Here's why you shouldn't be surprised #autoworkers are asking for a 46% #payraise

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"The price war triggered by #Tesla has sucked in more than 40 brands, shifted demand away from older models and forced some automakers to curb production of both #EVs and combustion-engine cars, or shut factories altogether.

At the same time, pay cuts and lay-offs in the #AutoIndustry and its suppliers are hitting living standards.. "

Insight: #China's #AutoWorkers bear the brunt of #PriceWar as fallout widens | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/chinas-auto-workers-bear-brunt-price-war-fallout-widens-2023-09-05/

@glnews_mirror It could have a very positive impact on workers in #Canada US #autoworkers are playing "catch up" after decades of concessionary contracts and may end up on strike If US workers are successful in improving their conditions it might help Canadian workers do the same. We need cross-border #solidarity against the auto industry oligarchs. #labor #labour #workersrights

American #autoworkers authorize potential #strike for next month
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/25/2023/uaw-members-approve-possible-strikes

#AutoWorkers Have Big Demands for the Big 3
https://labornotes.org/2023/08/auto-workers-have-big-demands-big-3

#Biden’s #climate bill leaves workers behind in shift to electric cars, union says
Legislation gives incentives to companies to manufacture #EV without protections for workers, says head of #autoworkers #union https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/15/biden-climate-bill-car-workers-union

#AutoWorkers Kick Off #Bargaining With ‘Members’ Handshake’
https://www.labornotes.org/2023/07/auto-workers-kick-bargaining-members-handshake
#UAW #automobile #workers #union

Today in Labor History July 8, 1968: A wildcat strike began in Detroit, Michigan against both the Chrysler Corporation and the UAW. At the time, the Dodge Hamtramck plant was 70% black, while the union local was dominated by older Polish-American workers. In response, black workers formed the new Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement. The Revolutionary Union Movement quickly spread to other Detroit plants: Ford Revolutionary Union Movement at the Ford River Rouge Plant, and Eldon Avenue Revolutionary Union Movement at the Chrysler Eldon Avenue plant. They united in 1969 in the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #DRUM #racism #Revolutionary #union #wildcat #strike #autoworkers #detroit

Today in Labor History June 6, 1937: A general strike by 12,000 autoworkers and others in Lansing, MI shuts down the city for a month in what was to become known as the city’s “Labor Holiday.” A judge had recently imposed an injunction on workers, making it illegal for them to picket, blockade or interfere in the operations of Capital city Wrecking Company. The workers ignored the injunction were arrested, including the wife of the auto workers local union president, leaving their three children at home unattended. In response, they called a General Strike. Flying squadrons of out-town workers came in solidarity to support the General Strike. They were successful in forcing negotiations that got all the prisoners released. However, the strike continued in East Lansing, where anti-labor university students battled with workers, dumping some of their cars into the river.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #strike #union #sabotage #GeneralStrike #prison #solidarity #autoworkers #michigan

"On Monday, 525 striking autoworkers at the Clarios battery plant outside of Toledo, Ohio, overwhelmingly rejected a second contract brought back by the United Auto Workers (UAW) apparatus by more than 75 percent."

Full article: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/05/23/pers-m23.html

#WSWS #Clarios #Toledo #Ohio #USA #UAW #Union #Capitalism #Strike #Autoworkers #Resistance #WorkingClass

Today in Labor History April 20, 1948: United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther was shot and seriously wounded by would-be assassins while he was eating dinner. It permanently impaired his right arm. He survived and ultimately died in a plane crash in 1970 under suspicious circumstances. Reuther also survived an attempted kidnapping in April, 1938, while his brother Victor was shot and nearly killed by police in 1949. The UAW headquarters was also bombed in 1949. Both Walter and Victor were again nearly killed in a small private plane near Dulles Airport. Despite this history of attempts on his life, virtually no media addressed the possibility that his actual death may have been an assassination.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #WalterReuther #uaw #union #autoworkers #assassination #police #bombing

It’s a New Day in the United #AutoWorkers
https://www.labornotes.org/2023/03/its-new-day-united-auto-workers
#unions #automobile #UAW #manufacturing #cars

Today in Labor History February 6, 1970: After 136 days on strike, Fisher Body workers ratified a new agreement. It was part of the 1970 General Motors strike. Initially, the strike was supported by both GM management and the United Auto Workers union management, in collaboration. They hoped it would whittle down members’ expectations and demands. It almost backfired, as rank and file members refused to go along with the program. However, in the end UAW bosses made backroom deals with GM management, ending the strike.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #union #strike #gm #detroit #uaw #autoworkers