https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/workersCategory/na-autohttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/zrzz-j08.htmlNexteer workers who have voted down three UAW-backed contracts are fighting to join American Axle workers in a common strike.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:54:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a891ad95-0a7d-4b58-9941-70b23038480F/zrzz-j08.html2026-06-08T03:54:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/nelt-j08.htmlIn April 2026, Stellantis announced elimination of 650 of the remaining 1,650 jobs at the Rüsselsheim, Germany development center, without hiring replacements, in open violation of an ongoing “Future Collective Bargaining Agreement.”Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:24:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bd45d797-c1b9-4f37-a3ed-e9370c2e562A/nelt-j08.html2026-06-08T02:24:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/bghi-j06.htmlThe UAW bureaucracy is seeking to impose a fourth sellout tentative agreement after autoworkers at the Saginaw steering plant rejected the first three and voted by 86 percent to authorize a strike.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:01:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b3bc08b6-68a8-46f8-b016-85c52153c18C/bghi-j06.html2026-06-06T05:01:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/vopq-j05.htmlWorkers at Bridgewaters Interiors in Warren, Michigan, have voted to reject a tentative agreement while thousands of Dana auto parts workers are being kept in the dark ahead of imminent contract ratification votes.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:12:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5f8b327b-45a1-438f-aa2d-b3fde1d0768C/vopq-j05.html2026-06-05T04:12:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/llkq-j05.htmlLike previous TAs, the latest proposal does not include any protection against layoffs, under conditions in which as many as 300 to 400 workers face job elimination over the next years through automation and consolidation.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:07:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/533c6d52-2af7-4825-a96d-d3d22f85f4fO/llkq-j05.html2026-06-05T04:07:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/eflk-j05.htmlOne thousand American Axle workers continue their walkout which began on Monday against the key auto supplier and are reporting efforts by the company to move product across their picket lines while provocations against pickets have been reportedly instigated by company security guards.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:01:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a7986e73-f16e-467d-ac93-eaa1ed82f39K/eflk-j05.html2026-06-05T04:01:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/zfwq-j04.htmlRank-and-file workers have already denounced the deal as the same contract they have already rejected three times.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:35:06 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f002a23f-f32a-4e39-8076-37c24ab0ed1N/zfwq-j04.html2026-06-04T03:35:06Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/rmwq-j03.htmlThe strike was shut down this week by the United Auto Workers because it raised deeper political and class questions which the bureaucracy works to suppress.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:21:56 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4f662b89-93d2-4367-bed7-ea624e01acbA/rmwq-j03.html2026-06-03T04:21:56Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/odeq-j03.htmlIn a naked attempt to intimidate the 1,700 Nexteer workers who have defiantly rejected three UAW-backed deals, the union apparatus could hold the next vote in the plant under the supervision of management. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:37:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3ad6fbe5-44c8-42a2-9596-dd2a8fd0ef5C/odeq-j03.html2026-06-03T02:37:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/iqtx-j02.htmlThe Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee calls for the development of a movement of the rank-and-file to take control of their struggle and connect it with American Axle and other auto workers.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:54:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/42c2d8ca-f4bc-4cc0-9811-2314a8620e2G/iqtx-j02.html2026-06-02T16:54:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/hwfb-j02.htmlThe walkout by members of UAW Local 2093 is part of a growing revolt among auto parts workers, who are fighting to overturn decades of UAW-backed concessions.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:15:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c6618107-561d-4512-91e3-b53fba2d964P/hwfb-j02.html2026-06-02T03:15:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/ditx-j01.htmlThe strike, backed by a 98 percent authorization vote, opens a new front in a wave of rebellion throughout the auto parts industry, alongside ongoing contract battles by 1,300 workers at Nexteer Automotive in Saginaw and thousands more at Dana, Magna International and Bridgewater Interiors.