General Motors
How the Allied multinationals supplied Nazi Germany throughout World War II
The following excerpts thoroughly document how capitalists really acted during the Second World War. Behind the patriotic propaganda that encouraged the working class to slaughter each other in the interests of competing national interests, international capital quietly kept the commodity circuits flowing and profits growing across all borders.
GM/Saab policies in Sweden, 2004
Article from the Swedish "workplace paper" Motarbetaren #5, September 2004 about General Motors/Saab policy and potential struggle in Sweden.
One week wildcat strike at General Motors/Opel in Bochum, 2004
Extensive background information and analysis, and an account of a wildcat strike of Opel/GM car workers in Germany.
Portugal: 1,200 wildcat at General Motors plant
A mass walkout at the soon-to-close Azambuja plant has entered it’s third day in a dispute over severance terms.
General Motors (GM) announced in July that it would close the Azambuja plant in December in order to shift production to a larger plant in Spain.
Canada: Car part workers down tools
A wildcat strike has broken out in Canada as workers at AGS Automotive plant walked out in a dispute over pay and work rate.
AutoServiceWorld reported today that workers at AGS Parts Plant walked off the job in an unauthorised wildcat strike, which, according to CAW head Buzz Hargrove, could lead to grave consequences.
Calling the event a "powder keg", the union chief said that the sudden work stoppage could sink the company, cripple GM, and cost hundreds of jobs.
Successful strike at Opel-GM in Antwerp
Belgian car workers won a short strike to demand less work and more workers employed at their plant in Antwerp.
Particularly against the background of the GM management's threat of global mass redundancies this victory is quite exceptional.
On 31 March the majority of the day-shift decided to lay down tools in order to protest against the work load and to demand additional workers be employed.
US car workers gear up to fight wages and jobs onslaught
Workers for Delphi, a former subsidiary of General Motors, are facing 24,000 job cuts, the slashing of wages by 63%, and huge cuts in benefits such as pensions and health care.
Delphi is filing for bankruptcy, and the cuts are to go ahead despite recently awarding executives with nearly $40m in bonuses. The auto workers are beginning to fight back, defying the United Auto Workers union and attempting slowdowns in Delphi plants, including facilities in Flint, Michigan, and Kokomo, Indiana.
