that hes had for34 years!! retire dumb ass!!!

  • 6:15--Umm, yes, other companies are developing all-electric vehicles. I understand the Nissan Leaf is coming to market this year. Plus, it's already in existence: I saw one recently at a nearby Nissan dealer.

  • Americans will take this country back from the elitist, and their paid minions. We will fight back. We sill not go quietly into that good night, without a fight. The Banksters are stealing us blind, their paid lackeys in Government will feel our votes, the banksters are going to be brought to justice. We will end the Federal Reserve a privately held corporation, and print the money ourselves interest free, and eliminate derivatives. THE FINANCIAL DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA WILL END !

  • Yu're right, those cameras don't lie, do they?

  • YEP I OWN A

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