𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 / 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝘀 -
The stark lives of workers in 1980s Detroit, Daniels's poetry is both distant and personal, barren but resonant.
#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #jimdaniels #placeeveryone #detroit #poetry #autoworkers #1980s
Today in Labor History June 6, 1937: A general strike by 12,000 autoworkers and others in Lansing, MI shut 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
https://www.labornotes.org/will-mexican-gm-workers-get-a-fair-election
#autoworkers #GM #labormovement #mexico #organize #solidarity #unions
#SINTTIA (the National Auto Workers Union)
📣 New Podcast! "12 May 1978: Saab Scania strike" on @Spreaker #autoworkers #brazil #history
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-may-1978-saab-scania-strike--65866831
Corporate welfare recipient, General Motors, hurts Canadian auto workers. "GM announced Friday morning that it will reduce production at its Oshawa assembly plant this fall, citing tariffs imposed by Trump and falling demand." #autoworkers #corporatewelfare #gm #stellantis #canada #tariffs
https://www.thestar.com/business/gm-to-cut-oshawa-auto-production-due-to-trump-tariffs-as-union-says-move-will/article_81d40253-a313-4f3e-9542-cd21bfd38ec0.html
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) reform caucus has voted to dissolve itself, citing internal divisions. Its remaining funds will be split between several other union reform movements, immigrant legal services, a Mexican workers solidarity fund, and Jewish Voice for Peace.
BUT some members dissent :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fb0EBNw4OwONCH4keeTgXDNxyxfOHct-If8xcuhMAzk/edit?tab=t.0
#Autoworkers #Labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions #UAW
“Canada didn't take U.S. jobs, and we're not going to let him take ours. We've been building cars in Canada for over a century and we're not stopping now.” #canada #autoworkers #tariffs #jobs
https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/manufacturing/unifor-slams-trumps-auto-tariff-threats-308587/
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
The new wage lifts two-thirds of the workforce above Mexico’s family #povertyline, & above Mexico’s #minimumwage of about $1.71 per hour. A proposed nationwide shift to a 40-hour workweek without a reduction in pay (Mexico’s workweek is currently capped at 48 hours) would also mark a significant advance.
https://labornotes.org/2025/04/unmoved-tariff-threats-mexican-gm-workers-win-double-digit-wage-hike
#Mexico #GeneralMotors #LaborMovement #organize #autoworkers #Solidarity Silao #Guanajuato #unions SINTTIA
'Very scary right now': How Windsor's autoworkers are handling a tariff-induced layoff
Household chores, spring cleaning, and resting - that’s how some local autoworkers who are off the job this week are spending their time. But in the back of their minds, anxiety about their uncertain future hangs heavy.
#autoworkers #tariff #layoff #economy #Windsor #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/trump-tariffs-canada-windsor-autoworkers-stellantis-layoff-impact-1.7507141?cmp=rss
#DemocracyNow: “What About the Capitalists?”: Autoworkers in U.S., Mexico Call for Solidarity, Not Divisive Tariffs
Story April 08, 2025
"As workers brace for uncertainty and fallout from #Trump’s #tariffs, we hear from two #autoworkers, one in #Mexico and one in the United States. Israel Cervantes, founder of the National Independent Union for Workers in the Automotive Industry in Mexico, calls for unions across #NorthAmerica to unite against the tariffs, which have already led to layoffs from auto manufacturers. In the U.S., autoworker and UAW member Sean Crawford joins Democracy Now! on his work break to respond to the rhetoric and impact of the tariffs. 'They are always harping on foreigners, foreigners, foreigners. But what about the #capitalists? says Crawford, who urges international solidarity against #corporations’ attempts to sow division among #exploited #workers. “This nationalistic viewpoint has not been working for us and has resulted in a lot of these layoffs,' he says. 'I want to see us grow together as a #WorkingClass.'"
Listen / watch / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/8/uaw_tariffs_autoworkers_union#transcript
#ViewerSupportedNews #TrumpTariffs #Workers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5whTvsKEEs
'What About the #Capitalists?' : #Autoworkers in U.S. & Mexico unite
DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS HAVE PITTED AUTOWORKER UNIONS AGAINST EACH OTHER "In trade terms, the key point is that Canadians buy far more American vehicles than they build: Canada sends about 1.5 million vehicles to the U.S., but purchases about two million new vehicles a year. Canada now represents a big market, and Canadians won't keep buying more than they build if Americans keep squeezing them out of good jobs." #autoworkers #canada #union #tariffs https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/donald-trumps-tariffs-have-pitted-autoworkers-unions-against-each-other/article_7f38b1f1-146c-4d09-aca5-e59234df2add.html
Stocks Crashing As Major US Automaker Lays Off Initial Thousand #Autoworkers Across 5 Plants In Apparent Response To #DJT #LiberationDay #Tarff Hikes
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/stellantis-lays-off-hundreds-of-workers-in-us-over-trump-tariffs-reports/ar-AA1CeGHI
#TrumpTariffs #USA
Pierre Poilievre, having exhausted his supply of repetitive, three word slogans, turns to soon-to-be unemployed Canadians, encouraging them to save even more money...from the jobs they are about to lose. Poilievre on Thursday, stayed focused on his announcement of the day — boosting contributions to taxfree savings accounts. #TFSA #tonedeaf #outoftouch #unemployed #jobs #autoworkers #tariffs #tradewar #election2025 #conservatives https://globalnews.ca/video/11101799/pierre-poilievre-promises-hike-in-tfsa-contribution-while-in-b-c
“The simpleminded idea that this is going to create some boom in the U.S. doesn't match with the risk profile. It's already causing price escalation in the U.S., and there's a supply crunch.” -FLAVIO VOLPE, PRESIDENT OF THE AUTOMOTIVE PARTS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION #tariffs #war #economy #trump #autoworkers https://www.thestar.com/business/all-kinds-of-chaos-canadian-and-u-s-businesses-paralyzed-as-they-brace-for-more/article_6c7445b4-9e55-4b3a-91db-d2366b068aa3.html
Autoworkers feeling 'mental anguish' in anticipation of possible tariffs Tuesday
Autoworkers in Windsor, Ont. describe a tense and emotional workplace atmosphere in the lead up to Tuesday — which could see the United States slap Canada with 25 per cent tariffs on most imports after a 30-day pause.
#tariffs #autoworkers #economy #politics #Windsor #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/autoworkers-feeling-mental-anguish-in-anticipation-of-possible-tariffs-tuesday-1.7470468?cmp=rss
