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THE WESTFALL PAPERS

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BACK L-R. WAYNE GILLETTE, JOHN LONG, BILL GILLETT, RUSS WILLIAMS, RON CASTLEMAN

SEATED L-R. TREASURER JIM GILLETT, EDITOR BERNIE LOWTHIAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN DAVE LUSTIG, CHAIRMAN MIKE WESTFALL

 

AUTO INDUSTRY BLUE COLLAR REBELS 1976

 

It must become a requisite for America’s corporations and financial industries to conduct business with a measure of national loyalty. They must be held accountable and behave in a socially responsible manner in dealing with workers, communities and the best interests of our nation.

By the 1970's America’s multi-national corporations were introducing corporate restructuring with little regard for national loyalty or social responsibility. General Motors was America’s premier manufacturer, Flint factories employed the largest concentration of GM workers in the world, and GM was the restructuring blueprint that other businesses were copying. From the trenches in 1976, nine Flint blue-collar autoworkers formed a key grassroots activist group dedicated to addressing this irresponsible reformation. This site presents an overview of that work and other issues relative to working people.

I was the chairman of this and subsequent groups. We participated in radio,TV, other significant media events and became active in Flint union leadership. We conducted demonstrations, conferences and rallies bringing attention to big business’s economic inequity, elevated unemployment, corporate greed, corruption, big business / government collusion, and the conducting of business without a social conscience. I wrote national monthly awareness papers, served on national advisory boards, and traveled around America speaking out on these issues. I also wrote important and vital benefit programs jointly for General Motors and the International UAW. We warned of how government bureaucrats were conspiring with business to ship vast numbers of America’s important middle-class jobs offshore. This, and other corporate strategies, would turn our middle-class into America’s working poor, diminish our standing in the world and deteriorate our military strength, which is dependent upon our manufacturing capabilities.   

Working-class families have since suffered tremendous wage, benefit and standard of living theft directly linked to this restructuring, which has weakened our nation. Today’s unemployed may never be able to find meaningful living wage jobs equal to those restructured away. Collusion between America’s wealthy and Washington has enabled the inexcusable transfer of wealth from struggling middle-class families to the already enormously wealthy class. Middle America is being forced by this unholy conspiratorial alliance to bail out the very financial system that caused the fiscal collapse. Bureaucrats have concurrently cheated American savers by slicing interest rates on their savings accounts to almost zero, while gifting billions of tax dollars to Wall Street bankers. This is government enabled white-collar theft.

America’s scapegoat retirees have been especially betrayed as every retirement promise has been under assault. The government’s irresponsible threat against their safety net on pensions, Medicare and Social Security is despicable. It truely has become a class warefare against the powerless.

Our group quickly grew and expanded to other cities and states. We were the solitary grass roots group of working people that acknowledged, documented and addressed these issues as they happened. Our critical work can now be found in colleges, best selling books, movies, and in documentaries. It is printed in educational textbooks for high schools and universities. Our labor papers, articles, films, audiotapes and other materials are archived in prestigious libraries.

*Remember to reference this site when using its material as a resource.

 

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ARCHIVED WESTFALL LABOR PAPERS
ARCHIVES @ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - FLINT FRANCES WILLSON THOMPSON LIBRARY

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WRITINGS @ KHEEL CENTER, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK

ARCHIVES @ THE WALTER REUTHER
ARCHIVES @ THE WALTER P. REUTHER LIBRARY, DETROIT

Cornell University
AUDIO-VISUAL LABOR COLLECTION @ CORNELL UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK

Cornell University
PHOTO COLLECTION @CORNELL UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK

The Westfall Labor Papers

HISTORIC BLUE-COLLAR work WHICH ACCURATELY predicted TODAY'S EMPLOYMENT crisis

1985 -  PITTSBURGH ECONOMic association today's corporate restructuring REVOLUTION is destined to destroy america's middle-class and radically slash jobs for our next generation in the twenty-first century . . (MORE) 

1987 - U.A.W. 50TH ANNIVERSARY / ANTI-CONCESSION RALLY /PART B  IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE WALTER REUTHER TO ROLE over IN HIS GRAVE ITS THE THOUGHT THAT General motors IS GETTING AWAY WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING TODAY. .. (MORE) 

6/2009 "MAQUILADORA!"   AMERICAN exported slavery to foreign workers exploited with shamefully low wages and working conditions. then used as unfair competitive examples of how american workers are under worked and overpaid in and effort to reduce the worlds working class to the lowest common denominator . . . . . (MORE)

5/2009 CANCER  IN AUTO TOWN  THERE are horrific costs eminating from the irresponsible dumping of corporate toxic wastes and the poisening of communities and workers . .  (MORE) 

