Workers Feel the Pinch

John Powell — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:08:05 -0400

As the tensions between United Auto Workers (UAW) officials and General Motors (GM) continue, one day into the strike employees around the nation are already feeling the aftershocks of being ordered off the job.

MLive.com reports that GM employee Dan Donlin of Grand Haven, Wyoming went on strike for the first time, along with many of his coworkers at his UAW union local. However, his wife will no longer have a job at the end of the week, his family just built a new home, and his daughter attends school at the state university.

“We built a nice, big, new house five years ago, when interest rates were low,” Donlin said. “Now, I probably won't be able to afford it.”

“It's just bad timing for my family.”

While UAW officials negotiate for forced dues, this nationwide strike couldn’t have come at a more challenging time for employees like Dan Donlin.

Forced dues and a forced strike, seems like union officials are attacking employee free choice on all fronts.