General Motors is closing four truck and SUV plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles.

While it has already become ordinary that American GM representatives belong to the board of management of Opel and Powertrain, this has hitherto not been the case on the workers’ side.

The EMF expresses its full solidarity with the workers at GM Strasbourg Powertrain, and encourages all its affiliated organisations to send letters of solidarity to the workforce.

Yesterday, information meetings were held at the GM Strasbourg plant in France which each of the unions represented at the plant had organized to provide the status of negotiations and the str...

PART 22 - The vicious assault against the North American GM employees foretells of the next chapter in the company's global gameplan of aggression.

The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF), the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and its union affiliates decided to strengthen their campaign against precarious work. The highlig...

Part 21 - Stepping around the American legal restrictions that prevent solidarity pickets and all out sympathy strikes.

As of Thursday, May 15, 2008 the Strike still continues.

The CAW reached tentative settlements with both General Motors and Chrysler that meet the pattern established with Ford. The CAW represents close to 13,000 General Motors workers and 8,000 Chr...

On Sunday June 1, CAW members in Oshawa and the surrounding area will take to the streets nearby the riding of federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, demanding immediate government action to s...