UAW Strike Enters Day 3 as 50,000 Workers Demand GM to Share Its Billions in ProfitsSeptember 18, 2019
As members of the United Auto Workers head into their third day of a nationwide strike, General Motors has cut off health insurance for the nearly 50,000 people on picket lines across the country demanding better working conditions and fair pay. The workers say GM continues to deny employees’ demands for better conditions and compensation despite leading the company to record profits following bankruptcy and a federal bailout. It’s the first company-wide strike against GM in 12 years. UAW had sought to have GM cover striking workers’ health insurance through the end of the month. In New York City, we speak with Steven Greenhouse, veteran labor reporter formerly with The New York Times. His latest book is titled “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor.” His recent op-ed in The New York Times is headlined “The Autoworkers Strike Is Bigger Than G.M.”
Transcript & 10 min. Video
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/18/uaw_nationwide_strikes_gm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Beaten Down, Worked Up”: Steven Greenhouse on the Past, Present and Future of American LaborSeptember 18, 2019
As UAW workers stand on picket lines across the country, teachers prepare to strike in Chicago, and thousands of healthcare workers with Kaiser Permanente plan to strike in October, we speak with longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of the new book “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor.” Among other issues, Greenhouse discusses how labor and climate activists are teaming up to push for a Green New Deal.
Transcript & 20 min. Video
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/18/steven_greenhouse_past_future_american_labor~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UAW General Motors Strike Is Rooted in Decades-Long Struggle for DignitySeptember 18, 2019
We speak with longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of the new book “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor,” on the history of American unions, the recent wave of teacher and auto worker strikes, and where the 2020 candidates fall on labor issues.
Transcript & 20 min. Video
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/18/how_decades_of_union_organizing_last
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:03 am