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UAW STAND UP STRIKE ZINE

#75
1/30/2024

Dear Friend,

I am very pleased to announce the release of a new zine of portraits from the picket lines of the 2023 UAW Stand Up Strike. It is now available for purchase. As an independent self publisher, I am selling through my website (payment via paypal) or via email through venmo or to set up an in-person exchange in Detroit or Ann Arbor.

$22
$7 shipping

Printed on high quality paper, this full color zine celebrates the historic win for labor organizing and includes portraits and a written essay.

To witness this win and to see the subsequent motivation for more union drives in non-union factories has been deeply inspiring for me. Labor rights loomed large over my upbringing in Allen Park, Michigan. My father has spent his career as a lawyer at the UAW Legal Services, a benefit for UAW members which provide free legal aid. Throughout my life, he would tell me about his daily load of cases and clients, many of whom faced bankruptcy or other financial perils. I understood these situations to be unjust rewards for a lifetime of honest work. It brings me great pride that my father spent his career working in a law office that fights for working people. My own photographic work is inspired by the tradition he taught me — to do what you can for who you can with respect and shared dignity.

Your support would be greatly appreciated and the proceeds will go towards publishing other collections from projects such as Michigan Elvis, Hearse Fest, Movement, and my work on the streets of Detroit.

I also have other zines on offer.

Horse Faced Poney Rider which documents the neighborhood parties surrounding Churchill Downs.

And…

SMOKE NYC documenting the day NYC turned orange in June 2023…

Thanks for your support!

Be well :)

-niki

ZINES
#75
01/30/2024
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