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to talk about that decade, the changes that the working class or classes experience likeo by noting uaws fraser, who at the time said that there seemed to be a one sided class war being fought against the working class. and when he's talking about that, he's talking about the sweeping economic changes and political changes that seem to undermine and threaten not just the labor movement, but the very livelihood of its members and of workers in general. let's talk just a few of those changes. some of the most important trends i$wn employment labor had to do with the sort of phenomenal growth of the labor in the 1960s. some of those, do with a slight growth in immigration, but it also had to do with the fact that more women and younger men and women were joining labor force. ironically, this occurs at the same time in which you saw decline in manufacturing productivity gains through automation and latex, tended to drive down for labor in but other notably the government sector. but also retail and clerical in the information sector in general were expanding. so unionization over the course
to talk about that decade, the changes that the working class or classes experience likeo by noting uaws fraser, who at the time said that there seemed to be a one sided class war being fought against the working class. and when he's talking about that, he's talking about the sweeping economic changes and political changes that seem to undermine and threaten not just the labor movement, but the very livelihood of its members and of workers in general. let's talk just a few of those changes....
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and thev uaw and the principal union of automotive workers losing membership was american automobile production had other effects. the demand for american steel declines in the seventies and 1980s. it also meant that communities in autoworkers lived would experience a decline in. tax revenues would experience felt like reagan would experience change in the kind of economy that drove dearborn and line cities and counties in what becomes called the rust belt but also even a change in who in the town would be the most prominent. what factor in society would begin to dominate in politics. the steel industry also, as i noted, was a kind of collateral damage to the us steel industry begins to collapse. and in youngstown, ohio, one of the major steel producing centers. in 1977 experienced a severe. ■youngstown sheet and tube closs campbell mill that fall moving. 1977 the major auction of cement steel production to indian river works near chicago. of the 22,000 workers employed by the company five go youngstown, workers were unemployed. u.s. steel youngstown plant soon followed suit in 197
and thev uaw and the principal union of automotive workers losing membership was american automobile production had other effects. the demand for american steel declines in the seventies and 1980s. it also meant that communities in autoworkers lived would experience a decline in. tax revenues would experience felt like reagan would experience change in the kind of economy that drove dearborn and line cities and counties in what becomes called the rust belt but also even a change in who in the...
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he is a 29 year member of the uaw and started as an electrician and led the uaw in negotiating a story contract which substantially waged -- raised wages and benefits for the workers of that union. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, chairman sanders, dr. cassidy, and members of the committee. i'm here to talk about one of the most important isss any wors person, any us senator, any human being. and that is our time. as president of the united auto workers, i represent 400,000 working class people across induries, and 600,000 retirees. and i know when my members look back on their lives, they never say “i wish i had worked more.” when people reach the end of their lives, they never say “i wish i'd made more money.” what they wish for they had more time. that's what work does. we are paid for our time, and when we were, we are sacrificing time with other friends, and other things we wish to do. but time, like every precious resource in our society, is not given freely to the working class. since the industrial revolution, we have seen the productivity of our society skyro
he is a 29 year member of the uaw and started as an electrician and led the uaw in negotiating a story contract which substantially waged -- raised wages and benefits for the workers of that union. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, chairman sanders, dr. cassidy, and members of the committee. i'm here to talk about one of the most important isss any wors person, any us senator, any human being. and that is our time. as president of the united auto workers, i represent 400,000...
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f if the uaw wishes to discuss this we should do so, they should sargaining table. by the way, i apologize if this should give anyone false hope but a mandatory 32 hour workweek is bad policy. i' n even democrats unanimously support this, but it with the biden administration is heading. they're up for a tough reelection and then maybe more than willing to use executive authority to do something which does not come which actually has bipartisan opposition. there's been a concerning pattern from democrats of prioritizing policies to helpe d businesses, the workers and the businesses themselves. recently the biden administration proposed a new overtime rule dramatically increasing overtime pay threshold by 55%. that will result in layoffs and the result in more inflation. the biden administration released a new joint employable threatening the viability of the franchise model that employs over 9 million workers and has empowered people who have a dream of becoming a small erbusinessperson to become a sml business person and oerse would notrw have. .. independent contra
f if the uaw wishes to discuss this we should do so, they should sargaining table. by the way, i apologize if this should give anyone false hope but a mandatory 32 hour workweek is bad policy. i' n even democrats unanimously support this, but it with the biden administration is heading. they're up for a tough reelection and then maybe more than willing to use executive authority to do something which does not come which actually has bipartisan opposition. there's been a concerning pattern from...
