UAW Reform Solidarity House

12/14/2020

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan is expected to announce a proposed settlement with the United Auto Workers in the ongoing corruption investigation.

09/08/2020

Politics are designed to divide us on the fringe issues...what we all have in common and the ruling interest in our lives is our labor on which we are able to provide for our families. Our solidarity as workers unites us all. The fight for better jobs and equality for all goes far beyond red or blue. What once seemed like revolutionary ideas where fought and won by men and women of labor. Blood, sweat and tears. Today we honor those who came before us and those who continue to be forever vigilant in our struggle. Happy Labor Day.

05/22/2020

A video taken by an auto worker and obtained exclusively by Labor Notes shows a rowdy and chaotic scene inside Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan Truck Plant on Wednesday as workers refused to work after a co-worker tested positive for COVID-19. Some stood by the lines; others simply went home. This is the...

05/16/2020

A revolt for worker class solidarity begins with our understanding of the master class attack on worker class consciousness. The attack on our solidarity as workers, is a well oiled, well planned corporate machine. A machine hell bent on deregulation of workers rights, deregulation of worker heath and safety and legislative efforts to impede our rights to organize. There is no republican answer and there is no democratic answer. Both parties are drunk on capital and neither will ever let you vote their wealth away. Their wealth is their power and power does not concede itself without a fight to retain just order. The revolution starts with a recovery of worker class consciousness, an understanding and return to worker solidarity and braking the chains of our societal divisions. I believe the COVID-19 crisis has opened our eyes to how little the master class values the workers in our society. We see what and who is essential to keep our economy moving forward. We've gained new understanding, respect and appreciation for our low wage earners. As quickly as our corporate masters want us to begin to fill their coffers again, their biggest worry is not their profit. It that we will remember and we will begin to lift one another and rise to meet them on our terms.

05/15/2020

After several weeks of social distancing and a government stay at home order, here are the troubling numbers from Michigan just today...

Michigan is reporting 1,191 new cases of the coronavirus and 73 new COVID-19 deaths. Michigan now has 49,582 total confirmed coronavirus cases and 4,787 COVID-19 deaths. The state updates these numbers every day at 3 p.m. The state of Michigan says Thursday’s COVID-19 case count is a significant i...

05/15/2020

Travis Watkins was and hopefully will be again a mechanic at a General Motors plant in Wyoming, Michigan. He was recently fired for warning his fellow workers that two other workers were suspected of having the Coronavirus and had been removed from the factory. Watkins was employed by Caravan Facili...

04/22/2020

A contract worker at a GM subsidiary says he was dismissed because he raised concerns about people with COVID-19 symptoms. His company disagrees.

04/21/2020

Spoken word by Brother Shotwell, author "Autoworkers Under the Gun" "Live Bait and Ammo"

Addressed to International UAW President Rory Gamble who was appointed by outgoing, indicted International UAW President Gary Jones. This poem is dedicated to Brother Travis Watkins who was terminated from a GM plant for informing fellow UAW members of unsafe working conditions relating to COVID-19....

04/11/2020

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Gregg Shotwell's rabble rousing newsletter, Live Bait & Ammo, to organize and strategize for better conditions and lives for working people.