12/1990 - MICHAEL MOORE'S SECRET PHIL DONAHUE, RALPH NADER AND the national MEDIA. flint was the founding home of both general motors and the united auto workers. general motors was america's premier manufacturer and the largest concentration of gm workers was in flint. What is the valid Flint story of thirty years ago? . .(MORE) 

3/2009 - RESPECTED UAW SATURN PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT ON SHOCKING AUTO FACTORY CANCER   It is totally documented that many important Industrial factories have been proven to be mortally unhealthy for the workers and communities in which they are located  . . . (MORE)  

7/1990 - OUT OF CONTROL AMERICAN HEALTH CARE  america’s elected bureaucrats are like blind sided deer caught in the headlights. their lack of leadership in DEALING WITH rediculously over priced HEALTH CARE COSTS, questionable QUALITY AND unfair ACCESSIBILITY IS disasterously irresponsible. it has the potential of bringing down our entire economic system. .  (MORE)

8/2007 - HISTORIC UAW LEADER SPEAKS OUT FOR RETIREES & WORKERS .  WHITEY HALE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF UAW LOCAL 326 IN FLINT, MICHIGAN. the general motors plating factory that he represented had a cancer rate that was twice the national average. it has been torn down. whitey was an exceptional labor leader and hero who fought for both workers and RETIREES(MORE)  

4/2009 TOXIC TIME BOMB .. THE REAL LEGACY COST OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY AMERICA’S DEEP RECESSION HAS EXACERBATED ISSUES WITHIN PROBLEMATIC INDUSTRIES, AND THERE ARE THOSE LOOKING FOR A SCAPEGOAT. . .  (MORE) 

1987 - U.A.W. 50TH ANNIVERSARY / ANTI- CONCESSION RALLY  PART A WE SEE OUR PLANTS CLOSING. WE SEE THE DEVASTATION IN OUR FAMILIES FACES. FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW IT MAY NOT GET BETTER IT MAY GET SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE. . . (MORE) 

1987 - U.A.W. 50TH ANNIVERSARY / ANTI-CONCESSION RALLY   PART C JERRY TUCKER PRESENTATION. . .(MORE) 

6/1981 - 18 NATION WORLD COUNCIL MEETING  DEARBORN- DELEGATES FROM UNIONS REPRESENTING GENERAL MOTORS WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD WERE GATHERING HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS AN INTERNATIONAL UNION RESPONSE TO WHAT THEY CALL GM’S WORLD STRATEGY..(MORE) 

1986 - GM AND LIBERAL ARTS  IN DECEMBER’S MICHIGAN TODAY ROGER SMITH USED THE SUBJECT OF LIBERAL ARTS AS THE VEHICLE TO MAKE SOME TYPICAL GENERAL MOTORS PUBLIC RELATION’S COMMENTS ON GM'S RESTRUCTURING. . . (MORE)  

7/2009 - BILLY DURANT'S INCOMPETENT AND BANKRUPT GENERAL MOTORS UNCLE SAM HAS ALLOCATED $50 BILLION TO FIX GM AND WILL END UP OWNING 60% OF IT. . . (MORE 

6/2009 - THE REAL STORY ABOUT FLINT IT IS DISTRESSING THAT THE IMPORTANT FLINT STORY WOULD BE REDUCED TO A CARNIVAL SIDESHOW. . .  (MORE)  

4/2009 -  BETRAYED AUTO RETIREES, BLUE COLLAR AND WHITE COLLAR WHAT IS THE TRUE DEFINITION OF THE SO-CALLED LEGACY COST IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY, AND WHO IS REALLY PICKING UP THE. . .  (MORE)  

2008 THE DESTRUCTION OF UAW PRESIDENT WALTER REUTHER’S UNION PAST UAW PRESIDENT AND FOUNDING FATHER, WALTER REUTHER, WAS A STRONG PRINCIPLED LABOR LEADER OF VISION. WALTER HAD A BACKBONE AND REFUSED TO BECOME A CORPORATE PUPPET. . . (MORE) 

6/2007 - UAW OFFICIALS' BETRAYAL OF MEMBERS "2007" IN AMERICA THE RICH ARE GETTING RICHER, THE POOR ARE GETTING POORER AND OUR MIDDLE CLASS. . . (MORE) 

10/2005 - UAW BLACK OCTOBER 2005  PENSIONS & RETIREMENT BENEFITS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SACRED & "OFF LIMITS" THROUGHOUT RETIREE'S GOLDEN . . . (MORE) 

2005 NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE...NOW! AMERICA NEEDS NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ALL IT'S PEOPLE.  . . . (MORE)  

