Autoworkers Issues
“This is a day to honor Coby”
Family of Jacoby Hennings to celebrate young autoworker’s life
By Jerry White, 5 July 2018
Family and friends are holding a memorial picnic on July 8 in the Detroit suburb of Eastpointe to honor the young Ford worker who died on October 20, 2017.
“They want us divided. Workers need to unite everywhere”
In wake of Lordstown layoffs, UAW stokes anti-Mexican nationalism
By Shannon Jones, 3 July 2018
The UAW is denouncing GM’s decision to build its new Chevrolet Blazer SUV in Mexico in order to divert attention from the union’s complicity in the wiping out of 1,500 jobs at the Lordstown, Ohio assembly plant.
“The rank and file was absolutely not involved in these contract discussions”
UPS workers denounce sellout deal “in principle” between company, Teamsters
By our reporters, 25 June 2018
The Teamsters are seeking to impose historic givebacks on UPS workers, who voted by 93 percent to authorize a strike against the giant corporation.
“If people on the shop floor had more power, things would be a whole lot better”
With UAW complicity, layoffs take effect at GM Lordstown Complex in Ohio
By a WSWS reporting team, 23 June 2018
The elimination of some 1,500 jobs at the Lordstown plant will have a devastating impact in the Youngstown-Warren region, which already struggles with high levels of poverty.
Rolls-Royce to shed nearly 5,000 jobs in the UK
By Barry Mason, 21 June 2018
Instead of a campaign to mobilise its 22,000 members employed by Rolls-Royce to fight the cuts, Unite will facilitate whatever restructuring the company demands.
“They’re getting more money and we’re losing workers”
In wake of UAW convention, Lordstown GM workers speak out on layoffs
By a WSWS reporting team, 16 June 2018
Autoworkers at the GM Lordstown assembly plant expressed their disgust at both the company and the UAW as next Friday’s shutdown of the second shift looms.
“Everything they took from us needs to be returned, plus the money they stole”
Growing outrage from autoworkers over UAW bribery scandal
By a WSWS reporting team, 15 June 2018
Autoworkers at Fiat Chrysler’s Warren Truck Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit spoke to the WSWS about the naming of the UAW as a “co-conspirator” in the corruption scandal.
As corruption scandal engulfs union, top execs get pay raise
UAW named “co-conspirator” in illegal funds-siphoning scheme
By Jerry White, 14 June 2018
The four-day constitutional convention, which wraps up in Detroit today, was a showcase for the corruption of the UAW and its contempt for rank-and-file autoworkers.
Lordstown GM worker speaks out against pending layoffs
“Workers all over the world need to unite together”
By Samuel Davidson, 13 June 2018
Some 1,500 Auto workers are set to be laid off June 22 at the General Motors assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
As constitution convention opens, UAW promotes Trump’s trade war and downplays corruption scandal
By Shannon Jones, 12 June 2018
Outgoing union president Dennis Williams repeated the absurd claim that the bribing of UAW negotiators by Fiat Chrysler executives had no impact on the outcome of the 2015 labor agreements.
As UAW Constitutional Convention opens: The class issues facing autoworkers
By Shannon Jones, 9 June 2018
The UAW 37th Constitutional Convention is being held against a backdrop of rising worker militancy under conditions where the union is more discredited than ever.
“We need to unite workers everywhere”
Rank-and-file Lake Orion workers organize opposition to GM-UAW deal to hire low wage subcontract labor
By Shannon Jones, 2 June 2018
Anger is simmering in the plant following the revelation that the UAW signed a secret memorandum, without a vote by workers, to replace veteran workers with low-wage subcontractors.
Harley-Davidson workers’ anger grows over impending Kansas City plant closure
By Marcus Day, 1 June 2018
Fueling outrage is the company’s brazen display of corporate greed, showering investors with hundreds of millions of dollars in dividends and stock buybacks.
UAW President Dennis Williams backs Trump’s policies of militarism and trade war
By Shannon Jones, 29 May 2018
The extreme economic nationalism promoted by the UAW, the United Steelworkers and other unions dovetails with the fascistic “America First” nationalism of Trump and the far-right.
Plea deal reveals Fiat Chrysler used “sham employment” scheme to pay off UAW negotiators
By Jerry White, 28 May 2018
Another former Fiat Chrysler executive pleads guilty in the corruption scandal engulfing the United Auto Workers union.
