autoworkers

Autoworkers from 11 countries came together from far and wide as part of an international conference held in Pune, India on November 20-24
International News

Report from the International Automotive Workers’ Conference

December 25, 2025 fwstaff
By Frank Hammer, Retired President, UAW Local 909 The International Automotive Workers Conference (IAWC) is a global gathering for automotive workers and unions, focusing on worker unity against multinational corporations, industrial transformation, environmental threats, and […]
Italian auto workers strike on October 18, 2024
Domestic News

Imperialism fails to quash China’s EV revolution

October 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On October 18 tens of thousands of Italian auto workers held a nationwide strike and marched through the streets of Rome. Organized by three unions, this action was led by workers from […]
China has developed sodium ion batteries to replace lithium ions which are more expensive and much less available
Domestic News

Biden’s Tariffs on China: A Unionist Response – Part 2

June 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Part 1 discussed how Biden has undermined his own publicized campaign to fight global warming by imposing huge tariff increases on China. Part 2 explores how the billionaire ruling class, patrons to […]
Detroit UAW strike solidarity rally, Fri. Sept. 15, 2023
Domestic News

Detroit UAW March in Solidarity with “Stand Up Strike”

September 17, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Fri. September 15, 2023, thousands of UAW members and their supporters marched through downtown Detroit outside the Annual International Auto Show in solidarity with the recently called strike against Stellantis, […]
UAW picket day 1
Domestic News

The Class Struggle of the Auto Workers

September 16, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The author worked for 17 years at the (now closed) GM Fleetwood Plant and later served as president of UAW Local 2334. Every auto worker in the United States for the past […]
Detroit demonstration against water shutoff on July 18, 2014
Domestic News

Moratorium on Water Shut-offs in Detroit Long Overdue

March 26, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a halt to the ongoing water shut-offs in the state of Michigan in the midst of a global healthcare crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Detroit […]
UAW GM Strike in 2019
Domestic News

UAW workers organize to take back their union

January 23, 2020 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg, UAW 900 retired As the United States Justice Department seems hell bent on moving to a government takeover of the United Auto Workers union (UAW), a rank and file movement, called Unite […]
Domestic News

Workers vote on UAW contract with GM

October 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Thomas Michalak For over a month United Auto Workers (UAW) members employed by General Motors have been on a countrywide strike after a breakdown at the negotiation table between the union and the company. […]
Protestors demanding that GM pay state and federal taxes
Domestic News

Make G.M. Pay Taxes – Support the UAW Strike

October 21, 2019 fwstaff
By FW Detroit Staff With the UAW strike against General Motors in its 30th day, community activists gathered on October 15 at the State of Michigan Building to show their support. The target of this […]
A contingent from UNITE HERE union joins the picket line outside the General Motors Tech Center in Warren
Domestic News

Demand for a Short Work Week – 30 hours work for 40 hours pay

October 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg UAW Vice President and chief negotiator Terry Dittes, has correctly articulated that the critical issue in the current UAW/General Motors strike, in addition to ending the wage disparities among the members, is […]