How the Government Tried to Stop the UAW from Opposing the War on Gaza
Whether on questions of international politics or how to struggle in the workplaces, workers shouldn’t take orders from the government, which represents the wealthy and big business.
Labor Peace or Class War?
(reprinted from the BART newsletter) Earlier this year during the negotiations with the Big 3 auto companies, UAW president, Shawn Fain said the working class in this country is facing a war – “a class war”. That is unusual coming from a president of a union in this country, where the focus is usually on […]
Why did the United Autoworkers (UAW) fail in Alabama?
Non-union auto plants now employ about 50% of the workers building cars and trucks in the United States. Most of these plants are in the South. Organizing the non-union auto plants in the South is a challenge the United Auto Workers has faced for 40 years without success. So when workers employed at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga […]
Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Vote to Join UAW – Big Challenges Ahead!
About 150,000 U.S. workers in the multinational auto industry don’t have a union. That’s about equal to the number of autoworkers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW), although the number of non-union autoworkers is higher if those working at parts plants are included. Most of the non-union plants owned by overseas-based companies like Volkswagen […]
Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Petition for Union Election
A “supermajority,” well over one half, of the 4,300 production and maintenance workers at the Volkswagen plant near Chattanooga, TN, submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Monday, March 18. The workers want the NLRB to schedule a secret ballot vote on April 17, 18, and 19 to determine if the […]
Thousands of Layoffs at the Big Three Auto Companies – It’s the “Normal Course of Business”
Ford, GM, and Stellantis are laying off thousands of workers, and the UAW is letting them get away with it.
Anti-Worker Presidents Angle for Autoworker Support
This past week has seen both Trump and Biden angling to gain the support of striking autoworkers. Last Tuesday, Biden joined a picket line in Michigan, with much of the mainstream media a huge deal over Biden being the first sitting President to do so. He has called himself the most pro-union President ever. But […]
La huelga de los trabajadores automotrices muestra nuestras posibilidades
Al iniciar la tercera semana de huelga, el viernes pasado, el presidente del sindicato UAW (United Auto Workers), Shawn Fain, convocó a la huelga a otros 7,000 trabajadores de dos plantas de montaje. Los trabajadores de la planta Ford de Chicago construyen el Ford Explorer, el Police Interceptor Utility y el Lincoln Aviator, y la […]
In the Face of Inflation: Impose Wage Increases!
September 25, 2023 editorial of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France. Translated from French. Since September 15, thousands of auto workers have been on strike in the United States, at plants belonging to Ford, General Motors (Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, etc.) and Stellantis (the group created in 2021 from the merger of Fiat-Chrysler and PSA, […]
Mini rooms, 22.4, and electric vehicles: What’s going on in the labor movement today?
This is a repost of an article written by Adam Shils for the International Socialism Project posted on June 19, 2023. The labor movement is back in the news. The Screen Writers strike has gained wide publicity as A-list actors support the picket lines. Starbucks workers appear to unionize a new store every day. High […]
Labor Notes 2022 — A Reason to be Hopeful
This year’s Labor Notes Conference in Chicago brought a record number of activists and rank and file workers from across the country. According to the organizers, they had to cap registration at 4,000 people in order not to overload the hotel staff. Labor Notes started in 1979 as a magazine initiated by some members of […]