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8 May 2008
Wage-cutting
in the US auto parts industry: The background to the American
Axle strike
3 May 2008
UAW
preparing agreement to slash American Axle workers' wages, close
plants
2 May 2008
WSWS
interviews victimized North Carolina Freightliner workers
30 April 2008
US auto strike enters tenth week
A political balance sheet of the battle at American Axle
25 April 2008
Detroit:
American Axle workers hold protest amidst heavy police presence
15 April 2008
American
Axle, UAW continue negotiations over concessions contract
Service employees union organizes thug attack at Detroit
Labor Notes conference
14 April 2008
Letters
on the American Axle strike
12 April 2008
WSWS
writer Jerry White speaks on American Axle strike
9 April 2008
As
full negotiations resume American Axle workers denounce UAW concessions
offer
8 April 2008
As US auto strike enters seventh week
UAW president backs "real sacrifices" for American
Axle workers
7 April 2008
SEP/ISSE meeting: Which way forward? The American
Axle strike and the political issues facing the working class
5 April 2008
4 April 2008
Reject
UAW plans to sell out American Axle strike
American Axle workers in Detroit determined to resist
sellout
Goodyear worker in Kansas dies after tasering by police
3 April 2008
American
Axle strikers in Buffalo determined to resist wage cuts
Independent
truckers stage protests in US
2 April 2008
Elect rank-and-file committees to oppose UAW sell-out
American Axle strike at the crossroads
1 April 2008
31 March 200
American
Axle moves to hire strikebreakers
29 March 200
American
Axle CEO Richard Dauch and the "right" of private property
American Axle strikers in Detroit respond to plant
closing threats
28 March 2008
27 March 2008
$10 million for American Axle CEO
Richard Dauch and the aristocratic principle in America
26 March 2008
25 March 2008
Strike against wage cutting completes first month
Pay for American Axle CEO rises to $10.2 million
22 March 2008
21 March 2008
American
Axle strikers in Detroit determined to halt wage-cutting
20 March 2008
Mobilize
auto workers behind the American Axle strike
14 March 2008
American
Axle workers in Detroit discuss political issues in strike
12 March 2008
Bitter
strike by American Axle workers enters third week
11 March 2008
Reject
UAW plans to sabotage American Axle strike!
10 March 2008
Impact of American Axle strike spreads
Talks continue through weekend
5 March 2008
UAW
offered wage cuts on eve of American Axle strike
4 March 2008
American
Axle strike enters second week
29 February 2008
Detroit News warns of "labor unrest"
in auto industry
American Axle strikers defy UAW wage-cutting pattern
27 February 2008
American
Axle workers strike against massive wage cut
21 January 2008
US:
General Motors to offer more job buyouts
19 November 2007
Political
lessons of the UAW contract betrayal
13 November 2007
12 November 2007
Ford
Rouge workers denounce UAW sellout
9 November 2007
US
auto workers vote on contract betrayal at Ford
6 November 2007
US auto workers denounce UAW betrayal at Ford
"The union is so intertwined with the company they are
giving away the whole store"
6 November 2007
Vote
"no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees
for contract fight!
5 November 2007
Vote
"no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees
for contract fight!
3 November 2007
Strong
opposition to CAW leadership voiced by Oshawa GM workers
1 November 2007
An historic betrayal
Canadian Auto Workers union "partners" with Magna International
Auto workers oppose CAW's sweetheart deal with Magna
31 October 2007
Ford
and UAW press for deeper concessions from US auto workers
29 October 2007
UAW
pushes through Chrysler betrayal in face of strong rank-and-file
opposition
27 October 2007
Strong
opposition at final Chrysler plant voting on UAW contract
26 October 2007
How
the UAW pushed through its sellout at Chrysler
25 October 2007
UAW
moves to prevent defeat of Chrysler contract
24 October 2007
UAW
defends 50 percent wage cut for Chrysler workers
Ninety
percent of voting Writers' Guild of America members authorize
strike
23 October 2007
As contract faces rejection
UAW conspires with Chrysler to impose agreement
Letters on US auto workers' struggle
22 October 2007
More
Chrysler locals reject UAW contract betrayal
"We are sick of being lied to by the union"
Detroit autoworkers speak out against
UAW-Chrysler contract
20 October 2007
Large UAW local votes 80 percent to reject Chrysler sellout faces strong rank-and-file opposition
19 October 2007
Vote
'no' on UAW sellout at Chrysler! Elect rank-and-file committees
for contract fight!
