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Content about workers' struggles in the auto industry.

Wartime strikes: The struggle against the no-strike pledge in the UAW during World War II - Martin Glaberman

Martin Glaberman's examination of American car industry workers wildcat strike wave…

Where has all my money gone you vile insidious woman?

The great privatisation swindle has meant that we are indirectly paying twice for some services…

UAW retirees on the line

Competition, bankruptcy, and the decline of the United Auto Workers

September 21st, 2011: The United Auto Workers and General Motors are wrapping up contract…

Cover of the book - published by Les nuits rouges

La « Garde rouge » raconte

The centre of gravity of the workers’ committee movement in Italy in the late '60s to late '70s was the Milan area, and it was the committee of…

United States: Workers on the Move - Fred Pilgotsky

Article appearing in International Socialism, No.70, Mid-June 1974, by auto worker and socialist Fred Pilgotsky. In it he talks about wildcats in the auto industry, the conflicts between the unions and the rank-and-file, and the significance of race in the US.

Striking workers at Honda, Zhongshan, summer 2010

Workers' autonomy strikes in China - Mouvement Communiste and Kolektivně proti kapitálu

A pamphlet by Mouvement Communiste and Kolektivně proti kapitálu about the wave of strikes that…

“The bottom line isn't the whole thing”: Detroit, anti-racism and labour history

New Beginnings interviews a Detroit militant with decades of organizing experience in the area.

India: Wildcat strike at Maruti Suzuki continues, may spread

The strike at the Indian carmaker's Manesar plant has entered its sixth day, with threats of similar…

A day in the life of the car: 24 damning facts

1989 critique of the automobile in capitalist society by Steve of Year Minus One Press.

Hyundai strike hit with police repression in South Korea

Riot police have broken up a strike and occupation of Yoosung Enterprise factory in Asan, south of…

Riot police arrest a doctor during the strike

Death toll mounts after defeat of 2009 Ssangyong strike

Two years after the brutal crushing of the Ssangyong Motors strike and occupation in South Korea, an…

Burmese workers on strike.

South-east Asia: thousands strike in Burma and Vietnam

Shoe factory workers in Burma confront notoriously tyrannical authorities while workers at Yamaha…