On Saturday, April 5, Workers at American Axle and Manufacturing in Detroit spoke to the WSWS about their history and their current struggle against company demands to slash their pay by two thirds.
Trump continues Biden’s stonewalling of court-ordered investigation into UAW elections
It is more than nine months since a federal judge ruled in favor of Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate Will Lehman, ordering the Department of Labor to revisit his challenge to the fraudulent 2022–23 UAW election.
Stellantis worker crushed to death at Dundee, Michigan engine plant
Sixty-two-year-old skilled tradesman Ronnie Adams was crushed by a motorized arm on an assembly machine he was working on.
For rank-and-file action by the working class to demand the reinstatement of Columbia grad students!
Instead of the international unity of the working class, expressed in the age-old slogan, “Workers of the World, Unite!” UAW President Shawn Fain embraces Trump’s “America First” policies and pits workers of different countries against each other.
Canada announces retaliation for Trump’s 25 percent auto tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs on non-USMCA-compliant, US-made automobiles marks the third time the Canadian government has responded to Trump's trade war measures.