18 October 2007
UAW
deal opens door for Chrysler carve-up
12 October 2007
The
middle-class "left" and the UAW-GM contract
11 October 2007
UAW
stages six-hour strike to push through contract betrayal at Chrysler
Chrysler strikers speak: "It's time workers unite
on a global basis, the same way the companies do"
10 October 2007
As
General Motors contract vote proceeds, UAW prepares deeper concessions
at Chrysler
WSWS replies to UAW local president on GM contract
9 October 2007
Jim Lawrence, GM worker and 2004 SEP vice presidential
candidate, speaks on UAW-GM contract
"Workers can no longer afford this system"
6 October 2007
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UAW
officials threaten SEP members
 Willow Run Transmission Plant in Ypsilanti,
Michigan.
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Early
GM contract vote shows widespread opposition to UAW sellout
5 October 2007
Two-tier
wage in UAW-GM contract means drastic pay cuts for US workers
4 October 2007
Opposition
to UAW-GM deal as workers vote on contract
UAW officials threaten Socialist Equality Party members6
3 October 2007
Letters
on the General Motors contract
2 October 2007
UAW-GM
deal means more plant closings
1 October 2007
Vote 'no' on UAW sellout at GM!
Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Strong rank-and-file opposition to UAW sellout evident
at local meetings
29 September 2007
UAW
local presidents ratify historic betrayal of US auto workers
28 September 2007
Details
of General Motors contract underscore UAW betrayal
General Motors worker: "The UAW doesn't lose,
but the workers do"
27 September 2007
Total
surrender by US auto union
26 September 2007
As impact of walkout spreads
GM strikers confront intransigence of US auto giant
General Motors workers oppose threats to retiree health
care, jobs
25 September 2007
US
auto workers shut down General Motors
GM workers in Detroit voice frustration at UAW leadership
24 September 2007
US
autoworkers angered as negotiations drag on
17 September 2007
US
auto union extends contracts as deadline passes
14 September 2007
As contract deadline approaches
US auto union poised to accept sweeping concessions
12 September 2007
US
auto union prepares to hand over historic concessions
30 April 2007
Strikes against job cuts in Belgium, Spain, Russia
International resistance grows to auto industry downsizing
29 January 2007
Belgium
Volkswagen workers resume strike
18 January 2007
Volkswagen
workers in Belgium end their strike and occupation
6 January 2007
To Volkswagen workers in Brussels
Vote against the sell-out organised by the unions and works councils!
Volkswagen workers in Brussels speak to the WSWS:
the unions' role is "shameful"
3 January 2007
Sellout at Brussels Volkswagen plant
Trade unions organize destruction of 3,200 jobs
29 December 2006
Belgian
TV hoax exposes political tensions
20 December 2006
Sellout
at Brussels Volkswagen plant Trade unions agree to mass dismissals
13 December 2006
The
role played by German VW works councils in the attack on Belgian
workers' jobs
6 December 2006
20,000
march against closure of Volkswagen factory in Brussels
2 December 2006
Volkswagen strike in Brussels enters third week
German VW workers express solidarity with Belgium colleagues
25 November 2006
Support the struggle of Volkswagen workers in Brussels!
Set up defense committees independently of the works council
and trade unions!
