The AAM bus tour (UAW/USW) is over. I believe they did bring their message to the public, but as always; media did not cover as well as some would have liked. The first day in St. Louis seems to had the best media coverage.
All union organizations and locals need a group of folks to follow the media. If necessary, they must stand ready to ask the media why they did or did not cover labor events. Fortunately, Soar 11-3 has an "unofficial" media committee that follows the press and media for labor stories.
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http://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanMfg has many more vids. This is from their stuff and other sources below. There are more than 40 short interviews of the American MFG site where folks talk about the economy in their local communities.
My opinion is they did a good job.
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Darin Gilley is a labor activist for UAW (local 1760). This is another vid from election time and prior to the bus tour. Darin was a speaker in rally (s) on the eastside earlier this year.:
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