Rank and file workers protest GM/Delphi concession demands - 01/09/06

By Doug Cunningham

[CHANT] : "GM, Delphi, you should know - we won't be your Patco!"

About five hundred rank and file workers marched at the Detroit auto show Sunday to protest the Delphi/GM concession demands. Todd Jordan works at Delphi in Kokomo, Indiana.

[Todd Jordan] : "I'm here today because of the GM/Delphi assault on the working class. We are going to work to rule and we're going to fight this back through trade union militancy on the shop floor. And we'll take it to the streets if need be."

Don Gale works at the Flint East plant.

[Don Gale] : "I've been a loyal employee and now they want to take away part of the pension, maybe all of the pension, benefits. They're takin' jobs away from America. They're just point blank trying to eliminate the working class of America. Not just the UAW. They're going after every class of worker."

Staci Kemp from Saginaw Michigan had this message for UAW President Ron Gettlefinger..

[Staci Kemp] : "I would like you to advocate for us in an honest way and stop leaving the rank and file out of the loop.

This unidentified autoworker wants to spark revolutionary action.

"Get off your ass! We need a Boston Tea Party. We need to dump Chinese auto parts in the river as they get off the boat!"