8/1990 - AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HAS BECOME A BASKET CASE AND IS WASTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS YEARLY FOR INEFFICIENT HEALTHCARE THAT IS ADVERSELY AFFECTING OUR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. . . (MORE)   

3/1990 - JOBS BANK EARLY RETIREMENT PILOT PROPOSAL FOR TWO YEARS BEGINNING IN 1988 THE UAW AND GM SET MICHAEL WESTFALL UP IN AN OFFSITE OFFICE COMPLEX, WHICH GM HAD PURCHASED FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. . . (MORE)    

7/1986 - THE FALLOUT FROM THE CLOUDS OF RECESSION ARE BEING FELT AMERICAN LABOR IS NOW EXPERIENCING POSSIBLY THE MOST DIFFICULT PERIOD IN ITS HISTORY. BECAUSE OF THE CONCESSION AFTERMATH AND DUE TO . . . (MORE)   

7/1985 - THINGS CHANGING AND NOT FOR THE BETTER SIGNIFICANT AUTOMOTIVE CHANGES ARE OCCURRING IN THE GENERAL MOTORS TOWN OF FLINT WE SEE IT WITH GM'S RACE TO EXPORT SO MANY OF OUR DOMESTIC JOBS TO FOREIGN WORKERS. WHO IN MANY CASES ARE BEING EXPLOITED WITH LOW WAGES. . .(MORE)   

7/1985 - WESTFALL / NADER INTERVIEW ON PERRY WRIGHT RADIO SHOW THIS IS “FLINT NIGHT LINE”. OUR GUESTS TONIGHT ARE MIKE WESTFALL AND RALPH NADER. THEY WILL BE SPEAKING ON G.M. AND TAXES. G.M. SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN UNFAIRLY TAXED AND THEY WANT TAX RELIEF. SHOULD THEY GET IT? . . .(MORE)    

9/1984 - CONTENT LEGISLATION  IN 1974, THE JAPANESE ONLY HAD ABOUT 6.7% OF THE AMERICAN AUTO MARKET. IN 1982 FOREIGN CAR SALES SHOT UP TO AN AMAZING 27.8%. . . (MORE) 

3/1984 - FLORIDA TREND MAGAZINE  BY THE TIME MIKE WESTFALL WALKED INTO DETROIT’S COBO HALL ONE MORNING LAST WINTER, HE HAD ALREADY PUT IN A FULL, PREDAWN SHIFT AT THE CHEVY TRUCK PLANT IN FLINT, MICHIGAN …(MORE) 

10/1987 - AMERICA'S MINORITY SITUATION   CORPORATE AMERICA’S RACE TO RESTRUCTURE IS BEING GRIEVOUSLY FELT BY THE WORKING CLASS. THE UPSWING IN THE ECONOMY IS TRANSLATING INTO SOME WORKERS GOING BACK TO WORK BUT NOT IN THE NUMBERS THAT WERE ONCE THERE. . . (MORE) 

6/1982  TECHNOLOGY CURSE OR PROMISE  WE ARE ENTERING THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE IN INDUSTRY AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE REVOLUTIONIZING EVERY SECTOR OF OUR PRODUCTION AND OFFICE ECONOMY...(MORE) 

6/1981 - NATIONAL TECH REPORT  THE AUTO COMPANIES ARE PUTTING UP THE LARGEST SMOKE SCREEN IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY. THEY ARE FEVERISHLY TRYING TO COVER UP THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ELIMINATING AS MANY OF OUR JOBS AS POSSIBLE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, DOWNSIZING, AND THE WORLD CAR...(MORE)  

6/2009 - HE'S A REBEL: DARLENE LOVE  / - ELVIS PRESLEY, PHIL SPECTOR, TOM JONES, RONETTES, RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, BEACH BOYS, TINA TURNER, DIONNE WARWICK, JACKIE WILSON, . . (MORE) 

2/2008 - "BUNK" TO RALPH NADER'S 2008 POLITICAL CRITICS! - RALPH NADER IS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE EVER BORN IN AMERICA WHO DESERVES. . .(MORE) 

2/2007 - FATHER GEORGE SCHULTZE INTERVIEW - CATHOLIC LATINOS. . .FR. GEORGE E. SCHULTZE, SJ, IS THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK TITLED STRANGERS IN A FOREIGN LAND. . . (MORE)  

2/2007 - MARTIN BARILLAS INTERVIEW - WELL RESPECTED MARTIN BARILLAS HAS BEEN A DIPLOMAT AND HUMAN RIGHTS OBSERVER IN EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA. . . (MORE)