Anger grows as layoff approaches for 1,500 auto workers at Lordstown GM plant
By Samuel Davidson, 26 May 2018
Lordstown workers are seething over a deal between General Motors and the United Auto Workers to layoff the second shift at the plant while hiring subcontractors at lower pay and benefits.
Toyota plans massive cost cutting
By Keisha Gibbs, 23 May 2018
The carmaker is implementing a new manufacturing system to cut costs by an estimated 20 percent, or around $1.22 billion this year.
In wake of recent workplace accidents US autoworkers speak out on safety conditions
By Shannon Jones, 22 May 2018
Autoworkers deplored lack of safety training and the UAW’s collusion in management’s drive for more profits.
France: PSA uses labor law to sack workers, boost working times in Vesoul plant
By Anthony Torres, 22 May 2018
Using the Socialist Party’s labor law and Macron’s labor decrees, automaker PSA Peugeot-Citroën plans to sack hundreds of workers and boost working times.
Funeral held for S. Milwaukee Caterpillar welder Steven Wade
By Jessica Goldstein, 21 May 2018
Family, friends and coworkers paid tribute to Steven Wade, a 60-year-old welder who died last week from injuries he suffered at Caterpillar’s South Milwaukee plant on May 10.
Caterpillar worker dies after being crushed at South Milwaukee plant
By Shannon Jones, 17 May 2018
A 60-year-old Caterpillar worker died Monday of injuries he suffered at Caterpillar’s global mining equipment facility, which has been targeted by the company’s cost-reduction effort.
Michigan auto parts plant explosion highlights brutal conditions in supplier industry
By Tim Rivers, 16 May 2018
In recent years the company has been cited for more than half a dozen safety violations, including several incidents where workers suffered serious burns.
Union sellout facilitates South Korean General Motors restructuring plans
By Ben McGrath, 16 May 2018
The KMWU isolated workers and forced through the approval of an agreement enabling a pro-business restructuring by the auto corporation.
Chicago Ford workers denounce unsafe working conditions and UAW complicity
By our reporters, 14 May 2018
Workers at the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant described hazardous conditions and indifference from the company and UAW towards their safety concerns.
The Ford Flat Rock accident and the fraud of UAW-management safety oversight
By Shannon Jones, 12 May 2018
The continuing erosion of safety and work conditions in US auto plants underscores the fact that joint union-management safety programs protect no one except the corporate stockholders.
“We are not robots, we are people!”
Autoworkers want answers about injury of veteran worker at Ford Flat Rock Assembly in Michigan
By Shannon Jones, 11 May 2018
The injury of Lynn Hagood is the latest in a series of fatal and near fatal incidents at auto factories in recent years, highlighting the hazardous conditions creating by incessant cost-cutting.
Ford Flat Rock plant injury highlights deadly conditions for US workers
By Jerry White, 10 May 2018
The injured worker, identified by co-workers as Lynn Hagood, had her legs crushed by heavy machinery after falling into a pit on the trim and final assembly line.
“This is the deadliest plant I’ve ever worked in”
Injured Flat Rock Ford worker was shifted to dangerous job with almost no training
By Jerry White, 9 May 2018
Ford workers at the Flat Rock plant rebelled when management tried to restart production after a horrific accident in the early hours of May 4.
Two injured in massive fire, explosion at Michigan auto parts plant
By Tom Hall, 9 May 2018
Last week’s firestorm at the Meridian Magnesium plant in Eaton Rapids exposes the dangerous conditions faced by auto parts workers.
Strike breaks out at Goodyear factory in central Mexico
By Alex González, 9 May 2018
About 600 workers went on strike to demand the right to form their own union.
Form rank-and-file factory committee to enforce worker safety
UAW and Ford silent as anger simmers in wake of injury at Flat Rock Assembly
By Shannon Jones, 8 May 2018
Details are being withheld by management and the UAW over the injury of a production worker early Friday at the plant that sparked a walkout by second-shift workers.
Ford Flat Rock workers halt production after worker mangled in machinery
By Tim Rivers, 7 May 2018
When a female worker’s legs were crushed in machinery early Friday morning, the second shift of nearly 1,500 workers at the Ford Flat Rock assembly south of Detroit refused a call by the company to return to work for an extended shift and instead walked out.
