Detroit

1911-1970s: Unions and workers: limitations and possibilities, by Martin Glaberman

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:25:00 +0000

Consider these two units of time: 36 seconds, the rest of your life. The job that takes 36 seconds to do that you're going to do for the rest of your life. I don't know a better definition of alienation than that...

Detroit bus drivers on wildcat strike

Steven. — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:36:24 +0000

About 800 bus drivers of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 were involved in the stoppage.

Union president Henry Gaffney said that the strike grew from his members' frustration with the growing dangers on the unpatrolled buses - two drivers were assaulted in the last two days.

An account of car factory sabotage

libcom — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:11:48 +0000

A brief account of sabotage at a car manufacturers in Detroit by Eugene, a carburator assembler

Ford times time on the loo

Steven. — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:44:27 +0000

- Ford cracks down on rest room breaks
- Some workers spend more than 48 minutes away from the line at Wayne truck plant, slowing production of SUVs.

By Louis Aguilar / The Detroit News

Too long in the loo?

1968-1971: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers - A.Muhammad Ahmad

libcom — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:13:35 +0000

THE LEAGUE OF REVOLUTIONARY BLACK WORKERS (A HISTORICAL STUDY)

(By A.Muhammad Ahmad)

INTRODUCTION

The workers have to deal with their own reality and that transforms them

libcom — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:34:36 +0000

A Review of Walter Reuther, Social Unionist

libcom — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:32:35 +0000

A Review of Walter Reuther, Social Unionist by Martin Glaberman

Nelson Lichtenstein, The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor (New York: and Chicago: Basic Books, 1995), 575 pp., $35.00, cloth.

Black Cats,White Cats,Wildcats: Auto Workers in Detroit

libcom — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:27:22 +0000

Levine, Philip, 1928-today

Steven. — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:42:55 +0000

Philip Levine was born in the industrial city of Detroit to parents of Russian Jewish origin in 1928. Detroit was the home of Father Coughlin, a notorious anti-Semitic Catholic priest who broadcast on the radio every Sunday. He spent most of his childhood and adolescence fighting people who wanted to beat him up because he was Jewish.