“I’m not going to stop using my voice”: Dana auto parts worker fired for exposing deadly conditions at Detroit area plant
Kamara Bond was fired twice for reporting dangerous conditions at the Dana plant in Warren, Michigan.
Kathleen Martin•
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UMass Boston academic worker backs Harvard grad student strikers: “I have classmates on food stamps"
A graduate student worker at UMass in Boston described how Harvard and other major universities rely on exploitation of academic workers.
Mike Ingram•
Defend every job at VW!
Volkswagen is preparing the next round of mass cuts. The plants in Emden and Zwickau, the commercial vehicle plant in Hanover and the Audi plant in Neckarsulm face closure. A total of 40,000 people work at these plants.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
May Day 2026
Rank-and-file rebellion and the unity of the working class
This speech was delivered by Will Lehman, candidate for president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and member of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC), at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.
Will Lehman•
Tony Callahan•
Süleyman Sağlam•
Our reporters•
Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee •
One year since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.: Family demands answers as MIOSHA investigation blocked
One year ago today, 63-year-old machine repairman Ronald Adams Sr. was crushed to death at the Stellantis Dundee Engine Complex in Southeast Michigan.
Jerry White•
11 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.: “We need an explanation,” says widow
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) have issued no findings. The United Auto Workers (UAW) has said nothing. The engine plant is back in full production.
Jerry White •
Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman announces 2026 campaign for UAW president on a platform for rank-and-file power
In his campaign announcement, Lehman called for workers to support his campaign, including by running as delegates for the UAW Constitutional Convention, which will be held from June 15-18.
Evan Blake•
9 months since death of Michigan autoworker Ronald Adams
Nine months after the preventable death of 63‑year‑old machine repairman Ronald Adams Sr. , the silence from the company, the United Auto Workers and state remains deafening.
Jerry White •
Jerry White•
National Steel Car Rank-and-File Committee•
Dylan Lubao•
Kevin Reed•
Samuel Davidson•
Fight the layoffs at Stellantis Warren Truck! Organize a rank-and-file counteroffensive!
Autoworkers must make this the start of a broad fightback, counterposing workers’ right to employment and a decent standard of living against management’s so-called “right” to profit.
Autoworkers Rank-and-File Committee Network•
Stop mass layoffs at Warren Truck! Mobilize the international working class against job cuts!
The cuts at the Detroit-area plant, set to take place on October 8, are a battle in a world war on jobs, pitting a working class united by global production against the giant transnational corporations.
Tom Hall•
25,000 jobs at risk at Stellantis plants in Italy
Ferdinando Uliano, chairman of the Christian Metalworkers’ Union, said that Stellantis wants to eliminate at least 12,000 jobs in its Italian plants, threatening an additional 12,000 to 13,000 jobs at parts suppliers.
Marianne Arens•
Attacks on jobs and social benefits at Opel, Germany part of global job cuts by Stellantis
Since the formation of Stellantis three years ago, 23,000 of the company’s 281,000 workers worldwide have already been cut.
Marianne Arens, K. Nesan•
Massive job cuts in the German automotive and supplier industry
The IG Metall union has no thought of mobilising its 1.5 million members in the factories and plants to oppose the impending jobs massacre. Everywhere the union and its works council representatives work to implement the cuts and closures.
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Volkswagen threatens 3,000 jobs as it prepares to shut down its Audi plant in Brussels
The transition from combustion engines to electric cars is being used by corporations and investors worldwide to cut jobs, reduce production costs and increase profits.
Ulrich Rippert•
Stop the EV jobs bloodbath!
What is being prepared is not a contract, it is a death warrant for hundreds of thousands of auto jobs in North America and millions around the world.
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
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UMass Boston academic worker backs Harvard grad student strikers: “I have classmates on food stamps"
A graduate student worker at UMass in Boston described how Harvard and other major universities rely on exploitation of academic workers.
Mike Ingram•
May Day 2026
Rank-and-file rebellion and the unity of the working class
This speech was delivered by Will Lehman, candidate for president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and member of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC), at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.
Will Lehman•
Mack Truck worker and rank-and-file candidate for UAW president Will Lehman urges “No” vote, calls on autoworkers in US and internationally to support a Nexteer strike
Mass opposition among Nexteer workers to second sellout tentative agreement
Nexteer workers in Saginaw, Michigan are determined to vote down a second pro-company tentative agreement handed to them by the UAW Local 699 leadership just five weeks after they rejected an initial TA by 96.2 percent on April 2.
Our reporters•
Nexteer workers: Prepare now to defeat another UAW sellout contract!
After extending the last contract behind the backs of workers UAW Local 699 officials have announced that they have reached a new deal.
Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee •
Mike Ingram•
Jerry White•
Shannon Jones•
Mike Ingram•
Mexican autoworkers kept in the dark on looming US-Canadian auto strike
The unions are seeking to divide North American auto workers, facilitating moves by the companies to offset the impact of any strike action.
Andrea Lobo•
Workers at GM plant in Silao, Mexico: US-sponsored union “destroyed our independence”
The AFL-CIO and US government imposed a so-called “independent” union at the GM Silao factory that has acted no differently from the corrupt charro unions, according to six workers used in the process and then “thrown into the trash.”
Andrea Lobo•
GM workers in Silao, Mexico speak out after co-worker loses his leg
Deeply stirred by the accident, active and former workers of the Silao plant reached out to the World Socialist Web Site to register their anger, describe safety concerns and condemn the new and so-called Independent Union (SINTTIA) for its bankrupt response.
Andrea Lobo•
“If we had not struck, the union would have done nothing”
Thousands walk out in Matamoros as Mexican government lets corporations continue production during pandemic
A year after wildcat strikes involving 70,000 workers, the maquiladora workers in Matamoros are leading the fight against the dangers workers face from Covid-19.
Andrea Lobo•
US-backed SINTTIA union wins representation as workers at Silao, Mexico GM plant vote out CTM
The claim that the victory of SINTTIA in the vote by Silao workers represents at step forward is belied by the support it received from the corrupt, pro-management US union bureaucracy and the Biden administration.
Shannon Jones•
During the first weeks of 2019, tens of thousands of striking workers brought to a halt virtually all the maquiladora manufacturing plants in the industrial Mexican city of Matamoros, just across the US border with Brownsville, Texas.
In a remarkable display of class unity and power, workers defied threats of retribution and violence from companies, union thugs, police and the military, and shut down a significant section of the closely-interconnected supply chain in North America.
Key to organizing their struggles across different companies and sectors was the formation of rank-and-file strike committees. Daily reports by the World Socialist Web Site played an important role in guiding the struggle and winning broader support.
In 2012, a management-provoked incident at the Maruti Suzuki Manesar auto factory outside of Delhi, India, was used as the pretext for the mass prosecution and frame-up of autoworkers, with 13 sentenced to life.
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