With complicity of UAW, Honeywell announces plans to eliminate healthcare coverage for 4,700 US retirees
By Jessica Goldstein, 7 May 2018
The announcement comes shortly after Honeywell announced substantial growth of $10.39 billion in revenue for its first quarter of 2018, up from $9.49 billion in the same period in 2017.
Unifor shuts down strike by Lear auto parts workers in Ajax, Ontario using threat of plant closure
By Carl Bronski, 5 May 2018
The rejection of the original sellout that Unifor attempted to foist on Lear Ajax workers is a reflection of a growing movement of auto workers.
Anger builds against UAW over layoffs, outsourcing at GM Lordstown, Ohio plant
By Tim Rivers, 30 April 2018
An estimated 60,000 workers have read and shared an article on the UAW’s rotten agreement, posted by the World Socialist Web Site and its Autoworker Newsletter last Tuesday.
UAW executives are “nothing more than fat cats collecting huge checks”
Autoworkers denounce company-UAW scheme to hire low-paid workers in the face of mass layoffs
By Tim Rivers, 28 April 2018
Autoworkers have begun to fight back by sharing articles across social media in a storm of protest.
Ford announces plans to slash US car production, cut billions in costs
By Marcus Day, 27 April 2018
Ford, GM, and Fiat Chrysler continue to restructure their operations at the expense of workers in response to Wall Street’s relentless demands to cut costs and boost profits.
Germany: IG Metall union sabotages workers’ struggle to defend jobs
By Ulrich Rippert, 27 April 2018
Opel auto workers in Germany are confronting corporate management’s demand for massive cuts in jobs and wages combined with a drastic deterioration of working conditions.
Thousands of UK auto jobs to go
By Margot Miller, 27 April 2018
Nissan’s sales in the UK have dropped by a third so far this year, and its exports to Europe are also falling, from 75,000 in March compared with 91,000 in the same month last year.
After mass layoffs at Ohio plant, UAW gives GM greenlight to hire lower-paid temps
By Tim Rivers, 24 April 2018
Just days after eliminating an entire shift at the Lordstown plant, General Motors announced its subsidiary at the factory will hire low-paid temps under a “memorandum of agreement” signed by the UAW.
UAW secretary-treasurer Gary Casteel will not seek re-election
By Jessica Goldstein, 20 April 2018
UAW Secretary-Treasurer Gary Casteel made the abrupt announcement this week that he will not to seek re-election amidst an ongoing federal probe into rampant UAW corruption.
As part of a global strategy of cost-cutting and plant shutdowns
GM to slash 1,500 jobs at Lordstown, Ohio plant
By Tim Rivers, 16 April 2018
GM announced on Friday it will cut one of two operating shifts at its massive Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant, cutting as many as 1,500 jobs effective June 15.
Chicago Ford workers speak out against treatment of temporary part-timers
By Marcus Day and Jessica Goldstein, 9 April 2018
Ford Chicago Assembly Plant workers raised questions over the UAW’s claim that 224 temporary part-time workers will be converted to full-time.
“We need to take inspiration from their courage”
Autoworkers speak in support of teachers struggle
By our reporters, 6 April 2018
Autoworkers in the greater Detroit area and Chicago voiced support for teachers who are defying the unions to take a stand in defense of public education.
US Appeals Court acknowledges UAW lied to Toledo Jeep workers
By Shannon Jones, 30 March 2018
A group of former TPT workers at the Fiat Chrysler Jeep complex found themselves in a Kafkaesque position after the UAW squelched their grievance over contract violations and then lied to them about their right to appeal.
"They want you to feel if you speak up you'll be called a traitor or a Russian.”
Detroit autoworkers denounce effort to censor the Internet
By a reporting team, 23 March 2018
Workers at Fiat Chrysler’s Warren Stamping Plant asserted their right to read whatever news sources they wanted without interference by the government and tech giants.
Former top aide to UAW VP Norwood Jewell indicted in corruption investigation
By Shannon Jones, 22 March 2018
Nancy Johnson, the number two UAW official overseeing the 2015 Fiat Chrysler negotiations, is charged with five felony counts related to receiving illegal payoffs from company officials.
GM and Unifor collude to cut labour costs in Canada
By Carl Bronski, 22 March 2018
The moves to cut labour costs through outsourcing and early retirements at GM’s Ontario engine plant further expose the reactionary nature of the 2016 “framework agreements” rammed through by Unifor.
