Auto Workers Issues
Mass opposition grows
Ford workers speak out against contract
By our reporters, October 28, 2009
Reporters from the World Socialist Web Site spoke to Ford workers in Michigan on Tuesday, who denounced the UAW-Ford concessions contract, as more locals voted “No.”
Mass opposition to Ford-UAW concessions contract
By Andre Damon, October 27, 2009
Workers at three US plants have rejected a concessions contract backed by the United Auto Workers and Ford, including a 92 percent “no” vote at a major local in Kansas City, Missouri.
UAW says key local passed Ford contract by 51 percent
Many workers call vote a “fraud”
By Andre Damon, October 24, 2009
Local media reported that United Auto Workers Local 900 narrowly ratified the latest concessions contract. The vote passed by only 51 to 49 percent, prompting allegations of fraud from workers intervi...
Opposition mounts to UAW-Ford concessions contract
By Jerry White, October 23, 2009
Opposition from rank-and-file workers is mounting to the concessions deal reached by the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co.
Ford workers oppose UAW demand for concessions
By Jerry White, October 21, 2009
The concessions agreement reached last week between the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Company has been met with widespread opposition from Ford’s 41,000 hourly workers, who are beginning to vot...
Reject UAW-Ford concession demands
Elect rank-and-file committees to defend jobs and living standards
By Socialist Equality Party, October 16, 2009
This week the United Auto Workers agreed to contract modifications with Ford that will further slash the jobs and living standards of the company’s 41,000 hourly workers. The SEP urges workers to re...
Norwegian pension fund breaks silence on Volkswagen-Porsche takeover scandal
By Patrick Richter, October 15, 2009
Volkswagen is rescuing the oligarch clan Piëch/Porsche from its failed speculation and giving it more than €4.5 billion.
Workers expose GM payoff to Canadian auto union officials
By Carl Bronski and Keith Jones, October 14, 2009
Management at the General Motors transmission plant in Windsor, Ontario have been forced to annul a secret memorandum of understanding with local officials of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) aft...
Nationalist tensions deepen over Magna’s purchase bid for GM Europe
By Robert Stevens, October 14, 2009
The proposed buy-out of General Motors’ European arm by Magna International continues to expose trade rivalries within Europe.
UAW reaches new concessions agreement with Ford
By Joe Kishore, October 13, 2009
According to media reports, a tentative UAW agreement with Ford is modeled after concessions pushed through at General Motors and Chrysler earlier this year.
GM to cut 10,500 more jobs by year’s end
By Tom Eley, October 9, 2009
General Motors announced Wednesday that it will lay off 10,500 more workers by January 1 in order to meet the terms of its “restructuring” plan, which was forced on the largest US automaker by the...
Opel/Vauxhall takeover by Magna
Unions play off workers against one another
By Dietmar Henning, October 8, 2009
The German unions are doing everything to ensure the contract is finalised between Opel, Vauxhall, GM and Magna, while haggling has begun between the unions represented at the various European locatio...
