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International solidarity will help beat GM

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg A recent bourgeois commentary on Market Watch, predicted that the UAW strike against General Motors could not win. Why? Because “Today GM carries large stockpiles of inventory, and its suppliers and assembly […]
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Corruption charges used to undermine workers resolve

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg On a daily basis, the bourgeois media attempts to undermine the UAW/GM strike with unrelenting articles on corruption within a significant sector the UAW leadership. There is no doubt that seeing these […]
Detroit Annual Labor Day Parade where trade unionists held a banner in solidarity wiith injured Colombian GM workers, Mon. Sept. 2, 2019
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GM robs both workers and communities

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Detroit FW Staff The community at large has a material interest in solidarity with the UAW-GM strike and its battle to reverse General Motors illegal plant closings and lay-offs. In 2009, GM received $68.1 […]
UAW workers walk the picket line at GM's Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant
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UAW strikes GM

September 26, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg The national strike by 49,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) workers against General Motors that started on September 15, 2019, has captured the enthusiasm of the working class. There have been numerous mass […]
Detroit Solidarity with UAW strike against General Motors 09-18-2109
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Solidarity Picket at Detroit/Hamtramck Poletown Joins Striking UAW Workers

September 23, 2019 fwstaff
By FW Detroit Staff Almost 50,000 UAW workers are on strike against General Motors demanding better pay, improved working conditions and enhanced benefits. Members of Moratorium NOW! Coalition, some of whom previously worked in the […]
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Solidarity with the struggle of the GM workers and ex-GM workers in Colombia

January 25, 2019 fwstaff
By Autoworkers Caravan We are outraged over General Motors’ plans for mass layoffs at its Colmotores (Bogota, Colombia) assembly plant announced on December 21, 2018 that will result in an unspecified number of workers and their […]
GM Fleetwood workers gather by the hundreds inside the plant to talk about keeping the plant open.
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Workers and community can fight GM plant closings

December 7, 2018 fwstaff
By David Sole General Motors (GM) announced on November 26 plans to end production at five plants in North America in 2019. Three of them are auto assembly factories located in Detroit-Hamtramck, Michigan; Lordstown, Ohio; […]