Initial notes on the first-ever strike at Volkswagen Bratislava, Slovakia
Submitted by jura on Jun 21 2017 00:41
On June 20th, 2017, a strike began at the Volkswagen factory near Bratislava, Slovakia. This is the largest and most modern car factory in a country whose annual production of cars per capita is the highest in the world. There had never been a strike at Volkswagen Bratislava before.
Car industry: reading guide
Libcom.org's reading guide on working life and struggles written by and about workers in the global automobile 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.
Genora (Johnson) Dollinger Remembers the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike
An interview with Genora (Johnson) Dollinger and her recollections on the Flint Sit Down Strike of 1937. The interview particular recounts the role of women and black workers in the strike.
On "Autonomy in India"
"What we see the workers doing, and what we hear of from other places today, gives the impression that some great churning is taking place which we dare not try to fit unthinkingly into existing moulds bequeathed to us by past experience."
Autonomy in India: Tactical and Strategic Considerations on the New Wave of Workers’ Struggles
Recent workers’ struggles in India prompt us to examine the concept of autonomy more closely. Movements in the Gurgaon-Manesar region have consciously or unconsciously addressed the reality of the social factory and have combined mobilizations from below and mass initiative with the need to formulate an appropriate strategy and effective set of tactics.
1968: Ford Female Employees Win Strike for Equal Pay in Dagenham
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 25 2017 19:44
In 1968 women who worked for the Ford plant in Dagenham discovered their pay was significantly less than male workers doing the same work. They struck for equal and despite ridiculing in the press the strike won a near wage parity, and promoted the debate on equal pay for equal work in the UK
The Black Voice
Partial online archive of The Black Voice, the information arm of the United Black Workers, an organization of workers at the Ford Mahwah Assembly plant in New Jersey in the early 1970s.
International trade unionism helps weak Indian unions to integrate precarious workers' struggles
Submitted by Fredo Corvo on Oct 16 2016 08:24
Analysis of the situation of the working class and their relationship with trade unions in India's new industrial heartland around New Delhi.
