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GM's Layoffs Made Possible by Weak Unions, Automatization, and Bad Priorities

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Prof. Leo Panitch and former auto worker Frank Hammer discuss how the GM's 14,000 layoffs in Canada and the US are made possible by the weakening of unions, outsourcing, and misdirected production priorities

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