"The Flint Sit-Down Strike is known as the most important strike in American history because it changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated individuals into a major union, ultimately leading to the unionization of the United States automobile industry.
General Motors (GM) provided many men in Flint, Michigan with jobs in the 1930’s, but the working conditions were horrible and the pay was unfair..."
History repeats itself. 90 years ago workers banded together to take on one of the largest corporations in the world and 44 difficult days later their demands were met and they were recognized as a union.
This doesn't sound terribly dissimilar from what's currently going on with Amazon. A setback in Alabama shouldn't be seen as defeat, rather it should be a reminder that support is needed far and wide when working people go up against big business.
There's a short video in the linked article and if you're interested in more details here's an hour long BBC documentary on the event.
In response to articles saying Sanders's long refusal to endorse Clinton hurts his leverage.
https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/743978926666457088
MATCH RESULTS
| Winner | Match Finish | Loser | Stipulation |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Day | Inside Cradle | Viking Raiders, Jinder and Veer, Lucha House Party, and Mace and T-Bar | Tag Team Turmoil Part 1 |
| Sheamus | Roll-Up with tights | Drew McIntyre | US Championship #1 Contender's match For the United States Championship |
| Rhea Ripley and Nikki ASH | The Riptide | Nattie and Tamina | Championship Contender's match |
| Karrion Kross | Kross Jacket | John Morrison | |
| Charlotte (c) | Natural Selection | Nia Jax w/ Shayna Bazler | For the Raw Women's Championship |
| Reggie | 450 Sitdown Pin | Akira Tozawa | For the 24/7 Championship |
| MVP and Bobby Lashley | Spear | Mustafa Ali and Mansoor, The New Day, and AJ Styles and Omos | Tag-Team Turmoil Part 2 |
IMPORTANT NOTES
- RAW begins with a video package featuring promos from the 7 tag teams in tonight's tag team turmoil. Each team declares their plans to win the match and challenge RK-Bro for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships, they all do a fair bit of shouting. Speaking of which, Randy Orton and Riddle kick off tonight's show. Randy Orton is not wearing trunks, but he isn't wearing pants either, he's wearing shorts! Corey Graves describes how endurance is the name of the game in tonight's tag team turmoil #1 contender's match. A video package showing last week's match between RK-Bro vs. MVP & Lashley airs to some rather dramatic battle music. The video package emphasises Orton's RKO on WWE Champion Lashley. Orton and Riddle are shown watching the video package, Randy Orton smiles under that weird moustache. Chants of RK-Bro fill the arena before Orton begins his promo by re-telling last week's events. Orton says MVP and Lashley failed miserably because Lashley is a "greedy son of a bitch". Riddle proposes that he and Orton take inspiration from the tag teams in the turmoil match, he says that he should get a rubber horse mask, and Orton should get a snake mask and be like Lucha House Party. Riddle mentions that he gets the munchies. MVP and Lashley come out, MVP calls Riddle and Orton "stupid" in Spanish. Lashley is clearly upset about the RKO from last week and challenges Orton to a match, Orton says it's been about 10 or 15 years since they fought and so will accept under one condition; it's for the WWE Championship. MVP accepts and announces they will fight at Extreme Rules, but also is going to go and talk to Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville so that they can be entered into the tag team turmoil match
Do your worst!
Since I'm not going to be buying anything due to these CRAZY prices, I'm entertaining myself crunching the numbers..
Here's what we have so far through day 2 - after 600 games sold:
Average hammer price per game: $3,999.08
Average price with all fees: $5,084.63 (+18% buyers premium, 7.75% sales tax)
Total hammer price after 600 games: $2,399,450.00
Total buyer's premium after 600 games: $491,901.00
Total sales tax after 600 games: $219,429.70
I assume very few buyers have a tax exempt certificate at the prices they're paying, not much room for resale.
Total paid for first 600 games: $3,050,780.70
This is based on assuming that sales tax would also apply to the buyer's premium.
