auto industry
As Detroit celebrates Labor Day, UAW strike against Big 3 auto companies looms
September 5, 2023Michigan union leaders, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, and thousands of workers march side-by-side in Detroit Labor Day parade.
Read moreUAW’s leader demands wage hikes and an end to two tier wages
August 4, 2023UAW President Shawn Fain cites decades of high profit rates at the auto companies to justify demands.
Read moreAuto Workers to battle Detroit’s Big Three on two tier wages
July 27, 2022The UAW, at its convention, also moves toward direct election of officers.
Read moreChicagoland auto mechanics strike, say dealers’ proposal is ‘license to steal’
August 6, 2021831 Chicago area mechanics left their toolboxes locked this week and are now wielding picket signs instead of wrenches.
Read moreThe Last Cruze: Photo exhibit shows autoworkers’ view of Lordstown shutdown
September 27, 2019Haunting. Partisan. Resilient. Solidarity. These words come to mind when describing LaToya Ruby Frazier's powerful photographic exhibition of Lordstown, Ohio, autoworkers, documenting the shutdown of the General Motors (GM) plant there earlier this year.
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