Auto Workers Issues
Visteon workers reject “derisory” redundancy offer
By Daniel O’Flynn and Paul Mitchell, April 17, 2009
Workers occupying and picketing the bankrupt Visteon car parts factories in Belfast, Enfield and Basildon in the UK have rejected the latest “derisory” redundancy package.
The deindustrialization of Detroit
By Jerry White, April 10, 2009
This gallery of the devastation of industry in the city of Detroit is a presentation of photos and captions by WSWS writer Jerry White.
Ontario won’t abide by its pension guarantees to auto workers
By Carl Bronski, April 10, 2009
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has warned that should General Motors or Chrysler declare bankruptcy his Liberal government will not honor a provincial guarantee to make up pension shortfalls, threate...
Occupations at UK Visteon plants continue despite legal threats
By Daniel O’Flynn, April 8, 2009
Sacked workers from the car parts firm Visteon have been occupying three factories across the UK since April 1.
New York: Magna auto parts workers reject cutbacks in face of shutdown threat
By William Moore, April 7, 2009
Despite management’s threat to shut down their plant, workers at the Canadian-owned Magna International New Process Gear (NPG) factory in upstate New York rejected a concessions contract recommended...
Video: Chrysler workers oppose Obama auto plan
April 3, 2009
Workers at the Dodge Assembly plant in Warren, Michigan, denounced President Obama's demands for more concessions and job cuts in exchange for loans to the auto industry.
Obama’s “Path to Viability for GM & Chrysler”: The ruthless language of Wall Street
By Barry Grey, April 3, 2009
It is extraordinary that a government should, in its name, publish documents that unabashedly articulate the interests and aims of a financial elite that constitutes a miniscule portion of the populat...
Media backs Obama’s assault on US auto workers
By Jerry White, April 1, 2009
The news media has given its enthusiastic support to President Obama’s insistence that auto workers accept the destruction of jobs, living standards and working conditions in order to return the US ...
Detroit auto workers denounce Obama's concession demands
By Tim Tower, April 1, 2009
Auto workers responded angrily on Tuesday to the concessions demanded by President Barack Obama in exchange for providing loans to the auto industry.
Obama declares war on auto workers
By Joe Kishore, March 31, 2009
In a statement dripping with class arrogance and cynicism, President Obama rejected the cost-cutting proposals of the auto companies as insufficient and demanded further concessions from auto workers.
Obama demands deeper cuts in auto workers’ jobs, wages, benefits
By Jerry White, March 31, 2009
President Obama outlined his administration’s plans to downsize the auto industry and impose more brutal wage and benefit concessions on auto workers.
As Chrysler-Canada-CAW talks reach impasse
Workers denounce union for imposing concessions
By Carl Bronski, March 30, 2009
World Socialist Web Site reporting teams intervened at all three of Chrysler Canada’s manufacturing facilities in southern Ontario this weekend, as talks between the Canadian Auto Workers union and ...
