Martha Grevatt

Holiday gifts and the shorter work week

We have heard the saying,“Business and politics don’t mix.” In fact the opposite is true. Many right-wing bills — from…

December 13, 2012

Injured Colombian GM workers resume hunger strike

For almost 500 days, Asotrecol, the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores, has been fighting for…

December 9, 2012

Why we need to demand a shorter work week

In February, the Detroit Free Press reported that the United Auto Workers union was preparing “arguments over the thirty-hour week,…

November 16, 2012

Chrysler workers fuming over new speed-up

At Chrysler’s Warren, Mich., stamping plant, more than 400 workers have signed petitions opposing a new work schedule known as…

November 11, 2012

Immigrant rights, LGBTQ activists fight deportation of gay immigrant

Ann Arbor, Mich. — “Free Hugo Now!” was the loud and clear message from a multinational demonstration of nearly 100…

November 4, 2012

Colombian Asotrecol worker talks with WW

Jorge Parra is president of the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of General Motors Colombia, known as Asotrecol. He…

October 26, 2012

Behind Canadian Auto Workers settlement

Last year the United Auto Workers union signed four-year contracts with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. These contracts went further…

October 12, 2012

Fired GM Colombia workers’ hunger strike lifted, occupation continues

For more than 14 months, members of Asotrecol — the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of GM Colombia —…

October 11, 2012

LGBTQ labor group commits to solidarity

Pride at Work, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer constituency group of the AFL-CIO, held its eighth convention in…

September 27, 2012

Autoworkers speak out: ‘We got a war going on’

Detroit — When you read about the auto industry in the news media, all they talk about is the “rebound” of…

September 22, 2012