WEBVTT - We're All We've Got 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:14.640 Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:20.440 Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, recording from the Home Bunker. Folks, 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:26.560 you know, I gotta say something about Donald Trump's trials 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:31.840 that are happening right now, which is that currently you 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:36.720 have Republicans whose names you know, some of them you know, 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:41.000 some of them you do not know, that are showing 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:45.480 up at Donald Trump's trials. And right before I came 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:51.400 on to record today's episode, CNN was doing an interview 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:55.200 with Elis Stefanik, who you know is just a heinous, 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:59.520 fucking individual. She's a liar, she's reprehensible. She gave you know, 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:04.520 herself a Maga makeover and just has anointed herself as 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:08.720 Donald Trump's mouthpiece, and you know is doing so because 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.959 they're all vying to be vice president or to be 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:15.160 considered vice president and to be a part of the 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:20.080 you know, audition to be Donald Trump's number two. And 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:24.640 Elie stefanic is in front of the courthouse as Stormy 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:28.200 Daniels and others. I think right now, Michael Cohen is 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:31.960 on the stand. We know that last week Stormy Daniels 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:37.640 gave graphic detail about sleeping with Donald Trump, and you know, 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:41.400 Michael Cohen is now testifying to the larger cover up. 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:44.279 And you hear Donald Trump on audio talking about how 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:48.960 this is very, very bad for the election. Not his marriage, right, 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:54.440 not in terms of business accounting, as his sons and 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.120 other people have said, like, oh, this is just a 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.800 ma this was a clerical error. It was an error 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:02.160 in a lot of ways. But at least Stephonik found 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:06.840 herself talking about the fact that this is all politically motivated. 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:11.200 It's a political witch hunt, you know. Side Vance refused 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:14.040 to prosecute this case, the Department of Justice refused to 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.600 prosecute this case, and it's all a sham and blah 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:20.000 blah blah. And the reality is, folks, is that it's 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:23.360 not a sham. Is it salacious? Yes? Is it you know, 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:28.400 reprehensible that a man that has been you know, nominated 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:32.760 as a Republican candidate for president is involved in such 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:38.400 a salacious, you know, scandal that involves bribery, hush money, 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:43.040 election interference. You know, because honestly, if this was just 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:46.200 about a blowjob, as it was with you know, Bill 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:49.840 Clinton in the nineties, if this was just about an affair, 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:53.480 I really wouldn't give a fuck. Donald Trump is a misogynist, 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:57.960 He is an alleged sexual assaulter. He is a whole 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.960 lot of things. Right. We know, oh what Donald Trump 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:04.359 thinks about women. He told us what he thinks about women. Right, 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:05.960 you can grab him by the pussy, you can do 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:10.000 whatever it is that you want. So if it was 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.880 just that he fucked a porn star, I honestly wouldn't care, 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:19.079 right like, because look at him. Clearly the man has 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.440 to pay, right Like, Ain't nobody want to do that 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.560 for free? Right? Mulania is getting something out of the 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.600 deal because she gets the Trump last name. She solidified 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:31.440 the deal with a kid, and you know she's written 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:34.560 into the will and has you know, an allowance and 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.880 money and all of the things, right that come along 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.440 with Donald Trump. But we know that when we zoom in, 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.680 she don't even want to hold his fucking hand, right, 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.280 And you haven't seen her shown up in court right 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:49.840 to stand by her man. So if it were just sex, 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:54.280 this would be a non issue. But the fact is 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:58.560 that this case isn't about Donald Trump sleeping with a 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:03.920 porn star. It is about Donald Trump using the National 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:09.600 Enquirer and his relationship there. One to sabotage his political opponents. 