"If the UAW goes down all unions go down," so said auto worker Bishop Charles Ellis III, seen here praying with hybrid SUVs at The Greater Grace Temple.  Hearing these guys talk, it's hard not to curse Senate Republicans who approved $750 billion for Wall Street but balked at $14 billion for Detroit. In light of the bailout deal collapsing, let us contemplate just what this means for the American workforce.

James Theisen is a truck driver for Chrysler. If he loses this job, he loses his pension, healthcare and house.... Again we ask, what’s going to happen to the workers?

On GRITtv we speak to Brian Schneck President of UAW Local 259, Marissa Colon-Margolies a contributor to The Nation Magazine, Frank Hammer Former President and Chairman of UAW Local 909, James Theisen a truck driver for Chrysler, Wendy Thompson former president of UAW Local 235, and Tony Browning a member of Local 1700.