Auto
As GM slashes, where do we go from here?
June 6, 2009DETROIT — With General Motors filing for bankruptcy and announcing it will close 14 plants, throwing thousands of workers on the scrap heap, what is the way forward for autoworkers and their communities? A few quick...
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Fiat plans mass sackings and plant closures throughout Europe
May 13, 2009Last week, the Italian car company Fiat presented its plans for taking over General Motors’ German auto division Opel as part of its acquisition of the insolvent Chrysler company. The plan it presented to the German...
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Unnatural disasters: Auto crisis highlights need to save pensions
April 28, 2009The grave situation facing the auto industry is bringing into sharp focus the sorry state in which the Bush regime left our nation’s entire retiree security structure. A recent New York Times piece highlights the pro-corporate...
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Nissan to shed 20,000 car workers
February 11, 2009JAPANESE car manufacturer Nissan declared on Monday that it is slashing 20,000 jobs or 8.5 per cent of its global workforce.
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Michigan notebook: Autoworkers rally for jobs; Calls for justice for child care workers
January 24, 2009WARREN, Mich. — Inside the City Hall atrium in this working class suburb of Detroit, 250 autoworkers rallied Jan. 13 to save their jobs. Billed as “Stand Up for American Products and American Workers,” the rally...
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