Unions

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 […]
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The WFTU stands on the side of the Los Angeles teachers

January 16, 2019 fwstaff
By The World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), representing 95 million workers in 130 countries across the globe, sends its internationalist and militant greetings to the teachers of Los Angeles […]
FW photo: Anne Pruden
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Demanding pay justice for tomato workers

October 30, 2018 fwstaff
By Anne Pruden Two Wendy’s fast food restaurants in New York City’s West Village appeared to have more people picketing outside than they had customers inside on the rainy Saturday night of October 27. A […]
Hotel workers on strike in Detroit, October 21.
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Detroiters striking and fighting back!

October 25, 2018 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit — Public discontent over evictions, foreclosures, water shutoffs and substandard wages can only be ameliorated through organized action. During the early morning hours of Sunday, October 7, members of UNITE HERE […]