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Political Ideas of a Blue-Collar Factory Worker
By: Elbert Havard IV
A GM line worker from Michigan takes readers through how the rules actually work (elections, counting, media trust), then the fights that hit real paychecks—immigration, health care costs, crime and guns, addiction, defense, and the factory-floor economy. Plain-spoken and fully sourced with checkable endnotes, this isn’t punditry; it’s a worker’s-eye view of what’s broken, what still works, and practical fixes—including a fair, level-headed look at a modern Constitutional Convention. If you’re tired of cable noise and want something useful for union halls, classrooms, or book clubs, this book gives you arguments you can verify and next steps you can act on.
About The Author
What does politics feel like from the line? Not like cable news. It feels like shifts, layoffs, premiums, and pay stubs.
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“Politics in steel-toes.”
A plain-spoken, source-driven tour of rules → immigration → health care → crime → the economy, ending with practical fixes. For readers of Beth Macy’s Factory Man and Jessica Bruder’s Nomadland.
