After Biden and Trump passed through Michigan this week, picketers said they were left fending for themselves and disillusioned with unfulfilled promises from both parties’ likely nominees.
moving jobs out of Michigan so that workers would beg the companies to come back and accept lower pay.
“Joe was off the airplane for what, a half-hour? Stepped on a platform and mumbled out words that were barely audible. Got back on the plane and left,” Renee Hammac, 49, said from the picket line outside the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, as passing drivers blared their horns. “Trump goes to a nonunion shop — what sense does that make?”
He had his dad’s red union jacket with him on the picket line now. Maroni saw how the industry had changed. “This used to be a business where, back in the day, you get a job there, you’re set for life,” he said. “Now it seems like it’s just another job out there in the market. No real career. It used to be something you could pass on to your family. Generational security. Now it seems like it’s all up in jeopardy.
They said they wanted pensions that would let them retire after decades of labor that strained their hands and shoulders and backs. They wanted to be able to afford the iconic Broncos and Jeeps they were proud to build. They wanted more time and energy to do anything besides work, shower, eat and sleep.“You use yourself up doing these jobs,” said Vince Gustry, a striking GM parts picker, who just turned 42 and kept a usual bedtime of 8 p.m. for a shift that starts at 5 a.m.
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