Belgian Volkswagen factory occupied
"It is high time to wake up and become political"
23 November 2006
Strike
and occupation at Volkswagen works in Belgium
1 May 2006
Volkswagen
autos to implement drastic savings program
1 April 2006
US
auto supplier Delphi moves to cancel union contracts
23 March 2006
GM,
Delphi, US autoworkers' union agree to massive job-cutting program
17 February 2006
US
auto union pressures Delphi workers to accept concessions deal
1 November 2005
Delphi
demands US auto workers accept poverty wages
27 July 2005
The
miserable end of the "Volkswagen model"
23 June 2005
US: mass layoffs continue
Job cuts hit retail, auto industries
18 March 2005
GM announces sharply lower profit figures Decline
of auto giant highlights crisis of US manufacturing
1 April 2004
US
auto supplier Delphi moves to cancel union contracts
6 December 2004
Following
German Opel workers' strike: competition rages between GM plants
2 December 2004
Sacked German Opel worker: "Dismissals are aimed
at intimidating the work force" Interview with Turhan
Ersin
5 November 2004
Swedish
union bureaucracy uses GM strike to undercut German workers
2 November 2004
Following
strike in Germany GM fires Opel workers
22 October 2004
GM
workers hold European-wide day of action against job cuts
The
political issues facing Opel workers
19 October 2004
Germany:
Opel cuts over 10,000 auto jobs
German Opel workers: "We cannot compete with
wages of 3-4 euros"
12 August 2004
Germany:
workers respond angrily to deal at DaimlerChrysler
19 October 2002
Canadian
Auto Workers union pushes corporatist settlement at DaimlerChrysler
17 September 2002
Threat
of plant closures dominates Canadian auto talks
20 July 2002
Union
betrayal at Navistar-- A warning to Canadian auto workers
6 July 2002
Canadian
auto union leaders isolate fight against Navistar union-busting
28 June 2002
Canada:
Worker critically injured by Navistar strike-breaking operation
14 June 2002
Career bureaucrat named president of US auto union
Gettelfinger defended Ford in 1999 blast that killed six workers
3 May 2002
Australian
government hands over millions more dollars to Mitsubishi
12 January 2002
Ford
to cut 35,000 jobs worldwide, 22,000 in North America
20 November 2001
UAW
to cut benefits to Kentucky workers in four-year strike
31 October 2001
General
Motors plans to axe thousands of jobs
6 October 2001
US auto union defeated at Japanese transplant
Another debacle for the UAW
25 September 2001
Opel car company prepares mass job cuts throughout
Europe
Part 1: German trade unions agree to the Olympia restructuring
plan
12 September 2001
German union teams up with Volkswagen to create low-wage
sector
The new "5000 by 5000" model
11 September 2001
Strike
by Mexican Volkswagen workers ends
21 June 2001
US auto union rallies behind Ford bosses
UAW lackeys on parade
11 April 2001
Mitsubishi
workers in Australian plants face uncertain future
22 February 2001
Auto
workers vote for strike action at Britain's GM-Vauxhall plants
21 February 2001
Workers
fight union-busting at a Canadian metal fabricating plant
14 February 2001
Two
decades after the Chrysler bailout: US auto workers face new
assault
9 February 2001
South
Africa: Volkswagen blocks sacked workers from returning
3 February 2001
Career spanned rise and decay of US auto union
Former UAW President Leonard Woodcock dies
1 February 2001
Workers
strike against mass layoffs at European GM plants
31 January 2001
Detroit Chrysler workers react to company plans to
slash 26,000 jobs
"It's going to mean longer lines at the employment center"
30 January 2001
DaimlerChrysler to wipe out 26,000 jobs in its US
division
Six plants to be closed over the next two years
14 December 2000
Britain:
Vauxhall car workers protest mass layoffs
13 December 2000
GM
to phase out Oldsmobile brand and cut 16,000 jobs in the US and
Europe
25 September 2000
Michigan
GM workers sue United Auto Workers local for embezzling funds
22 September 2000
Ohio
auto workers denounce union for deal on temporary employees
19 September 2000
Auto
workers threatened with job cuts at Ohio plant
10 August 2000
US
federal probe into United Auto Workers extortion scheme
8 July 2000
Union
at Ohio DaimlerChrysler plant imposes contract without allowing
membership vote
25 May 2000
Workers
at Moraine, Ohio auto parts plants reject tentative contract
15 May 2000
Takeover
of British Rover plant: thousands of jobs still at risk
13 May 2000
Ford
to close largest UK plant in Dagenham
5 May 2000
Ford
likely to close Dagenham plant in London
1 May 2000
