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From Payday Report: WATCH: Black Vietnam Vet on How the UAW Helped Him Overcome Addiction

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By MIKE ELK

ROCHESTER, NY - "I believe in this union" shouts 75 year old, African American Bishop Herman Dailey as he clutches a megaphone outside of GM's Rochester Operation, where he worked for nearly 35 years.
 

"When I came home from Vietnam, I didn't have no job; I was homeless. The UAW stood by me, gave me a job and I was able to feed my family, and I'm out here to let you know that there is a real hell for those bad people" Dailey says to a crowd of cheers from striking General Motors workers. 

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