The UAW Women Who Battled General Motors In 1937
“We knew—if we didn’t win this time—the town would be a dead town...”
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“We knew—if we didn’t win this time—the town would be a dead town...”
The famously straight-laced Walter P. Reuther used this middle finger carving to rudely voice his displeasure.
WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio - Workers at the GM parts distribution center on the outskirts of Cincinnati here are Standing Up to the ferocious greed of the Big 3 CEOs and their masters in finance capital who have profited at the expense of autoworkers across the nation.
Pat Fry was a long-time activist, journalist, and leader in the working class, peace, solidarity, anti-imperialist, and left-wing movements in the United States.
Car makers are building batteries with non-union labour, while electric vehicle production may require fewer workers overall.