Opinion: Complacency from UAW autoworkers no longer an option
With the auto corporations’ rapid transition to electric vehicles well underway, UAW autoworkers must organize to oust the corporation-appeasing Administration Caucus.
GM’s Factory ZERO helps fix Corvette plant after tornado rips through
The second shift at General Motors Bowling Green Assembly in Kentucky ended late Friday and some 400 workers filed out into the night. But 20 or 30 remained inside the plant when, in the early morning hours Saturday, alarms inside the factory sounded. The workers knew...
Detroit News: GM plans to invest millions at Orion for new battery pack line
General Motors Co. plans to invest $160 million at its Orion Assembly plant for construction of a new battery pack assembly line, The Detroit News has learned, suggesting to experts the facility could be the next plant transitioned to build the automaker’s new...
JSTOR: The Flint Sit-Down Strike, From the Inside
This fall has brought a wave of strikes, with workers seeking raises and better working conditions. They’re following in a long tradition, and one of its key moments was the 1936-1937 sit-down strike by auto workers in Flint, Michigan. Testimonies from those strikers...
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Toledo Blade: UAW members overwhelmingly back direct elections
“Our members spoke, and I’m glad they did,“ said Bruce Baumhower, president of Local 12. ”Now they’ll have a stronger voice in everything that goes on, especially at the international [leadership] level.”