E08: The Vietnam war strike wave
The first in a series of episodes we will be producing about the Vietnam war. Here we talk to historian and author of Strike! Jeremy Brecher about the strike wave which swept the United States during the Vietnam war in the 1960s and 70s.
Douglas Fraser's Resignation letter from the Labor-Management Group
The then President of the UAW's resignation letter from the Labor Management Group[1]. The letter outlines his disappointment with the group and rejects the strategy of collaboration. But it also reflects on the then contemporary class struggle and outlines the growing tensions between major corporations and the labor movement.
GM and Harry Wilson: Corporate raiding in the 21st century
Submitted by Soapy on Jun 18 2016 04:31
The collapse of GM meant disaster for thousands of auto workers, it also meant opportunity for corporate raiders like Harry Wilson.
The great Flint sit-down strike against GM 1936-37 - Walter Linder
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 16 2014 15:40
A history of the Flint sit-in strike by Walter Linder, slightly abridged by Solidarity and published as Solidarity pamphlet 31 on 1 November, 1969. Walter Linder was a member of the Maoist Progressive Labor Party, whose politics are rejected by both Solidarity and libcom.org, however Solidarity published the pamphlet due to the wealth and value of the factual historical information.
The union-management GM strike, 1970 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 13 2013 18:10
A brief history of the interesting national strike of the United Auto Workers union at General Motors, organised in conjunction with management to allow workers to blow off steam.
The Flint sit-down strike, 1936-1937 - Jeremy Brecher
Submitted by Steven. on Sep 4 2013 12:11
Jeremy Brecher's account of the great sit-down strike in the General Motors plants in Flint, 1936-1937, where workers occupied the factories and won big concessions.
Solidarity motor bulletin #07: Struggles at Strasbourg and Ste-Therese, Canada
Solidarity bulletin containing edited versions of two texts by Walter Johnson and Echanges et Mouvement about struggles of General Motors workers in France and Canada in 1977.
Truth about Vauxhall - Ken Weller
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 5 2013 10:46
1967 reprint of Solidarity pamphlet 12 from 1962 about the situation at Vauxhall Motors in the UK. In particular it looks at how management had temporarily bought/enforced industrial peace and had suggestions on how workers could begin to fight for their interests.
Rivethead - Ben Hamper
Down and out memoirs of a line assembly worker for GM Motors over the 1980s. In amongst co-workers going postal in the local bar, drinking on the job and witnessing mental breakdowns, Hamper wrote the book during his shifts on the shop floor.
Direct action gets the goods in Brazil
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 13 2012 18:38
Faced with with over 1,000 redundancies, Brazilian GM workers walk off the job, and occupy the busiest highway route in the country. The bosses cave in, suspend their redundancy plans, and give the workers paid leave for their wildcat action.
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