Class Struggle in the Time of Coronavirus: An Incomplete Chronicle of Events (16-21 March)
The following review is a small depiction of what’s happening in the world, outside Italy (for the situation in Italy, see: leftcom.org).
American Dream meets the Chinese Dream: A Nightmare on Fuyao Avenue
USA: Overview of Auto Workers' Strike
“This is overdue”: Interview with a striking General Motors worker
As General Motors reaped $8.1 billion in profit and paid its CEO $22 million, nearly 50,000 GM workers have been on strike since Monday. While workers gave major concessions during the previous recession the company is digging in it’s heels over wages and has even cut off healthcare plans for workers. Marianne Garneau of Organizing Work interviewed Lynn, a rank-and-file UAW and Black Rose/Rosa Negra member, on strike at a components plant in Rochester.
GM's plant closures stink of corruption on so many levels
Honda, General Motors: Global Crisis and the Car Industry
Douglas Fraser's Resignation letter from the Labor-Management Group
The then President of the UAW's resignation letter from the Labor Management Group[1]. The letter outlines his disappointment with the group and rejects the strategy of collaboration. But it also reflects on the then contemporary class struggle and outlines the growing tensions between major corporations and the labor movement.
GM and Harry Wilson: Corporate raiding in the 21st century
The great Flint sit-down strike against GM 1936-37 - Walter Linder
A history of the Flint sit-in strike by Walter Linder, slightly abridged by Solidarity and published as Solidarity pamphlet 31 on 1 November, 1969. Walter Linder was a member of the Maoist Progressive Labor Party, whose politics are rejected by both Solidarity and libcom.org, however Solidarity published the pamphlet due to the wealth and value of the factual historical information.
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