Martha Grevatt

‘Saving the auto industry’: Behind the political spin

Detroit — The 2009 bailout of Chrysler and General Motors has become a major campaign issue in the contest to see…

September 22, 2012

Colombian hunger strike comes to GM’s home

Working at breakneck speed under antiquated conditions at the General Motors Commodores plant in Bogotá, Colombia, more than 200 workers…

September 17, 2012

Still no justice for injured GM workers in Colombia

The struggle continues for a just resolution of the ongoing crisis facing a group of General Motors workers in Colombia…

September 6, 2012

Michigan LGBTQ community is ‘Hungry 4 Equality’

Detroit — David Garcia, executive director of Affirmations, Detroit’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community center, went on a…

September 2, 2012

‘Todos somos ASOTRECOL’

Última noticia: La GM aceptó volver a la mesa de negociaciones resultado de la valentía de los trabajadores colombianos y…

August 29, 2012

’We are all Asotrecol’

Activists from Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich., came together on short notice for an emergency demonstration to support the fired,…

August 24, 2012

Hunger strike in Colombia: GM workers sew lips shut outside U.S. Embassy

No one comes to work expecting or intending to be hurt. Being injured on the job creates both physical and…

August 15, 2012

Trabajadores de GM comienzan huelga de hambre frente a Embajada de EE.UU.

Nadie viene a trabajar esperando o con la intención de ser lastimado. Ser lesionado en el trabajo crea dificultades físicas…

August 15, 2012

Sizzling summer in Detroit: Profit motive creates heat misery

Detroit  — The recent heat waves have had a devastating effect in Michigan, which already suffers from high rates of unemployment,…

August 2, 2012