Mitsubishi
announces 600 further job cuts in Australia
29 April 2000
Interview
with a South African Volkswagen worker: "Working conditions
are worse now than they were under the apartheid regime"
6 April 2000
50,000 march in Birmingham against BMW sell-off of
Rover
British union officials use anti-German chauvinism to divert
struggle over auto jobs
1 April 2000
50,000 jobs in Britain threatened by BMW's Rover sell-off
Anti-German campaign by union leaders blocks united action
against BMW management
11 March 2000
Mazda
plans to shed thousands of jobs in Japan
9 March 2000
Police
clampdown on South African VW strikers
7 March 2000
One
dead, two missing in Virginia auto parts plant explosion
18 February 2000
Ford
Europe unveils restructuring strategy
4 February 2000
One year since Dearborn, Michigan explosion
New revelations expose company-union
complicity in fatal blast at US Ford plant
"They decided to put profits over safety"
UAW officials take an auto worker for a ride
2 November 1999
Pakistani
autoworkers wage 18-month struggle against Suzuki
25 October 1999
Concessions
at Dayton Delphi plant reveal content of new contracts with US
auto companies
20 October 1999
Nissan
announces 21,000 jobs to go in Japan's first major downsizing
12 October 1999
US
autoworkers union reaches deal with Ford
British Ford workers to ballot on industrial action
7 October 1999
Walkout
over racism at Ford UK
30 September 1999
US auto industry talks
United Auto Workers reaches deal with General Motors
25 September 1999
Canadian
Auto Workers settles with Ford as US auto talks continue
18 September 1999
UAW
contract with DaimlerChrysler paves way for further downsizing
in US auto industry
16 September 1999
US
auto talks--deal reported near between UAW and DaimlerChrysler
11 September 1999
Explosion
at US Ford plant: report exposes corporate negligence and union
complicity
20 August 1999
Contract
employee dies in accident at Rouge Steel in Dearborn, Michigan
26 July 1999
Ford
offers settlement to block lawsuits over Michigan plant explosion
2 July 1999
General
Motors closes Buick City complex in Flint, Michigan
18 June 1999
US
auto contract talks open: UAW ready to collaborate as Big Three
auto makers prepare massive job cuts
An exchange with UAW President Yokich on the Ford
Rouge explosion
German trade unions vote for job cuts
New Opel (GM) plant in Rüsselsheim means 4,000 fewer
jobs
8 June 1999
Safety
agency says Ford hinders probe into February explosion at Michigan
factory
11 March 1999
The Ford Rouge explosion
Family of injured worker gets restraining order to prevent Ford
from destroying evidence
4 March 1999
The Ford Rouge disaster
US auto industry profits rise along with injuries and deaths
in factories
Victim of Ford Rouge explosion says power plant was
"running on bubble gum and bobby pins"
23 February 1999
Death toll rises to six in Michigan power plant disaster
Two more workers die from Ford Rouge explosion
20 February 1999
The explosion at the Ford Rouge plant
How union-management collaboration has undermined workers' safety
in the US auto industry
16 February 1999
Death
toll mounts in blast at US auto plant
13 February 1999
Michigan
Ford plant explosion claims third victim
America's workplaces--among the deadliest in the industrialized
world
6 February 1999
Gas buildup blamed for deadly explosion at Michigan
power plant
Second Ford Rouge worker dies
The UAW and the Rouge explosion
A pat on the head from the Detroit News
5 February 1999
Ford
resuming production following fatal explosion at Michigan plant
4 February 1999
Explosion at US auto factory
Former power plant supervisors suspect gas leak in fatal blast
at Ford's Rouge plant
Ford acquires Volvo car operations: Mergers sweep
global auto industry
3 February 1999
Auto
workers raise concerns that fatal blast was linked to unsafe
conditions
Explosion at the Rouge plant: United Auto Workers
officials cover up for Ford management
2 February 1999
Fatal
explosion at Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan
12 January 1999
Auto
workers occupy Brazilian plant
30 October 1998
UAW
agrees to axing of Dayton brake plant jobs
22 September 1998
Ford
Argentina adds to job cuts sweeping global auto industry
18 August 1998
How the UAW promotes anti-Mexican chauvinism
A case in point
11 August 1998
Western
New York hit by spin-off of General Motors' parts division
4 August 1998
GM
to sell off parts unit
3 August 1998
After
the defeat of the GM strike:
What way forward for auto workers?
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