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:56:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b02ebaec-3632-4578-8eef-4b833b06788E/ditx-j01.html2026-06-01T19:56:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/pnef-j01.htmlEmployers' association Gesamtmetall is threatening the loss of 300,000 jobs in the metal and electrical industry. The consequences of the Iran war are being passed on to the working class through mass layoffs and social cuts.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:23:34 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d3a27f3d-bfef-4bca-b6d8-3325f4aed4eL/pnef-j01.html2026-06-01T19:23:34Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/30/wkrn-m30.htmlOn Friday morning, for the third time in less than two months, 1,300 workers at the auto parts plant voted down a pro-company tentative agreement brought forward by the United Auto Workers apparatus.Sat, 30 May 2026 04:03:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8be1a5d4-ed46-4895-81e5-5a133401094B/wkrn-m30.html2026-05-30T04:03:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/30/dzrc-m30.htmlAfter voting down three sellout agreements, workers at Nexteer are determined to defeat UAW-management collusion. Sat, 30 May 2026 02:43:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9dbc9935-dff8-4332-b56d-09bd123e49eN/dzrc-m30.html2026-05-30T02:43:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/imgv-m29.htmlWorkers voted down the deal by 55–45 percent, with production workers rejecting it by 59 percent, according to UAW Local 699. Fri, 29 May 2026 04:24:49 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/812e4294-45d2-4d15-ba64-448345df073J/imgv-m29.html2026-05-29T04:24:49Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/onhh-m28.htmlThe Rouge Workers Rank-and-File Committee at Ford Dearborn Truck Plant and a retired GM worker have issued statements of support for the Nexteer workers. Thu, 28 May 2026 04:07:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ed0fee5a-cee6-4748-97ec-b1b1dc79039N/onhh-m28.html2026-05-28T04:07:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/ddmw-m28.htmlIn explaining its decision, Unifor extolled its “longstanding and productive working relationship with the Ford Motor Company.” Thu, 28 May 2026 01:44:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/11f79a77-77d3-40be-a2a3-6d46979b976E/ddmw-m28.html2026-05-28T01:44:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/27/clpw-m27.htmlThe Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee issued this statement to 1,300 workers at the Saginaw, Michigan plant voting on a third sellout contract pushed by the UAW bureaucracy. Wed, 27 May 2026 02:58:28 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2628ab5a-95e3-4bb2-806c-d357564954dH/clpw-m27.html2026-05-27T02:58:28Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/26/xvlr-m26.htmlThe Nexteer rebellion is the concentrated expression of decades of betrayal by the UAW bureaucracy, breaking to the surface across the entire auto parts sector.Tue, 26 May 2026 04:10:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/64eb64f3-95af-480e-8deb-9559e094c83H/xvlr-m26.html2026-05-26T04:10:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/25/cyzt-m25.htmlThe World Socialist Web Site calls on Nexteer workers to vote down this third sellout with the contempt it deserves and build the Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee as the instrument for carrying forward the fight, constructing a new leadership drawn from workers rather than bureaucrats.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:33:08 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/77f70ca8-e64b-4ab1-9977-8dbab6b27fbA/cyzt-m25.html2026-05-25T05:33:08Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/22/ggap-m22.html“The ball is in your court now. Do not give it back,” Lehman wrote in the statement, posted on his campaign website.Fri, 22 May 2026 19:32:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/70299d4d-4e32-45e7-80fb-3146c853f70J/ggap-m22.html2026-05-22T19:32:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/szhd-m21.htmlWorkers at the local union hall Wednesday expressed overwhelming support for a strike and denounced union officials for collaborating with management to intimidate workers and probe for divisions among the membership.Thu, 21 May 2026 04:34:15 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d9582488-bba9-48c8-8b33-182b1ce13aeN/szhd-m21.html2026-05-21T04:34:15Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/luuu-m21.htmlCrutchfield ran as part of Will Lehman’s Insurgent Slate, calling for the transfer of power to the rank-and-file and the abolition of the UAW bureaucracy. Thu, 21 May 2026 04:23:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7560199a-feaf-4375-9318-8ccc3d627d5J/luuu-m21.html2026-05-21T04:23:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/20/uddj-m20.htmlA contract locking in 4 percent annualized wage increases was already insufficient the day it was ratified. The war against Iran—a war of aggression waged by US imperialism that is now directly raising the cost of living for workers across the country—makes the inadequacy of this contract all the more stark.Wed, 20 May 2026 