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You Fired the Backbone of Detroit Movie Clip Full Cast ReelShort

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00:01My back is shot.

00:03My knees scream when I wake up in the morning,

00:05but I showed up every goddamn shift.

00:10You paid us minimum wage and acted like it was charity.

00:13Called us essential, then threw us away like trash.

00:16You know why I stayed?

00:19Webster Motors.

00:21That name used to mean something.

00:24My father worked here.

00:27I thought I believed I was a part of something.

00:32Something that helped build America.

00:35My wife got sick.

00:37Her health plan was worthless.

00:39I buried her with a pocket full of overdue hospital bills.

00:45My daughter, she won't speak to me anymore.

00:47She says I chose this place over family.

00:50And you know what?

00:52Maybe she's right.

00:54Maybe I did.

00:56But I stayed in Detroit.

00:59I watched jobs disappear.

01:01Factories shut down.

01:03But I stayed here.

01:05Because I thought loyalty meant something.

01:08A pension.

01:09A promise.

01:10That's all I ever wanted.

01:12But instead, I got nothing.

01:14Not a paycheck.

01:15No security.

01:17Not even a thank you.

01:19Not a good thing.

01:20And you sit in your glass office,

01:22wearing your suit paid for by the bones of men like me.

01:25So don't you dare tell me that I didn't give enough.

01:28We gave you everything.

01:30And you gave us nothing.

01:32There's nothing left for us to give.

01:35There's nothing left for us to give.