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Bonus Episode 19 - the Coup at Ford Cuautitlán: the AFL-CIO, AIFLD, the CIA, Labor Unions, and NAFTA, featuring Rob McKenzie

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The Ford Workers Democracy Movement

The ford workers democratic movement was formed in response to the firings of six executive committee members. The leaders were kidnapped by an armed group, and they decided to occupy the plant until their demands were met. They asked for pay for that december salary cut; one man died when police shot him out of the plant. When rarte's election came up for das of profit sharing in the spring, they did not withhold taxes from the profit sharing but all went to taxes.

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