04:10:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f8800cc4-5336-4d23-bff3-80357d44be8I/uddj-m20.html2026-05-20T04:10:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/20/yqwz-m20.htmlThe following statement was issued by the Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee to workers at the Saginaw, Michigan auto parts plant who forced the UAW to conduct a strike authorization vote on Wednesday and Thursday.Wed, 20 May 2026 03:46:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a320e3d4-fd80-4013-8801-2d4a7143c05H/yqwz-m20.html2026-05-20T03:46:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/20/apvo-m20.htmlThe highly exploited and low-paid workers, who produce critical steering components for some of the Big Three’s most profitable models, erupted in anger at a meeting of UAW Local 699 on Sunday following the overwhelming rejection last week of the second tentative agreement brought by the union.Wed, 20 May 2026 03:13:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8930d0a9-6acf-4c77-b7c1-ff1ac306caeI/apvo-m20.html2026-05-20T03:13:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/19/vxjd-m19.htmlBosch is planning to destroy more than half the jobs at its plant in Schwäbisch Gmünd. This article calls on workers to build an independent rank-and-file action committee, as the IG Metall union and works council are actively collaborating with management to enforce the cuts.Tue, 19 May 2026 04:32:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/327f8187-7f6b-4f83-8ab8-e04c51f09ecP/vxjd-m19.html2026-05-19T04:32:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/18/evvv-m18.htmlA Nexteer strike could quickly shut down production at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis and ignite a wave of strikes at US auto parts companies. This is precisely what the UAW bureaucrats are desperate to prevent.Mon, 18 May 2026 03:45:47 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/144e6e15-7c85-4d62-a743-5f01be16b12P/evvv-m18.html2026-05-18T03:45:47Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/16/gvlq-m16.htmlAfter workers voted down a second UAW-backed contract by 73 percent, local union officials called a membership meeting for Sunday. The following is a statement by the Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee.Sat, 16 May 2026 02:20:08 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ff15d233-d9b1-4faa-840b-3468118fa4dO/gvlq-m16.html2026-05-16T02:20:08Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/15/uwwy-m15.htmlThe rejection of a second sellout contract by Nexteer workers must be the signal for rank-and-file action to take the fight into their own hands by building the Nexteer Rank-and-File Committee.Fri, 15 May 2026 19:28:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ca529f0d-825e-47d2-bdf6-fbc6f545c26P/uwwy-m15.html2026-05-15T19:28:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/15/vzxj-m15.htmlThis speech was delivered by Martaz Crutchfield, candidate for UAW delegate at Ford Dearborn Truck Plant, at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.Fri, 15 May 2026 02:17:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6c9b6ecd-74a1-4045-ba3a-6eb66019d66I/vzxj-m15.html2026-05-15T02:17:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/14/llee-m14.htmlA “no” vote on the new TA and strike by the 1,300 Nexteer workers could spark a mass movement of auto parts workers and galvanize production workers at the Big Three factories.Thu, 14 May 2026 03:06:19 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fe42dbf5-8964-43f8-bd8a-bae72834003I/llee-m14.html2026-05-14T03:06:19Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/14/otyp-m14.htmlAfter last week’s death of Jesús Martín Olivera at the GM Silao Complex, one worker at the plant said, “stress, the long working hours, and the production demands the company imposes are killing workers.”Thu, 14 May 2026 00:30:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7c90ea56-d938-420a-a80a-b6827a8f4a7H/otyp-m14.html2026-05-14T00:30:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/13/gvzm-m13.htmlThe claim by the local UAW to be waging a determined fight to defend jobs was exposed within a few days, when the UAW suddenly called off the vote and announced a settlement that does not guarantee a single job.Wed, 13 May 2026 03:04:56 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e5fc71ec-4db3-4714-bee9-9a0f5a88863P/gvzm-m13.html2026-05-13T03:04:56Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/13/coii-m13.htmlAmerican Axle parts workers overwhelmingly authorized a strike, joining Nexteer employees in a rank-and-file rebellion against decades of wage cuts and UAW sellouts.Wed, 13 May 2026 02:36:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7e8f50b1-8d74-46cd-bcbd-031cf0ff3ebL/coii-m13.html2026-05-13T02:36:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/12/orwe-m12.htmlKamara Bond was fired twice for reporting dangerous conditions at the Dana plant in Warren, Michigan. Tue, 12 May 2026 03:40:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5bc66275-5e5a-4d47-82a7-0e89ad947c6H/orwe-m12.html2026-05-12T03:40:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/iocv-m11.htmlA graduate student worker at UMass in Boston described how