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:14.160 That's not what's on trial, because we know what journalism, 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.559 or lack thereof does in this country politically, the fucking 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:22.120 National Inquirer. We don't think you know that a outlet 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:26.520 that goes on the search for illegitimate children, you know, 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:31.360 made by Bigfoot, you know that happened on in UFO, 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:38.640 is you know, groundbreaking journalistic reporting. But the fact is 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:44.159 that Donald Trump had his lawyer pay off a porn 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:48.080 star in a series of checks that he signed while 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:52.040 he was President of the United States that Michael Cohen 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:56.560 himself went to jail for to cover for Donald Trump. 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.920 So if Michael Cohen can go to jail right for 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:05.000 his part in this cover up, tell me why the 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:10.240 man that told him to cover things up isn't responsible 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:15.279 for the crime that was committed. And so when you 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.240 have a leased Stephonic and now you have apparently Tim 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:21.039 Scott's going to roll up to the courthouse in jd 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.920 vance and folks are saying, oh, is this actually how 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:28.559 Donald Trump is deciding who's going to be the next VP. 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:33.280 I've reported on this before, where people that are being 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.880 interviewed as part of Project twenty twenty five to go 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.680 into their right wing swamp of a LinkedIn to be 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:43.920 a part of this fascist takeover of America. That one 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.480 of the questions that are asked is do you believe 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:51.120 that the election in twenty twenty was stolen? Who? Or 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:54.320 the question better yet is probably phrased of who won 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:59.279 the twenty twenty election? And if you don't say Donald Trump, 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.720 guess what, you're not up in the mix. You are 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:09.760 out passed. So you either have to feign ignorance, write 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:15.320 and lie really well, or you just have to be 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:17.480 a part of a cult and actually believe it down 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:19.839 to your core. I'm not quite sure which is worse. 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:26.039 But the fact is that we are watching what we 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:31.080 thought was just, you know, a tumor named Trump that 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:35.960 could be removed from our body politic metastasize and spread 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:44.320 in a way where we are watching current senators base 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:53.520 themselves in order to align with Donald Trump's power. This 0:06:53.960 --> 0:07:01.800 corrosion will not end until we, the people make it end. 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:07.600 Donald Trump is going to continue, his power is going 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.640 to continue to grow. They're going to continue to be 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:15.560 these copycats and these wannabes until this man is put 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:23.480 out of his electoral misery, meaning that we unanimously vote 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:28.600 in twenty twenty four to fucking rid ourselves of Donald Trump. 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:38.600 That's the only way, folks, because otherwise we are in 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:43.320 for it. And what we joke about as folks on 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:49.080 Earth two will become our reality because they will make 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:52.640 it such. And that, to me is what is even 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:57.480 more terrifying. Now. I know, I have conversations on this 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:03.160 show every day where I'm saying that swallowing the pill 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:07.480 of Joe Biden is like drinking bleach and you know, 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:11.440 and washing it down with knives, given what this man 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:18.160 is doing in Gaza and Israel. But the fact is 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.600 that just when you think that things can't get worse, 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:29.240 I promise you, I promise you, they fucking will. And 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:36.880 so you know, as we make this March less than 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:42.280 two hundred days away, we know that Judge Alien Cannon 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:47.840 has completely torpedoed the Document's case so that'll never get heard. 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:53.920 We know that the Supreme Court is in the midst 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:59.839 of anointing presidents a king with their decision with the 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.760 immunity case, and the fact that they are even having 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:10.000 and hearing arguments about presidential immunity is insane. So we 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:16.079 already know the corrosion, so that case is not going 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:22.280 to be heard anytime before the election. The hush money case, 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:27.079 as the DA's trying to tell us, the electoral interference case, 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:36.559 that's what we got. And finally the Georgia case, also 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:41.880 given what happened with Fannie Willis, will not be heard 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:48.520 before November twenty twenty four. So this is all we got. 