6/2005 - AMERICA'S BETRAYED BABY BOOMERS  - AMERICA'S RETIREES ARE BEING SHORT CHANGED AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. HOW ARE OUR BOOMERS BEING TREATED IN THEIR GOLDEN YEARS? THEY ARE BEING BETRAYED! . . (MORE) 

5/2007 - DAVID T. HARDY INTERVIEW - DAVID T. HARDY IS A TUCSON, ARIZONA ATTORNEY AND AN ACCOMPLISHED BEST SELLING AUTHOR. . . (MORE)   

4/2007 -  AMERICA - THERE ARE CONSERVATIVES WHO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD NOT ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OR ACTIONS . . . (MORE)

3/2009 - MIKE WESTFALL'S CHAPTER IN BIOGRAPHY - IT IS FASCINATING THAT MR. MOORE, WHO HAS A NOTORIOUS REPUTATION FOR BEING THE DREADED BUSHWHACKER, SHOULD FEEL SO THREATENED BY ME. . . (MORE) 

4/2007 - WESTFALL INTERVIEWED ON CHICAGO RADIO BY FRANK SALVATO - THE NEW MEDIA JOURNAL RADIO SHOW CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. . . . (MORE) 

2011 - DECONSTRUCTING BY THOMAS CLOUGH EVERY SUCCESSFUL PREDATOR HAS A DISTINCTIVE WAY OF SUCCEEDING . . . (MORE)


 

10/2006 - POLITICS. . . . (MORE) 

2011 – GENERAL MOTORS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.. .(MORE) 



Who is Mike Westfall?
Who is Mike Westfall?

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CHICAGO

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1980's.. Activists held conferences on the future impact of corporate restructuring

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DETROIT

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FLINT

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Rally activists participating from around the country

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Mike Westfall / Michael Moore... Bio. by Roger Rapoport

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Participants and activists bused in for large rallies

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Stockholder demonstrations

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CHICAGO TV INTERVIEW

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..INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
 
..LABOR HISTORY

..CONTACT & COMMENTS 

REACHING OVER 1.5 MILLION PER MONTH
GM's Environmental Shame
Corporate Pollution by Mike Westfall / Edited By Pulitzer Prize Nominated Author Edwin Black

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Maquiladora! Multinational Slavery

America's Toxic Timebomb
America's Toxic Timebomb

The Poisoning of America by Industrial Pollution
Poisonous Industrial Pollution

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Westfall, Reuther & Tucker

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Mike Westfall & Ralph Nader Press Conference University of Michigan

FOUNDING GROUP MEMBER
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BERNIE LOWTHIAN EDITOR OF HISTORIC LABOR PAPERS

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Mike Westfall / Ralph Nader

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MATERIAL PRINTED IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TEXTBOOKS

Best Selling Author David T. Hardy
Best Selling Author David T. Hardy

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Alicia Patterson Foundation's Award Winning Piece

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Multinational Worker Exploitation

Flint Michigan's Dire Decline
FLINT, MICHIGAN

Betrayed Retiree Scapegoats
Betrayed Retiree Scapegoats

Top UAW Officials Lost Direction and deserve Blame
UAW Officials Lose Direction..Flint Journal's Ron Fonger

He's a Rebel Darlene Love / Mike Westfall
He's A Rebel ..Darlene Love.. 2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Auto Industries Polluting factories
Auto Industries Polluting Factories

MAQUILADORA ..US EXPORTED SLAVERY
Maquiladora.. US Exported Slavery

Westfall/Father George Schultze Interview
Malcolm A. Kline / Director of Accuracy in the Media

Karen Covell Hollywood Interview
Karen Covell .. TV Producer / Director ..Hollywood Interview

News Analysis
News Analysis

UAW Officials Lose Direction
UAW Officials Lose Direction

Union Officials Blast Republicans
Union Officials Blast Republicans

David hardy / Mike Westfall
Best Selling Author David T. Hardy Interview

David Hardy and the Second Amendment
Canada Free Press ... David Hardy and the Second Amendment

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nader.org

Michael Moore Versus America
Michael Moore Versus America

Spero / Maquiladora Slavery
Spero / Maquiladora Slavery

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Whitey Hale Interview

Mike Westfalls chapter in Michael Moores bio
Mike Westfalls chapter in Michael Moores bio./ Impact Wire

Book On Moore

UAW Black October  @ UAW-NDM
UAW Black October @ UAW-NDM

FR. GEORGE SCHULTZE, SJ / MICHAEL WESTFALL INTERVI
FATHER GEORGE SCHULTZE,SJ INTERVIEW

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AUTO INDUSTRY CANCER

World Intellectual publisher
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Extensive Westfall writings in text books targeting Mexico, Maquiladora & N.A.F.T.A.

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Maquiladora Slavery / Energy Publishers


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