Auto Workers Issues
The Ford vote and the UAW’s defenders
By Jerry White, November 9, 2009
Last week’s defeat of the UAW-Ford concessions contract by the rank-and-file has not diminished the claims by various middle class organizations that all opposition should be channeled through the U...
Opel workers in Germany protest threatened mass redundancies
By our reporters, November 7, 2009
On Wednesday, thousands of Opel workers took part in protests throughout Germany directed against the massive job cuts to be implemented following General Motors’ decision earlier this week not to s...
The Opel-Magna fraud
A betrayal of GM employees in Europe
By Ulrich Rippert, November 5, 2009
The refusal of German and European trade unions to organise a common defense of jobs and wages has encouraged GM to impose restructuring measures in Europe along the lines of the American model.
Video: Ford workers speak on contract rejection
November 4, 2009
The WSWS spoke to workers at the Ford Dearborn Truck plant in Michigan on the rejection of contract revisions backed by the company and the UAW.
Anxious to thwart cross-border struggle
CAW rams through concessions at Ford Canada
By Keith Jones, November 3, 2009
Fearing the impact that the resistance of US Ford workers would have on workers in Canada, the CAW leadership hastened to conclude the terms of its latest surrender with the Detroit-based auto maker.
The “No” vote at Ford
By Joe Kishore, November 2, 2009
The decisive vote by Ford workers against contract concessions backed by the UAW is a major advance for the working class internationally.
Video: Ford workers speak out against concessions contract
October 31, 2009
The WSWS spoke to Ford workers in Michigan as they prepared to vote on contract revisions agreed by the company and the United Auto Workers.
WSWS speaks to workers who exposed GM payoff to Canadian auto union
By Jerry White, October 30, 2009
The WSWS recently spoke with two auto workers at a General Motors transmission plant in Windsor, Ontario, who have been involved in campaigning against a secret agreement between GM and Canadian Auto ...
Indian auto dispute sparks mass protest, shuts Ford Canada plant
By Kranti Kumara, October 30, 2009
Last week more than 100,000 workers from some 70 plants in the Gurgaon-Manesar area walked off the job to show support for the Rico workers’ struggle and protest the murder of a Rico striker by comp...
Opel’s future once again up for grabs
By Dietmar Henning, October 30, 2009
Although the new German government has barely taken office, all the deals struck between the trade unions, General Motors and the consortium from the Canadian-Austrian automotive supplier Magna and th...
The way forward for Ford workers
By Socialist Equality Party, October 29, 2009
With votes tallied at factories employing more than a third of Ford’s 41,000 US workers, the concessions contract being pushed by the UAW appears headed for defeat.
Bridgestone closes plants in Australia and New Zealand
By Terry Cook, October 29, 2009
The Bridgestone closures, which end tyre production in Australasia, are part of a global restructuring of the auto industry, in the wake of the worldwide financial crisis.
