we will speak with veteran labor reporter steven greenhouse. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "which side are you on?" he died monday at the age of 87. he was the founding member of the new law city ramblers. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: as members of the united auto workers head into their third day of a nationwide strike, general motors has cut off health insurance for the nearly 50,000 people on picket lines across the country demanding better working conditions and fair pay. the news came tuesday, just one day after uaw members kicked off the strike by walking out of more than 50 gm facilities. the workers say gm continues to deny employees' demands for better conditions and compensation, despite leading the company to record profits following bankruptcy and a federal bailout. gm responded by transferring the striking workers' health care costs to the union. uaw had sought to have gm cover striking workers' health insurance through the end of the month. this