The WSWS interviewed Jim Lawrence, retired GM auto worker and Socialist Equality Party Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2004 elections on September 29, 2007. This is a video of portions of that interview. See http://www.wsws.org/ articles/2007/oct200 7/jiml-o09.shtml
On Saturday, April 5, Workers at American Axle and Manufacturing in Detroit spoke to the WSWS about their history and their current struggle against company demands to slash their pay by two thirds.
Jerry White reports for the WSWS from the American Axle picket lines in Detroit as the strike extends into a second month and AAM Chairman Richard Dauch threatens to hire replacement workers. Workers at Chrysler's Jefferson Avenue Assembly plant speak in defense of the strike against wage cutting and concessions.
Officials of UAW Local 235 at American Axle in Detroit attempt to intimidate workers at a union meeting on Sunday to prevent them from reading a leaflet distributed by supporters of the World Socialist Web Site, which opposes the threat of a wage-cutting sellout by the union. The strike of two months is now among the longest by auto workers in more than three decades in the US.
The International Students for Social Equality held a demonstration in New York City on Saturday, February 16, 2008 to protest the arrest of over 40 left wing students by the government of Iran.
The WSWS interviewed workers on the picket line during the first day of their strike against American Axle & Manufacturing. For a report on the strike go to http://www.wsws.org/ articles/2008/feb200 8/axle-f27.shtml
Workers at UAW local 7 spoke to the WSWS at the contract vote on Sunday where they voted by a wide margin to reject the proposed agreement. Read coverage on the WSWS. http://www.wsws.org/ articles/2007/oct200 7/chr2-o22.shtml
The World Socialist Web Site discusses the issues with auto workers from Ypsilanti, Michigan in their strike against General Motors. More coverage can be found at http://www.wsws.org
The World Socialist Web Site spoke with striking American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) workers, and Chrysler workers supporting their struggle, as the strike by 3,650 AAM workers at plants in Michigan and western New York enters in fourth week. For more information visit wsws.org.
Jerry White reports for the WSWS from the American Axle picket lines in Detroit as the strike extends a full month. For more information visit wsws.org.
The American Axle strike enters a tenth week. It will soon exceed the length of the historic strike against GM in 1970. This week workers circulated a petition to the UAW requesting an increase in strike pay from $200 per week to $300. The wsws spoke to workers on the picket lines in Detroit.
Striking writers speak to David Walsh of the World Socialist Web Site at a protest outside Disney Studios in Burbank, California on Wednesday morning, November 7. For more coverage see wsws.org
During the 2006 Election campaign, Jerome White, Socialist Equality Candidate had the opportunity to participate in a forum held in Madison Heights Michigan
Larry Porter reports from the American Axle picket line in Detroit where workers expressed their anger with the failure of the UAW to follow through with its call for a rally Friday in support of the strike which has been waged for two months.
The World Socialist Web Site interviewed workers and professionals in Detroit about the worsening social conditions as gas prices and food prices soar through the roof. In this clip, our reporters spoke with Jada Browning a young mother of three who recently lost her job.
Striking workers at American Axle and Manufacturing in Cheektowaga, New York spoke to the WSWS about their starting contract agreed to by the UAW and AAM?-roughly half the rate of pay of workers at the Tonawanda plant?-and their current struggle against company demands to slash their pay again.
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