autoworkers
We can win jobs if we fight for them, autoworkers tell U.S. Social Forum
June 24, 2010DETROIT - United Auto Workers President Bob King brought a message to the U.S. Social Forum here: "The UAW will speak up for and lead the fight for all workers, regardless of whether they are in...
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New UAW president vows “social justice” unionism
June 18, 2010United Auto Workers' new president, Bob King, pledges to fight for jobs and justice for all Americans.
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UAW faces attacks like never before, says Gettelfinger
June 14, 2010The UAW and its workers have been through a tumultuous period, as the 75-year-old union meets this week in Detroit.
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Jazz-blues opera brings ‘Forgotten’ labor history to life
March 23, 2010In "Forgotten: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant," the story of unsung labor hero Lewis Bradford, Methodist minister and union organizer, comes to life in Michigan on March 26.
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Black history, labor history intertwined in Detroit
March 1, 2010Between the two World Wars, the groundwork was laid in Detroit's Black community that culminated in the organizing of the world's most powerful corporation.
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