2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (846+ words) On September 5, 2001, an 18-day strike action by 12,400 autoworkers at the massive Volkswagen (VW) plant in Puebla, Mexico ended after the pro-company union–the Independent Union of Volkswagen Workers (SITVW)–accepted management’s terms. Workers received a 10.2 percent wage increase, a 3.5 percent…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (237+ words) We are publishing below a statement by Volkswagen workers calling for the release of the Ukrainian socialist and antiwar campaigner Bogdan Syrotiuk, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison on August 10. Volkswagen autoworkers currently face an unprecedented attack on their…...

12+ hour, 37+ min ago   (787+ words) Workers at Ventra Assembly in Windsor, Ontario, members of Windsor-based United Auto Workers Local 251, voted on August 31 to authorize a strike action. The vote was 207 in favor and two against—a 99 percent margin. There are 220 workers at the plant which…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (691+ words) Autoworkers at Hyundai Motors remain locked in a contract dispute with the company several weeks after the launching of a series of partial strikes. The struggle takes place amid a growing upsurge of workers’ struggles throughout the country in the…...