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:54.440 And I don't know how it will turn out. I 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.640 don't know what a jury in New York will do. 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.840 We know that Donald Trump, even if he's convicted, he 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:01.520 it's not like we're going to see him in an 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:05.520 orange jumpsuit. They will appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal because they 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:09.840 have the money to do so. A hung jury in 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:12.160 this case will bode well for him. He'll be able 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.920 to fundraise around it. Look, it was a witch hunt 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:18.080 because even the people of the Liberal Sewer New York 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:24.480 didn't convict me. We are in a precarious place, friends, 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.520 and so what it comes down to is that the 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.760 only people that are going to be able to save 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:35.440 us are us. So we have to think really hard 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:41.679 about where we want to be come November twenty twenty four, 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.520 and the decisions that are going to come out of 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.960 this election that are not just going to be about 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:51.920 our lives, but about everyone who we love now and 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:57.359 generations to come. Coming up next, dear friends, I'm continuing 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:03.840 my conversation with auto workers on their fight to unionize, 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:08.880 and now we are moving to another facility. We spoke 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:12.760 with folks that we're working at a Volkswagen facility, and 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:16.520 now we are moving to another auto workers facility because 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:22.479 what we are seeing is that the desire to unionize 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.560 is growing in this country and the conversation and the 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:30.080 narrative around unions are changing for the better. And so 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:34.040 coming up next we will have a conversation with another 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:44.240 auto worker about their current fight to unionize. Folks. I 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:48.720 am very happy to welcome to Woke f Daily K Finkley, 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:52.480 who has been a worker at the Mercedes benz Us 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:58.720 International plant near Vance, Alabama for twenty three years and 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:03.720 has been working as a volunteer to help organize the 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:08.040 plant and unionize the plant. Okay, tell us about your 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:12.240 work over the last twenty three years and this push 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.640 to organize and unionize your plant. 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.560 Okay. When I first started, the job was great, a 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:25.000 career job, and everything was well. People work together, the 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.400 atmosphere was great and your pay was good at the time. 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.400 At the year's progress, your pay didn't move but stayed 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:36.640 the same. So it became an issue. And the atmosphere changed, 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:41.200 the work environment became different, management was different, and so 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:45.319 things just went downhill, and we're to the point where 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.720 we need a change, we need something better, and we 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:48.800 need to make a difference. 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:53.320 What are some of the difficulties that you have faced 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:57.079 over the last twenty three years, Like when you say 0:12:57.120 --> 0:13:01.240 that things have changed and management has changed, and like 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.520 the environment has changed. What are some of the things 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:08.160 that you are organizing around for your plant? 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:14.079 The favoritism, the treatment as far as promotions, just our 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.040 pay in general, the fact that it's not moving, it's 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.640 just staying the same, whereas everything around us is going up. 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:25.160 So that's one of the major issues. But just the 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.760 treatment as far as management and how they treat us, 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.400 it's almost like we're not important, like we're invisible. 