because tracy chapman is standing next to me. i absolutely loved it, so i thank them both for bringing us that special, special song to take us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you again at the end of tomorrow. at the end of tomorrow. really happy to have you here. happy monday. so in september, you might remember that there was a big strike. united auto workers went on strike, they called it a stand up strike, which means they didn t strike every single factory, every single facility all at once, they strategically picked individual plants to strike and pick it. and it was so they could basically keep up the pressure on the companies but also be nimble about it while their negotiations were going on. a strike is about what leverage you can use against the companies. this was a strategy that was about fine-tuning their le
from bolting and going to somewhere where they could be in the uaw. and the public reaction to this was interesting.bl the public was overwhelmingly in support of the autoworkers while they were on this strike. polls showed like 75% of the public supported the autoworkers in this strike.rt so this is a historic thing, a a big deal. but if you think back to september, right when we were at the start of it, before we knew it would work, before we knew it would be successful, before we knew how it would turn out, how much public opinion would be in support of these guys, when we were less than two weeks into that strike, do you remember what president biden did? you might remember. president biden went to michigan and joined the autoworkers. from the white house, he had been supporting them vocally. he had been trying to help facilitate negotiations but once they indeed went on strike, he physically went to michigan to w one of the plants that was being picketed and he stood wit
good to see you. and thanks to you at home for joining us. really happy to have you here. happy monday. so in september, you might remember there was a big strike. united autoworkers went on strike. they called it a stand-up strike, which means they didn t strike every single factory, every single facility all at once. they strategically picked individual plants to strike and picket. and it was so they could basically keep up the pressure on the companies but also be nimble about it while the negotiations were going on. a strike is about what leverage you can use against the companies. this was a strategy that was about fine tuning their leverage. so they did a stand-up strike. that said, it was not a small thing. it was a huge strike. it was the first time ever that the uaw went on strike against all three major u.s. car companies all at once. but they did it. and in the end, it paid off hugely. the strike ultimately lasted about a month and a half. it lasts 46 days. and i
melber. i think that s the only li l jon report you can get into a respectable news environment. appreciate it. this is the beat with ari melber. trump world absolutely rattled over what looks like a significant conclusion to this january 6th committee work. the committee held an unusual weekend meeting. this is basically the last one we know of. a meeting monday to release is the exhaustive record, and wednesday, of course, the report comes out. congressman raskin now says they coming criminal reference, which would be voted on monday, will also deal with evidence that s relevant to federal prosecutors, including evidence that may be new that has not yet come to
thank you so much for joining us. so, committee chairman representative benny thompson said committee members are expected to reach a decision on criminal referrals when they meet virtually tomorrow. it is a rare weekend meeting. what do you expect to see the commit to make? well when zinhle, the pressure is on betty thompson and the rest of the committee. we know that there are against the clock, because that s you ve already said, when congress turns over, it is really expected that the january six committee will be no more. so it is now or never, in terms of the decision to make a criminal referral regarding president trump or anyone else for that matter to the department of justice. the determinant justice, to be clear, does not necessarily need a criminal referral from the general six committee in order to proceed with an indictment. a grandeur, e or prosecution of the former president. however, getting that criminal referral from the committee would be a significant push in an