Harvard and other major universities rely on exploitation of academic workers. Mon, 11 May 2026 03:46:42 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0caac92b-8cd1-4165-86a6-0926572e7c5I/iocv-m11.html2026-05-11T03:46:42Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/bzcn-m11.htmlVolkswagen is preparing the next round of mass cuts. The plants in Emden and Zwickau, the commercial vehicle plant in Hanover and the Audi plant in Neckarsulm face closure. A total of 40,000 people work at these plants.Mon, 11 May 2026 02:15:55 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5f65e496-51b0-493a-a9f4-5179903a04dJ/bzcn-m11.html2026-05-11T02:15:55Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/aqvo-m11.htmlThis speech was delivered by Will Lehman, candidate for president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and member of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC), at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.Mon, 11 May 2026 01:44:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d6eea868-ce0e-4484-a4b8-df88ce7d72aL/aqvo-m11.html2026-05-11T01:44:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/10/ijfq-m10.htmlThe reaction from the shop floor to a new TA brought back by the UAW last week is broadly one of anger and disgust. Sun, 10 May 2026 22:36:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/355983de-10ec-4623-9c13-d5352432e79N/ijfq-m10.html2026-05-10T22:36:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/10/xkfh-m10.htmlBosch's plan to cut 1,400 jobs at a facility in Turkey, in addition to the 22,000 job cuts at its facilities in Germany, raises the need for workers to organize an international fightback.Sun, 10 May 2026 18:13:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b78a10b9-6637-4078-b462-e7deda79efaP/xkfh-m10.html2026-05-10T18:13:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/09/tpgg-m09.htmlNexteer workers in Saginaw, Michigan are determined to vote down a second pro-company tentative agreement handed to them by the UAW Local 699 leadership just five weeks after they rejected an initial TA by 96.2 percent on April 2.Sat, 09 May 2026 03:11:42 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1ede0a98-844a-464b-abd0-3899f27fa79N/tpgg-m09.html2026-05-09T03:11:42Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/08/mcim-m08.htmlThe new Nexteer tentative agreement expands the tier system and maintains poverty wages as in the first TA, which workers voted down by 96 percent. Workers should reject it, dismiss the bargaining committee, and prepare to strike.Fri, 08 May 2026 03:03:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/985a2d95-1bae-44c2-a79f-d36705b6405K/mcim-m08.html2026-05-08T03:03:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/06/derq-m06.htmlAfter extending the last contract behind the backs of workers UAW Local 699 officials have announced that they have reached a new deal. Wed, 06 May 2026 04:20:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/45545a6d-2666-4735-bb38-35eb85b5f2eN/derq-m06.html2026-05-06T04:20:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/06/kmrn-m06.htmlEverything indicates that the vote called by leaders of UAW Local 1700 at SHAP is performative, aimed at venting workers' anger and will lead to no consequential action by the union.Wed, 06 May 2026 03:39:15 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/45d75b96-55e2-474f-8034-cc166a21f21G/kmrn-m06.html2026-05-06T03:39:15Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/04/ybpl-m04.htmlWith thousands of workers and young people marching to oppose Trump, the AFL-CIO and Democratic Party is trying to prevent this movement from evolving into a politically conscious challenge to oligarchic rule and the capitalist system that both parties defend.Mon, 04 May 2026 05:35:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/874d650c-5794-4a46-80ac-9277fee3bbfO/ybpl-m04.html2026-05-04T05:35:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/04/qxtj-m04.htmlWill Lehman, a rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker who is running as a socialist candidate for UAW president, is calling on workers to break the union's isolation of the nearly two-week walkout by 4,000 Harvard graduate student workers. Mon, 04 May 2026 04:00:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/696ce960-3e1e-4dd7-81be-d873a6d78a4F/qxtj-m04.html2026-05-04T04:00:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/01/ijob-m01.htmlWith the Trump administration continuing its massive assault on workplace safety and environmental protections, the American trade union bureaucracy issued boilerplate statements calling for increased lobbying and voter drives.Fri, 01 May 2026 03:35:44 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ad88f8a3-9f6b-4dd1-b312-821b0aae1a6M/ijob-m01.html2026-05-01T03:35:44Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/27/pfht-a27.htmlThis is the text of a resolution introduced by UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman at a meeting of UAW Local 677 in Macungie, Pennsylvania.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:10:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bb7dc37f-13a3-4e3d-ad42-be4ded777a7M/pfht-a27.html2026-04-27T03:10:40Z