THE AUTHOR

What does politics feel like from the line? Not like cable news. It feels like shifts, layoffs, premiums, and pay stubs. In Political Ideas Of A Blue-Collar Factory Worker, Elbert Havard IV—GM line worker since 2006—walks readers through the arguments that actually hit the floor: elections and media trust; immigration and health care; crime, guns, and drugs; defense and the shop-floor economy. Plain-spoken and sourced with clean endnotes, this is a working American’s case for practical fixes—including why a Constitutional Convention deserves a fair debate. It isn’t the end-all, be-all. It’s an invitation to keep working at it.

He has lived this book, and he has a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Michigan-Flint, with a minor in History and a Specialization in Writing.