Melvin Thompson, a UAW local president, has joined Jorge Parra on hunger strike to support his bid to force GM to negotiate rights of Columbian workers Story Transcript PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome back to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. The hunger strike of Colombian GM workers is back on […]
Author Archives: Frank Hammer and Melvin Thompson
Frank Hammer is a longtime trade unionist and an adjunct faculty member in labor studies at the University of Indiana and Wayne State University. He's the former president of United Auto Workers local 909 at the GM Powertrain plant in Warren, Michigan.
Melvin Thompson is a Detroit autoworker and former President of UAW Local 140 and has pledged to fast in solidarity with Jorge Parra until he and members of ASOTRECOL (The Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores) achieve justice in Colombia.
