Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs

Written by on October 30, 2023

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WAYNE, Mich. — As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Ford’s Wayne Assembly plant, she wasn’t just carrying a sign demanding higher pay and other changes.

She also carried a legacy of car factory jobs and union wages that allowed generations of her . . .



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