The World War II and post-war strike wave - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 17 2009 00:26
Jeremy Brecher on the huge, often unofficial, strikes which swept the US during and after World War II, despite the existence of union-enforced no strike deals.
Young Detroit Radicals 1955-1965 - Dan Georgakas
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 17 2009 11:16
Dan Georgakas's personal recollections of radicals in Detroit and the people who formed the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.
Wildcat: Dodge Truck June 1974
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 6 2009 13:30
Detailed article by participants and eyewitnesses about the wildcat strike at the Chrysler truck plant in Michigan, 1974, and the roles of the workers, the union and the left.
Flint 1936-7: Diary of a sitdowner
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 14 2009 11:24
The diary of one of the striking General Motors workers who occupied their factories between December 1936 and February 1937.
DRUM: vanguard of the black revolution
A short history of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, detailing their beginnings as well as their opposition to the United Auto Workers union.
The Lordstown struggle and the real crisis in production - Ken Weller
Submitted by libcom on Feb 17 2009 18:17
Fascinating pamphlet by Solidarity on the informal workers struggle against the frenetic pace of work at a General Motors plant, and the later co-optation of the struggle by the auto workers union.
Organized labor versus "the revolt against work" - John Zerzan
Article examining the role of unions in the exploitation of workers, focussing in particular on the US car manufacturing industry from the 1930s to 1970s.
USA: Auto-workers on nationwide strike at General Motors
Submitted by Ed on Sep 24 2007 23:56
Thousands of United Auto Workers walked off the job at General Motors Corp. plants around the country Monday in the first nationwide strike against GM since 1970.
1911-1970s: Unions and workers: limitations and possibilities, by Martin Glaberman
Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 22 2007 09:25
Detroit auto-worker Martin Glaberman analyses the bureaucratisation and decline of the US trade union movement. An interesting article interspersed with historical information and personal reminiscences
Union calls off truck plant wildcat strike
Submitted by Steven. on Apr 5 2007 10:24
With layoffs imminent, truck manufacturing workers in North Carolina walked out until union officials called off the action.
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