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Rob McKenzie

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in Red Oak, Iowa, The United States

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After graduating from the University of Iowa with a BA degree, I began working in Midwestern factories and pursued my interest in labor politics and organizing. In 1978, Ford Motor Co. hired me as an assembler at the Twin City Ford Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, where I worked for 28 years as an assembler, industrial electrician, and full-time union representative. In 1998, I became President of UAW 879 at the Ford plant and was elected to that office three more times, serving from 1998 to 2006. When Ford announced their decision to close the Twin Cities Plant in 2006, I took a job on the International UAW staff as a regional servicing representative working in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. I was elected to and served on the Minne ...more

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Rob McKenzie's Blog: The Coup at Ford in Mexico, the CIA and U.S. Unions

Article for Covert Action Magazine

CIA Spied on Mexican Revolutionary Workers Party, Interfered in Union Elections and Collaborated With Anti-Union Thugs Who Broke Up Strike at Ford Cuautitlán Assembly Plant Thirty-Three Years Ago

By Rob McKenzie

In the pre-dawn darkness outside Mexico City, in the dim light created by streetlamps, a group of about 300 thugs and tough guys prepare to enter the Ford Cuautitlán Assembly Plant. They ar Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 18, 2023 10:57 • Tags: aifld, cia, ford, mexican-unions

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