UAW

Colombian GM workers sew their lips shut

On the 77th anniversary of the Flint, Mich., sit-down strike in the U.S., fired GM workers in Colombia accelerate their…

February 18, 2014

Chrysler workers must resist ‘culture of poverty’

Chrysler became 100 percent owned by Fiat on Jan. 20, when the trust fund responsible for United Auto Workers retirees’…

February 7, 2014

Autoworkers discuss fightback strategy

In a recent op-ed piece, United Auto Workers President Bob King touted the cooperative relationship between the union and U.S.…

September 20, 2013

Trabajadores despedidos de GM en Colombia decididos a vencer

Durante dos años y dos meses, un decidido grupo de trabajadores automotrices despedidos han vivido en tiendas de campaña frente…

September 18, 2013

Fired GM workers in Colombia determined to win

For two years and two months a determined group of fired autoworkers have lived in tents outside the U.S. Embassy…

September 12, 2013

Michigan protesters support Walmart workers

Close to 100 supporters of Walmart workers demonstrated June 7 outside the Walmart Super Center in Dearborn, Mich. Among them…

June 11, 2013

Detroit and Colombia: Auto workers fight back

March 23 marked the 600th day of occupation outside the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, by a group of fired…

March 30, 2013

Autoworkers protest ‘Awful Work Schedule’

Warren, Mich. — Despite mass anger in the plants, Chrysler bosses are not backing off from plans to impose so-called “flexible…

March 6, 2013

Which way forward for union growth?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Jan. 23 that the number of U.S. workers in unions fell by 400,000 during…

February 3, 2013

Origins of Michigan’s ‘right-to-work’ union-busting law

The passage of the union-busting “right-to-work” law in Michigan is a severe legal setback for the labor movement and for…

December 21, 2012