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:35.440 Has there been any pushback from the Mercedes Benz plant 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:40.200 for your trying to unionize. We spoke to folks at 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:45.560 Volkswagen in Tennessee, and you know, they weren't allowed to 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.560 talk about unionizing. They could only they weren't allowed to 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.560 do it on the line. They could only do it 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:55.640 during their breaks. People were intimidated or threatened. So what 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:59.120 has the experience been like for you all? 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:04.240 Pretty much the thing not being allowed to talk about it. 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.960 Videos telling you why the union is so bad for 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:14.679 us basically, you know, threatening around about way, not directly, 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.199 but kind of thing. If you get a union, then 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.840 you won't baby use the restroom. If you get a union, 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:24.280 you won't be able to talk to your supervisors. You 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:28.400 have to go between the union rep and your supervisor. 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.360 That kind of thing. Just trying to place fear in 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:35.280 people to make them think that basically they wouldn't be 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:39.800 able to communicate or have restroom breaks, certain things like that, 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:40.360 which is. 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:44.840 Crazy because that, I mean, the unions do the exact opposite, 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.320 at least that's my understanding, which is to make sure 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.720 that you workers are protected. Is that not right? 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:55.600 Correct? Exactly? And then if you have to go to 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.560 the restroom, it's against the law to refuse someone to 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.320 take a restroom break. But those are the things that 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:06.080 they're killing people because you have newer people and they're fared, 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.680 So those are the things that they feel that they 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:12.040 can put in their mindset to keep them from voting. 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:16.600 Yet, So, how are you able to spread the message 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:21.480 of the importance of the unions? What the United Auto Workers, 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:23.920 because that's what I'm assuming the union that you are 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:27.680 trying to create. How do you talk to people and 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:31.160 where do you talk to them if it's not allowed, 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:32.640 you know, on the line. 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:37.920 We try to have meetings and get people to come 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.560 out to the meetings or out in the parking lot, 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.720 different things like that over the phone, try to do 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.720 on your break so that if not doing work hours 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:51.120 and we try to explain to them that we need 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:53.400 a voice. We need to be able to have a 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.880 feat at the table to bargain so that we're treated 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.840 fairly and some of the stuff that we're getting as 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:04.200 or it's the unfair pay, the benefits, not having profit sharing, 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.800 different things like that, we'll be able to actually bargain 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:09.080 for those items. 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:11.280 What are some of the things that you all are 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:15.960 asking for, Like what is on your list of I 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.400 would say demands or requests. 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:26.400 Better pay, better benefits, better retirement, profit sharing, better work hours, 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.960 fair treatment across the board for everyone just to be 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:33.000 treated fairly so everyone's receiving the site treatment. 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.880 And what is the response been from Mercedes? 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.600 Like I said, they're showing negative videos just about every 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:46.760 week now. They're sending messages to our phones. We have 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:51.240 something called the MBUSI Insider app where they're supposed to 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:55.680 post information daily. They're flooding us with it, all kinds 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.080 of negative stuff about if we get a union, we 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:02.160 won't be a family anymore. If we bring in a union, 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:06.800 it's gonna change everything, the rules will be different. Just 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:11.600 the negativity. Everything that they say is negative towards the union, 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.600 and they're actually supposed to be neutral, but it's. 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:19.560 Far from that. How many people are in your plant? 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:21.640 What's the size of your plant? 