car industry

Content about workers' struggles in the auto industry.

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Strike at Michelin in Zalau, Romania, 2005

Summary of an article about a strike for a 30% wage hike at Michelin in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentul Zilei, February 2005. The English is a…

A new kind of strike in France (Citroën etc.), 2005

Article about the 2005 strike at Citroen and other struggles and issues in the European car industry, and the political situation in France, including the left, the EU constitution, and a wildcat strike of rail workers.

Strike at Citroën Aulnay, 2005

A short article about a strike against pay and break-time cuts at a Citroen factory in France, 2005.

First strike for thirteen years at Skoda, Czech Republic, 2005

Strike at car supplier stops production at DaimlerChrysler, 2005

Spontaneous strikes at Fiat Mirafiori, Italy, 2005

Short article about a brief wildcat strike at Fiat on 21 April 2005.

Update: European car-industry, 2005

VW cut wages and lengthen hours in Germany, 2005

Analysis of wage policies at VW in Germany.

New wage-model at VW, Germany, 2004

Article analysing new wage structures for 5,000 new manufacturing jobs at Volkswagen in Germany.

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.

Study on temp-work in German car industry, 2006

A recent study on temp work in the German automobile industry reveals that the companies in this sector try to hide the fact that they employ temp-workers.