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.
Former GM workers sew their mouths shut and start hunger strike
Submitted by working class s... on Aug 11 2012 17:02
Seven members of the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores (ASOTRECOL) have sewn their mouths shut and started an indefinite hunger strike until General Motors meet their demands.
Competition, bankruptcy, and the decline of the United Auto Workers
Submitted by John E Jacobsen on Sep 23 2011 23:44
September 21st, 2011: The United Auto Workers and General Motors are wrapping up contract negotiations following their previous contract’s expiration on September 14th.
Temp work at General Motors Opel Bochum, 2007
Prol-Position on casualisation and agency working at General Motors in Germany in 2007.
Car industry disputes, 2005
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 8 2010 16:44
Short roundups of various workers' struggles in the global automobile industry by Prol-Position in 2005.