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.520 Well, they're saying that we have five thousand eligible people 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.640 that's able to vote for the union against or four 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:33.720 five thousand okay, five thousand okay, man, how many volunteers 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:37.000 like yourself are there? And like, what is what does 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:41.680 your efforts look like so that you can reach all 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:44.760 of those people? Because you can't I'm assuming you don't 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.560 have an app, right, so you can't do what the 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:51.040 company is doing to just reach people via text on 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.919 their phone. So how do you reach that many people? 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:58.920 In the beginning, we just went from phone to phone, 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:03.200 just calling people, talking to people, communicating. But we've gotten 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.880 some help from the UAW and so now we do 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:10.119 have apps that we're able to do maths connections with. 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:12.600 So that's helping out tremendously. 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:15.800 And what are some of the fears that when you 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:19.400 get on the phone with your fellow employees. What are 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.320 some of the things that they say to you about 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:25.439 what they've heard or the reason why they could be 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:30.120 thinking about voting against unionizing. They're afraid that they're gonna 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:33.200 shut the plant down and move to a different play 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:36.760 because that's what's being said that if we unionize, they're 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:40.000 going to shut it down and move. They say stuff like, 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:42.880 you know, we can't afford to go on a strike, 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.280 So what are we going to do to prevent that, 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:51.280 or what can we do to prevent that? They're worried 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:56.080 about things like that. Are there other plans with Mercedes 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:59.040 that are unionized or would this be one of the 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:01.280 first ones in the US. 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:06.040 The Germany plant is unionized and then Diaimler trucks just 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.760 became unionized. But we'll be the first here. 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:12.960 You'll be the first here. So they're not this is 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:17.160 not new to them right like they so they have unions. 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.000 They're just trying to hold out because you all are 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:21.520 one of the last. 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.359 Well, we give them what it's called the Alabama discount, 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:28.960 where they get the labor for free pretty much or 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:33.280 basically almost free anyway, because they're not paying us what 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:34.480 we deserve to be paid. 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:38.600 Do you know what the comparison is between the plants 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:41.200 like the one in Germany? I know it's different because 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:44.639 we have dollars, but are their plants like Do you 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:48.080 understand how different or better they are operating? 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:52.080 From my understanding, their work hours are totally different. We 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:54.560 work twelve hours a day. They work eight hours a day. 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:59.040 We work weekends and saturdays for straight pay. They don't 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:01.840 work in any weekend. They have time with their families, 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:04.840 and we struggle with that because our hours are so long. 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:09.440 And so the difference is the hours and their wages 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:11.880 they make. As far as I know, no one has 0:20:11.960 --> 0:20:15.600 actually given me an actual amount, but I'm being told 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:18.280 that they make more than we do on work less hours. 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:24.760 So they have weekends off, yes, ma'am, they work less hours, 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:29.760 yes ma'am, and they get paid more, yes, ma'am. That 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:34.960 is incredible. So let me ask you this. When you 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:38.960 work a twelve hour shift, which is half a day, 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:41.760 how many breaks do you get? 0:20:42.200 --> 0:20:46.199 We get a two ten minute breaks, and then we 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:50.840 get a thirty five minute lunch break, and at the 0:20:51.000 --> 0:20:54.399 end of the day you get I think it's like 0:20:54.480 --> 0:20:59.000 a five minute break that you get right before time 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:03.320 to go home. If I'm not mistaken. I don't hardly 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:06.479 ever get to take them in my department because I'm 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:10.840 always doing something during that time. But I think it's 0:21:10.880 --> 0:21:14.520 too ten minute breaks. No, let me kind say it's 0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:17.119 a ten minute break in the morning because they just 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:19.760 changed the schedule. Actually ten minute break in the morning, 0:21:20.119 --> 0:21:22.840 a thirty five minute lunch break, and then you get 0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:25.800 two fifteen minute breaks at the latter part. 0:21:25.640 --> 0:21:31.600 Of the day during twelve whole hours. Yes, ma'am, that's 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:32.600 not a lot of time. 