Maruti Suzuki workers hold protest demanding release of 13 framed-up colleagues
By Saman Gunadasa, 21 March 2018
The demonstration marked one year since Maruti Suzuki workers’ leaders were sentenced to life in prison on politically-motivated charges.
A travesty of justice that must not stand!
One year since India’s courts condemned framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers to jail for life
By Keith Jones, 17 March 2018
The thirteen’s only “crime” is to have rebelled against the sweatshop conditions that prevail in India’s new, globally connected auto industry.
Another UAW official indicted in federal corruption probe
By Shannon Jones, 15 March 2018
Keith Mickens, an aide to the late UAW Vice President General Holiefield, appears to have been a minor player in the scheme to illegally divert $4.5 million from the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center.
Unifor shuts down ZF-TRW auto parts strike in Windsor, Canada
By Carl Bronski, 12 March 2018
The brief walkout halted production Saturday at the giant Fiat Chrysler Canada Windsor Assembly Plant, but the union pushed through the same wage terms already rejected by a 62 percent margin.
Nissan layoffs impact 550 workers at Cuernavaca, Mexico assembly plant
By Alex González, 12 March 2018
The layoffs will have a ripple effect through the area, affecting the region’s production of tires, auto parts, and transportation of finished cars.
Fiat-Chrysler minivan plant impacted
Windsor auto parts workers defy Unifor and strike
By Carl Bronski and Shannon Jones, 10 March 2018
Workers at ZF-TRW are taking a stand against decades of concessions imposed with the support of the unions that have eroded living standards and working conditions.
Unifor scuttles Windsor auto parts strikes
By Carl Bronski, 6 March 2018
Union officials called off two strikes at critical parts supplier plants before the walkouts could have any impact on production at the giant Fiat Chrysler Windsor Assembly Plant.
Canadian auto parts workers strike in Windsor
By Carl Bronski, 5 March 2018
In previous strikes by parts workers, the Unifor union has intervened to engineer a return to work before production at major auto assembly plants was disrupted.
Skoda workers in the Czech Republic prepare to strike
By Ulrich Rippert, 1 March 2018
The strike preparations at Skoda are part of a growing radicalisation of workers in Eastern Europe, who are no longer willing to accept conditions of extreme exploitation.
Canadian auto parts workers set to strike Windsor plants
By Carl Bronski, 26 February 2018
That a top Unifor official should begin negotiations with a public statement decrying worker wage demands as “unrealistic” should come as no surprise to auto workers.
Indian authorities intensify vendetta against framed-up Maruti-Suzuki workers
By Keith Jones, 22 February 2018
State authorities are petitioning the courts to impose death-sentences on 13 autoworkers whose only crime was to challenge poverty wages and brutal working conditions.
Four months since the death of a young Ford worker
Still no serious investigation into death of Jacoby Hennings
By Jerry White, 22 February 2018
The lead police detective has claimed that the “union dispute” prior to Jacoby’s death had no bearing on the investigation concluding that he had committed suicide.
New round of attacks across Spain’s auto industry
By Alejandro López and Gabriel Labarthe, 20 February 2018
The auto industry in Spain is utilising the full conversion of plants to produce electric cars, claims of lower expectations of profits last year—combined with threats to move production offshore—to impose attacks on wages and work conditions.
Labor Notes defends UAW amidst corruption scandal
By Shannon Jones, 20 February 2018
Breaking their silence on the United Auto Workers corruption scandal, the pseudo-left organizations have chosen a prominent supporter of the Labor Notes publication to defend the UAW.
“The union is certainly not on our side”
Indian autoworker speaks about life in the “Detroit of South Asia”
By Ram Ramiah and Parwini Zora, 17 February 2018
An auto parts worker in South India describes the slave-like conditions he confronts daily enforced by management with the support of the union.
“There could be so many more Jacoby Hennings out there”
Autoworkers want truth about young Ford worker’s death
By a WSWS reporting team, 16 February 2018
The demand by the parents of Jacoby Hennings for the truth about the death of the young Ford worker at a Detroit area factory has resonated deeply among autoworkers.
Thousands to be sacked at GM factory in South Korea
By Ben McGrath, 15 February 2018
General Motors is demanding additional cuts to auto workers’ wages and conditions as it threatens to pull out of South Korea entirely.
