[Marxism] AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Online Union-Made Car Guide

[Jerry Wells]

FYI: On the AFL-CIO NOW BLOG, the following article appeared. To this
article I made a comment containing links to two WSWS articles and one
Video. These links are interviews discussing with the auto workers how
their families being destroyed by the huge pay cuts, layoffs and
shutdowns. 
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Online Union-Made Car Guide
by James Parks, Feb 21, 2009

http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/02/21/online-union-made-car-guide/#comments

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JerryWells on 23.02.2009 at 01:46 (Reply) 
        
        FYI- The following articles, with interviews of workers and
        photos and a video.
        
        Layoffs at GM Lordstown plant ravage Ohio communities
        By Samuel Davidson
        23 February 2009
        
        http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/lord-f23.shtml
        
        General Motors recently announced plans to eliminate the second
        shift at its Lordstown, Ohio, complex in April, laying off 800
        workers. Just last December GM cut the third shift at the
        facility, slashing 900 jobs.
        …
        The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with skilled trades
        workers at the Lordstown complex. John, a die maker with 31
        years experience, said, “The union is not saying a whole bunch.
        Everybody is just holding their breath. We gave up a lot of
        stuff in the last contract so that there would not be any
        layoffs. There are a whole lot of people in here who are making
        just $14 an hour. Now the union has given up the Jobs Bank, so
        the people who get laid off will only have unemployment. That is
        not very much.”
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        General Motors workers speak out against pay cuts
        By Andre Damon
        21 February 2009
        
        http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/auto-f21.shtml
        
        The Obama administration’s Presidential Task Force on the Auto
        Industry met for the first time Friday morning. Headed by US
        Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House economic
        advisor Lawrence Summers, the task force is set to examine plans
        submitted by General Motors and Chrysler to cut wages and jobs
        to restore company “viability.”
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        Video: GM workers denounce concession demands
        21 February 2009
        
        http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/vide-f21.shtml
        
        Workers at the General Motors Truck and Bus plant in Pontiac,
        Michigan, denounced the pay cuts and concessions which are being
        demanded by the Obama administration as the condition for
        government loans to the auto corporations. Over the last three
        decades, workers in Pontiac have watched factories in their
        small city shed 30,000 jobs. Today the last remaining plants are
        threatened with closure as the union and the government join
        forces to force through massive pay and benefits cuts before the
        plants close for the last time. The World Socialist Web Site
        spoke to workers at Pontiac Truck and Bus.”