Auto – People's World

NASCAR aims to do better when dealing with racism

June 8, 2020 By Paul Newberry

“We need to step up more than we ever have before,” said former Cup star Jeff Gordon. “We are listening, we are learning and we are ready to change.”

Hear these engines roar: Female team says this is no gimmick

January 14, 2019 By Jenna Fryer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Every racing series in the world is full of wealthy enthusiasts with ideas that sound too good to be true. Expensive promises to fund life-changing opportunities are usually broken before cars...

Elon Musk’s Tesla: Cars of the future with labor practices from the past

April 9, 2018 By PAI

Richard Ortiz, a Tesla worker fired for his union activities, said, "I know in my heart that what they did was wrong, and I look forward to our day in court. The truth is on my...

At Nissan and beyond, workers’ rights are civil rights

January 14, 2014 By Tyson Jackson

Thanks to the works of those who came before us, this new generation is equipped with the knowledge of how to make change, and it is become more and more apparent what we need to fight...

June 6 – Anniversary of a General Strike

June 6, 2012 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards

On June 6, 1937 more than 12,000 members of the United Auto Workers, their families and supporters living in Lansing, Michigan shut down the city. Earlier that year the workers held a successful sit-down strike at...