Hammer Prices:
The Amazing Spiderman Pinball Machine Gottlieb $3,500.00
Superman Pinball Machine Atari SS $3,700.00
Sky Rocket Pinball Machine Bally EM $2,600.00
Nitro Ground Shaker Pinball Machine Bally SS $2,300.00
Eight Ball Champ Pinball Machine Bally Midway SS $2,300.00
Waterworld Pinball Machine Gottlieb $4,900.00
Time Line Pinball Machine Gottlieb SS $2,800.00
Spanish Eyes Pinball Machine Williams EM $2,700.00
Algar Pinball Machine Williams SS $3,300.00
The Red Max Rare Pinball Machine Bally $5,900.00
Spin Out Pinball Machine Gottlieb EM $1,700.00
Special Force Pinball Machine Bally $1,900.00
Harlem Globetrotters On Tour Pinball Machine Bally SS $3,800.00
King Kool Pinball Machine Gottlieb EM $1,900.00
Escape from the Lost World Pinball Machine $2,800.00
Scorpion Pinball Machine Williams SS $3,000.00
Comet Pinball Machine Williams $3,000.00
Hollywood Heat Pinball Machine Gottlieb $3,500.00
Monte Carlo Pinball Machine Gottlieb $3,400.00
Big House Pinball Machine Gottlieb #1 $5,300.00
Diamond Lady Pinball Machine Gottlieb $3,800.00
Ready Aim Fire Rare Pinball Machine $2,900.00
Jacks To Open Pinball Machine Mylstar $2,800.00
Lights Camera Action Pinball Machine Gottlieb $3,000.00
Gladiators Pinball Machine Gottlieb $2,900.00
Silver Slugger Pinball Machine Gottlieb $2,900.00
Big House Pinball Machine Gottlieb #2 $2,800.00
Rack 'Em Up Pinball Machine Mylstar $2,300.00
Super Orbit Pinball Machine Mylstar $2,300.00
Operation Thunder Pinball Machine Gottlieb 1992 $2,300.00
Q-Bert's Quest Pinball Machine Gottlieb $8,800.00
Rock Encore! Pinball Machine Gottlieb Premier $3,300.00
Excalibur Pinball Machine Premier SS $3,300
... keep reading on reddit ➡For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
The retro train keeps a rolling, next stop is the first ever "Biggest Party of the Summer", Summerslam 1986. Not much has changed in the intermediary, other than the planned program between Hogan and Brody having to be jettisoned due to the latter requesting his release.
For continuitys sake, Wrestlemania 2 can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasybooking/comments/rghcj4/rebooking_the_big_4_ppvs_wrestlemania_2/
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Summerslam 1986
Location: New York City, NY
Arena: Madison Square Garden
Date: August 10, 1986
Attendance: 18,800
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The Hart Foundation [Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart] w/Jimmy Hart vs. The Killer Bees [B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell]
Following their defeat at Wrestlemania 2, The Hart Foundation has gone on a massive winning streak, albeit often with help from their devious manager the Mouth of the South. Things are no different in this opening contest, as The Hart Foundation dispatches the Killer Bees with little difficulty.
Winners: The Hart Foundation
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WWF United States Tag Team Title Match
The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers [Jacques & Raymond Rougeau] (c) vs. Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik w/Mr. Fuji
With the retirement of Freddie Blassie as an active manager, Mr. Fuji purchased all the contracts of Blassie's stable (which consisted of Volkoff, Sheik & David Sammartino), and the Foreign team had achieved new found success under the Devious One's tutelage. The Rougeau's had been highly successful inaugural champions, fending off several challengers, but finally ran out of luck here as Raymond was forced to submit to the Camel Clutch after Jacques was taken out by Fuji and Volkoff on the outside behind the referee's back.
Winners by Submission and NEW US Tag Team Champions: Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik
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Special Wager Match
"Adorable" Adrian Adonis w/Slick vs. Hillbilly Jim
*Despite gaining a victory over the hillbilly at Wrestlemania, the issue between Adonis and Jim had only escalated in the intermediary period. They decided on a final act of humiliation for one or the other. If Adonis won, then Hillbilly Jim would be forced to kiss Adrian's feet on live television. If Jim won though, then Adonis would be forced to kiss a pig instead. Unfortunately for The Adorable One, despite hooking Hillbilly Jim in the G
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