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uaw worked to keep thela open and get these jobs back and together we succeeded. instead of auto factoring shutting down, they are reopening in state and being built to power the cars. [applause] folks, instead of your town being left behind, the communities moving forward again because instead of watching all the jobs in the future go overseas, 4,000 union jobs with higher wages or building the future rig h tonight, shawn, where are you? [applause] and a third generation burger, uaw worker belvidere, shawn proud to be the first president to stand in the picket line and today a good job in a hometown family and pride and dignity as well showing once again wall street didn't build america, the middle class built the country and the unions build the middle class. i say to the american people when america gets knocked down, we get back up. we keep going. that's you, the ame people. it's because of you america is coming back into the future is brighter. it's because of you that tonight we can finally say the state of our union is strong and getting stronger. [applause
uaw worked to keep thela open and get these jobs back and together we succeeded. instead of auto factoring shutting down, they are reopening in state and being built to power the cars. [applause] folks, instead of your town being left behind, the communities moving forward again because instead of watching all the jobs in the future go overseas, 4,000 union jobs with higher wages or building the future rig h tonight, shawn, where are you? [applause] and a third generation burger, uaw worker...
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uprising or whether it's the writers strike and that and the sag strike are still out there or ups or uaw, which has a component of of automation and the making of electric cars as a as a point concern. nevada in nevada, the culinary union has just authorized a strike and of their chief complaints is about automation and. i think the commonality here is these are people who are seeking a of control over their their own destinies just like the people who are hacking those apps. and i was reminded of people of uber drivers who would be on a private discord because they knew that they would all wait long enough, like when they were at the airport just he at lax. this is a tactic that they would do if held out long enough. then uber, would it install a surge price, make more money so they'd all be on th discord? don't accept any rides. and they'd all team up until the wage, the rate lifted up and then boom, all of a sudden all accept the rides and they all, you know, make five more dollars per ride. so there's a lot of power in that of collective actio think d earlier, the writers is kind of,
uprising or whether it's the writers strike and that and the sag strike are still out there or ups or uaw, which has a component of of automation and the making of electric cars as a as a point concern. nevada in nevada, the culinary union has just authorized a strike and of their chief complaints is about automation and. i think the commonality here is these are people who are seeking a of control over their their own destinies just like the people who are hacking those apps. and i was...
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dorothy hyde, and it took malcolm x and rosa parks■ó#÷ thurgood marshall and jack greenberg and the uaw supporting the march on washington, and it took lyndon johnson, who knew howp2 to break a 17 year filibuster. we don't know how many projects he promised. [laughter] we don't know how many he cut, but whatever he did, it worked, and the civil rights ac. we are progenitors of that work. the second part of this state iy index and each and every year for the past 20 years, we have said let's put the facts when it comes to the numbers of social and economic conditions out there so we can understand clearly what t comparative is when it comes to the social and economic conditions of black americans and white americans so that we are not having a discussion with a billion opinions only. yet we are also not having a wie misinformation and of the the lyingthat goes on when it co progress or the lack thereof in this nation. and of the third part of the report is a report on president biden and whether he has lived up to the promises he on paper e biden. we wanted to look at it so that6 people
dorothy hyde, and it took malcolm x and rosa parks■ó#÷ thurgood marshall and jack greenberg and the uaw supporting the march on washington, and it took lyndon johnson, who knew howp2 to break a 17 year filibuster. we don't know how many projects he promised. [laughter] we don't know how many he cut, but whatever he did, it worked, and the civil rights ac. we are progenitors of that work. the second part of this state iy index and each and every year for the past 20 years, we have said let's...
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it took a malcolm x, and it took a rosa parks thurgood marshall and it took a jack greenberg and the uaw supporting the march on washon and it took a lynn done lyndon johnson who knew how to break a filibuster, we don't know how many he cut, but whatever he did, it worked and the civil rights act of '64 passed. we are progenators of that work. the second part of this state of black america is the equality index and each and every year for the past 20 years we have said, let's put the facts when it comes to the number of social and economic conditions out there so we can understand clearly what the ■? gícomparative is when it comes o the social and economic conditions of black americans and white americans so we're not having aion with our brilliant opinions only, and we have brilliant opinions, and we're also not having a discussion with the rank misinformation and lying that goes on when it comes to progress or lack thereof in this nation. and the third part of this report is a report on president biden and whether he has lived up to the promises he made in paper as candidate biden a
it took a malcolm x, and it took a rosa parks thurgood marshall and it took a jack greenberg and the uaw supporting the march on washon and it took a lynn done lyndon johnson who knew how to break a filibuster, we don't know how many he cut, but whatever he did, it worked and the civil rights act of '64 passed. we are progenators of that work. the second part of this state of black america is the equality index and each and every year for the past 20 years we have said, let's put the facts when...