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:33.960 No, ma'am, it's not. 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:38.879 It's not so really. It really just I'm like, in 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:40.960 my head, I'm trying to do the math, and I'm 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:44.240 saying I would assume too, that a majority of your 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:47.320 job is on your feet, right like that you're standing 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:52.240 up during that time, yes, ma'am, on a line, My goodness. 0:21:52.480 --> 0:21:57.959 So if this vote happens and between May thirteenth and 0:21:58.000 --> 0:22:02.760 May seventeenth, how quickly would things change if it is 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:05.000 a yes vote for a union. 0:22:06.080 --> 0:22:12.280 I'm hoping that it will change immediately. I'm hoping Mercedes 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:16.560 won't drag anything out that once we start to bargain 0:22:16.600 --> 0:22:18.800 and come up with the contract, hopefully we can go 0:22:18.840 --> 0:22:22.080 ahead and come to an agreement and get everything settled 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:24.600 so it won't be, you know, a long drug drug 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:26.640 out process. 0:22:26.680 --> 0:22:30.880 And if it fails, okay, what does that mean. 0:22:32.080 --> 0:22:36.600 If not gonna fail, we're gonna win. There's no room 0:22:36.680 --> 0:22:39.359 for fail. And we've worked too hard for this, put 0:22:39.359 --> 0:22:41.720 in too much time, too much effort. We're gonna win. 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:45.600 How long have you all been organizing for You've been 0:22:45.640 --> 0:22:49.440 at this plant for twenty three years. How long has 0:22:49.480 --> 0:22:52.160 this organizing process been in the works for. 0:22:53.520 --> 0:22:58.080 This particular time. We started back in November, but we've 0:22:58.160 --> 0:23:01.240 tried different times before and it just never got off. 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:05.760 We couldn't get enough people. It just never made it 0:23:05.760 --> 0:23:11.240 this far. And this particular campaign, people are just tired. 0:23:11.400 --> 0:23:13.840 They're tired of the hours, they're tired of the treatment. 0:23:13.920 --> 0:23:17.760 So it was easy as far as actually getting once 0:23:17.760 --> 0:23:20.560 we talk to people, it was easy getting them to, 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:23.720 you know, say yes they were willing to vote or 0:23:23.920 --> 0:23:25.600 help or just whatever we. 0:23:25.600 --> 0:23:30.760 Needed, because I would say right that the worst that 0:23:30.800 --> 0:23:36.160 could happen is that nothing changes, meaning that you're still 0:23:36.200 --> 0:23:39.560 working long hours, still working weekends, and still have the 0:23:39.600 --> 0:23:43.359 same pay. So if you're talking to people joining a union, 0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:47.119 you're saying things could only go up from here, They 0:23:47.119 --> 0:23:48.320 can only get better. 0:23:48.880 --> 0:23:49.080 Right. 0:23:54.320 --> 0:23:58.640 My last question for u K is you know, what 0:23:58.680 --> 0:24:03.239 do you want people to understand about your type of 0:24:03.400 --> 0:24:06.000 work that may not be in you know, may not 0:24:06.160 --> 0:24:10.080 understand when when they see, oh, this company is trying 0:24:10.119 --> 0:24:13.600 to unionize, or this company is trying to unionize in 0:24:13.680 --> 0:24:17.679 a headline, but they don't really understand what that means. 0:24:17.720 --> 0:24:22.040 What do you want people to understand and know about 0:24:22.440 --> 0:24:25.920 unions and their importance, particularly in the type of work 0:24:25.920 --> 0:24:26.440 that you do. 0:24:27.440 --> 0:24:33.840 So, as the auto auto maker or a worker, we 0:24:33.920 --> 0:24:38.200 work hard and the days are long. We take pride 0:24:38.280 --> 0:24:41.680 in what we do, so we feel like we should 0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:46.000 be compensated for those things. And with the union, you 0:24:46.080 --> 0:24:49.560 can receive the treatment that you're supposed to receive. You 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:52.920 have the voice, the apps for things, whereas right now 0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:55.879 we have something called open door policy, but it's no 0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:59.000 such thing, because you can't go and talk to the 0:24:59.040 --> 0:25:03.160 president or talk to the vice president if you need something. 0:25:03.560 --> 0:25:06.440 That's not how it works. It's said that's how it works, 0:25:06.480 --> 0:25:10.080 but it's not. With the union, it can happen because 0:25:10.080 --> 0:25:12.119 we can have a feat at the table to ask 0:25:12.160 --> 0:25:15.280 for certain things and to bargain for certain things. So 0:25:15.680 --> 0:25:22.000 the union would help transform the situation that we're in 0:25:22.080 --> 0:25:25.480 right now to just make it better. I don't think it. Well, 0:25:25.600 --> 0:25:29.760 it can get worse because Mercedes good. Yeah, it could 0:25:29.840 --> 0:25:32.920 get worse, But with the union, I just think it's 0:25:33.040 --> 0:25:35.200 just gonna be better for us all around, and not 0:25:35.320 --> 0:25:37.800 just for one individual. It will be better for all 0:25:37.840 --> 0:25:38.800 of us as a whole. 0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:43.480 Well, okay, I wish you luck. I hope that everything 0:25:43.760 --> 0:25:47.520 goes the way that you will want it to. That 0:25:47.880 --> 0:25:52.280 people have recognized the unions are important and they are helpful, 0:25:52.359 --> 0:25:55.520 and they are necessary in order to protect workers like 0:25:55.600 --> 0:26:00.119 you from being exploited from major companies. So thank you 0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:02.760 so much for taking the time to speak with me 0:26:02.840 --> 0:26:05.840 today on wok F. Really appreciate you and wish you love. 0:26:06.400 --> 0:26:11.520 Thank you so much. You have a great day. 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:16.639 That is it for me today, Dear friends on wok 0:26:17.040 --> 0:26:20.480 f as always power to the people and to all 0:26:20.760 --> 0:26:24.520 the people. Power. Get woke and stay woke as fuck.