HISTORIC UAW LEADER SPEAKS OUT FOR RETIREES & WORKERS AUGUST 11, 2007 WHITEY HALE / MICHAEL WESTFALL INTERVIEW ...WHITEY HALE IS THE RETIRED PRESIDENT OF UAW LOCAL 326 IN FLINT, MICHIGAN. . . (MORE)
UAW OFFICIALS' BETRAYAL OF MEMBERS "2007" JUNE 27, 2007 IN AMERICA THE RICH ARE GETTING RICHER, THE POOR ARE GETTING POORER AND OUR MIDDLE CLASS, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE
ENGINE OF OUR NATION AND THE ENVY. . . (MORE)
UAW BLACK OCTOBER 2005 OCTOBER 21, 2005 PENSIONS & RETIREMENT BENEFITS
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SACRED & "OFF LIMITS" THROUHGOUT RETIREE'S GOLDEN . . . (MORE)
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE...NOW! MAY 1, 2005 AMERICA NEEDS NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ALL IT'S PEOPLE.
AUTO WORKERS ARE GREEDY, SELF CENTERED, OVERPAID,
UNDERWORKED, AND WE SHOULD'NT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THEM. . . (MORE)
OUT OF CONTROL AMERICAN HEALTH CARE AUGUST 26, 1990 TODAY'S EXISTING PRESCRIPTION OF DEALING WITH AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE COSTS, QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY IS OBSOLETE.
. . (MORE)
AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE AUGUST 26, 1990 OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HAS BECOME A BASKET CASE AND IS CAUSING THE HEMORRHAGING OF AMERICA'S BIG-TICKET PRODUCTION CAPACITY BY WASTING BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS YEARLY FOR INEFFICIENT HEALTHCARE THAT IS ADVERSELY AFFECTING OUR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. . . (MORE)
JOBS BANK EARLY RETIREMENT PILOT PROPOSAL MARCH 14, 1990 FOR TWO YEARS BEGINNING
IN 1988 THE UAW AND GM SET MICHAEL WESTFALL UP IN AN OFFSITE OFFICE AT CUMMINGS SCHOOL, A CLOSED FLINT SCHOOL COMPLEX, WHICH
GM HAD PURCHASED FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. . . (MORE)
MICHAEL MOORE'S BIG SECRET
1990 QUESTIONS
RELATING TO MICHAEL MOORE'S ROGER AND ME FILM. INFORMATION WITH RALPH NADER,
PHIL DONAHUE AND MEDIA. . .(MORE)
U.A.W. 50TH ANNIVERSARY RALLY PART
A 1987 RALLY IN FLINT SPONSORED BY MIKE WESTFALL AND HIS GROUPS. PART
A, WESTFALL PRESENTATION. 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. .
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U.A.W. 50TH ANNIVERSARY RALLY PART
B 1987 VICTOR REUTHER PRESENTATION. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE WALTER REUTHER TO ROLE IN HIS GRAVE ITS THE THOUGHT
THAT GM IS GETTING AWAY WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING TODAY. . .(MORE)
U.A.W. 50TH ANNIVERSARY RALLY PART C 1987
JERRY TUCKER PRESENTATION.
IN 1987 THE U.A.W. WAS 50 YEARS OLD AND FOR THIS HISTORIC EVENT MIKE WESTFALL, WITH THE SUPPORT OF SEVERAL UAW LOCALS, SPONSORED
A LARGE 50TH ANNIVERSARY / ANTI- CONCESSION RALLY AT CARMAN AINSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM IN FLINT.. . .(MORE)
GM AND LIBERAL ARTS 1986
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. WHILE MR. SMITH PROMOTES GM’S “MARK OF EXCELLENCE” TO ACADEMIA, WHAT KIND OF
SOCIAL REPORT CARD DOES GM GET IN THE WAY IT TREATS WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY?. . . (MORE)
THE FALLOUT FROM THE CLOUDS OF RECESSION ARE
BEING FELT MAY 13, 1986 AMERICAN LABOR IS NOW EXPERIENCING POSSIBLY THE MOST DIFFICULT PERIOD
IN ITS HISTORY. BECAUSE OF THE CONCESSION AFTERMATH AND DUE TO THE FRUSTRATIONS OF DEEP LAYOFFS AND PLANT CLOSINGS, MANY DOMESTIC
UNIONS HAVE ALREADY ALLOWED REAL SO CALLED “COOPERATION” TO TAKE PACE. . . (MORE)
THINGS CHANGING IN FLINT AND NOT ALWAYS FOR THE
BETTER JULY
7, 1985 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)
WESTFALL / NADER INTERVIEW WITH PERRY WRIGHT JULY
3, 1985 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)
WESTFALL SPEECH FOR PITTSBURGH ECONOMIC MARCH,
1985 WESTFALL SPEECH. AMERICAN EMPLOYMENT REVOLUTION TAKING PLACE & THE LONG TERM RIPPLE EFFECT
WILL RIPPLE DOWN TO OUR VERY FOUNDATION. . .(MORE)
CONTENT LEGISLATION SEPTEMBER
21, 1984 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)
FLORIDA TREND MAGAZINE ARTICLE 1984
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 WHERE HE WORKS…(MORE)
AMERICA'S MINORITY SITUATION JUNE 1983 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)
CERP MICHAEL WESTFALL CHAIRMAN TECHNOLOGY CURSE
OR PROMISE JUNE,
1982 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)
NATIONAL TECH REPORT JUNE,
1981 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)
WESTFALL 18 COUNTRY WORLD COUNCIL FLINT JOURNAL
ARTICLE JUNE,
1981 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)
