Black Workers Discrimination

Due to the lack of political opportunity and the worsening conditions of black workers, the workers had to take it upon themselves to free themselves from the major exploitation and repression. Black workers were the ones that had the absolute worse conditions and compared to white workers, they worked for the lowest pay, were placed in the most dangerous environments and had the most back breaking work. There were many instances where workers were injured or worse but no one seemed to care about the issues they brought up or thought needed to be fixed. Workers were placed on a 90 day probation period, this was done as a way to keep black workers unstable and ensure they had to work harder than anyone else just to keep the job that wasn’t guaranteed. …show more content…
This was the union the workers were part of and hoped it would make sure they are treated fairly and given a chance to change their conditions. The UAW was supposed to be on the side of the workers but that wasn’t the case. Most workers felt backstabbed by the UAW because it was unable and unwilling to press forward the demands and aspirations that the black workers fought for. Instead, the UAW shared the same interests as management and went along with what would be in the interest of the factory. The UAW was closed to black workers because even though their original purpose was to be a resource for workers to have their demands met, there was never any changes. Along with management, the UAW main goal in mind that was to make cars at a profit, this main goal meant that the most important thing was profit and not the …show more content…
In wildcat strikes, workers didn’t bother to go through the UAW at all and ignored the grievance procedures that were in place by the UAW because they knew that the only way they could press their demands would be to strike and negotiate at the gates of the industry instead. The way they organized outside of the workplace was by use of media. The workers realized that not only material was needed but also cultural means to make a change. They recognized that there needed to be media that was controlled by workers that would put the ideas of workers out into the public. There were 5 main companies that owed 90% of mass media and this meant they owned mental and cultural means. RUM produced their own documentary “We finally got the News” as they realized they needed to issue their own cultural attacks against these companies in power and to finally have demands and aspirations met. It was necessary for workers to organized outside of the workplace because they were not being heard inside of the