UAW 2244 workers at the Fremont, California NUMMI Toyota GM plant speak out about the closure of the plant, the bankruptcy of GM, and the strategy of the UAW international and local union officials. Union meetings have been cancelled, violating the union’s bylaws, and members are angry about the failure of the union to represent […]
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SF State Students Occupy Business Building to Protest Fee Increases and Attack On Public Education
San Francisco State University students occupied the Business School and hundreds of students supported the occupation on 9 December 2009. Produced by Labor Video Project. Contact: P.O. Box 720027, San Francisco, CA 94172; (415) 282-1908; . | | Print
Iraqi Trade Unionists Speak Out at AFL-CIO Convention
Iraqi trade unionists participated in a panel of Middle Eastern unionists at a reception held at the USWA headquarters on 16 September 2009 during the 2009 Pittsburgh AFL-CIO convention. The trade unionists from Iraq who spoke were Falah Alwan, President of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq, and Rasim Hussain Abdullah Al-Awady […]
Stop the Shutdown: UAW NUMMI Toyota Fremont Workers Speak Out
Hundreds of UAW Local 2244 NUMMI Toyota auto and truck workers and their families on 20 August 2009 protested the possible closure of their plant in Fremont, California. Over 4,600 plant workers would lose their jobs, and so would 35,000 other workers throughout California, including many parts workers as well as ILWU members and Teamsters. […]
SEIU-UHW Workers Speak Out on Andy Stern’s Trusteeship
Andy Stern’s SEIU is pouring in millions of dollars to take over the UHW, ousting its leadership. The first part of the video shows the rank and file of the 150,000-member local, as well as their ousted president Sal Rosselli, speaking out against Stern’s trusteeship; in the second part, Steve Zeltzer interviews former UHW organizer […]
“Labor Boycott of Israel” Urged at Rally for Palestinians
On January 10, 2009, thousands of people in the Bay Area protested the US-supported attack by Israel on the people of Gaza at a rally and march in San Francisco. Trade unionists including leaders of the Oakland Education Association and ILWU Local 10 and a leader of the California Peace and Freedom party condemned the […]
Labor Imperialism, Corporate Unionism, & the SEIU Convention in Puerto Rico
This video is an edited part of a 60 minute labor TV show the Labor Video Project is producing on the 2008 SEIU convention in Puerto Rico. To find out more about the issue of the Puerto Rican teachers and the struggle against privatization you can go to: www.fmprlucha.org mysite.verizon.net/vze2kxcd/fmprsupportcommitteenewyork/ www.coordinadorasindical.org/ www.utier.org/estructuras/index.php More Videos about […]