The unquiet death of a young Ford worker
The parents of Jacoby Hennings demand to know why their son died
By Jerry White, 12 February 2018
Nearly four months later, the circumstances surrounding the violent death of the 21-year-old temporary part-time worker remain unexplained.
Moody’s downgrades Ford’s credit forecast as investors demand deep cuts
By Tom Hall, 10 February 2018
The move by the credit ratings agency reflects fears that Ford’s “Fitness Redesign” initiative could meet with uncontrollable opposition from autoworkers.
Former TPT workers at Jeep seek to reopen lawsuit against UAW, Fiat Chrysler
By Shannon Jones, 8 February 2018
The workers say revelations of management payoffs to UAW officials require the courts to reexamine their lawsuit.
APTIV autoworkers in northern Mexico are close to a strike
By Alex González, 8 February 2018
More than 4,000 autoworkers are fighting for a better salary and working conditions.
UAW contracts must be declared null and void
By Jerry White, 7 February 2018
The corruption revealed in the unfolding scandal is not an aberration, but expresses the very essence of the UAW.
“They chew you up and spit you out”
Ford workers in Chicago speak out on UAW corruption
By our reporters, 6 February 2018
Workers at the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant reacted to the continuing revelations in the UAW corruption scandal and denounced abuses by the union and management.
Evidence that Norwood Jewell was bribed to sign 2015 UAW-Fiat Chrysler deal
By Jerry White, 5 February 2018
Fiat Chrysler threw a lavish party for Jewell, two months after the top administrative body of the UAW tagged him to lead negotiations with the automaker.
Workers discuss UAW corruption scandal at WSWS Autoworker Newsletter call-in meeting
By our reporters, 2 February 2018
Autoworkers discussed the significance of the scandal and the Autoworker Newsletter’s call for the formation of rank-and-file committees, independent of the United Auto Workers union.
Workers demand nullification of contracts
Anger mounts as UAW VP for Fiat Chrysler is implicated in corruption scandal
By Shannon Jones, 1 February 2018
Former Fiat Chrysler chief negotiator Iacobelli named Jewell’s charity as the recipient of “prohibited payments” siphoned through the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center.
Fiat Chrysler workers file class action against UAW demanding return of union dues
By Jerry White, 31 January 2018
A legal complaint by three autoworkers charges the union with colluding to destroy wages and rights, and defrauding workers of hundreds of millions of dollars in union dues.
Harley-Davidson to close Kansas City plant, lay off 800
By Marcus Day, 31 January 2018
The mass layoffs at the motorcycle manufacturer are part of a growing wave of job losses, belying Trump’s claims of strength in the US economy.
“Everybody wants to walk at our plant”
US autoworkers want to overturn contracts UAW signed after corporate bribes
By Jerry White, 30 January 2018
In some plants autoworkers have discussed walking out on strike, insisting the contracts signed by corrupt UAW officials are null and void.
Questions remain one month after death of auto parts worker in Western Michigan
By David Rodriguez, 30 January 2018
56-year-old Scott Teusink died last month after he was hit by a massive steel coil at Challenge Manufacturing in the city of Holland, Michigan.
Contracts signed by corrupt UAW should be nullified: A reply to Dennis Williams
By Jerry White, 29 January 2018
Why should autoworkers accept the terms of a labor agreement signed by union officials on the payroll of the auto corporations?
US autoworkers express outrage over latest revelations of UAW bribery
By a WSWS reporting team, 29 January 2018
Autoworkers reacted angrily to the admission by former Fiat Chrysler negotiator Alphons Iacobelli that he paid $1.5 million to UAW officials to influence contract negotiations.
The UAW corruption scandal: The case for workers’ committees
By Joseph Kishore, 26 January 2018
Fiat Chrysler’s bribery of UAW officials involved in contract negotiations exposes the anti-working-class character of the entire trade union apparatus.
In plea deal with prosecutors
Former Fiat Chrysler negotiator says FCA bribed the UAW to secure passage of 2009, 2015 contracts
By Shannon Jones, 25 January 2018
According to a court filing Alphons Iacobelli paid $1.5 million to top UAW officials between 2009 and 2015 for the express purpose of influencing contract negotiations.
Hundreds more jobs being cut at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant in UK
By Margot Miller, 24 January 2018
The UK redundancies are part of a European-wide offensive against jobs and wages.
Jeep workers demonstrate at Detroit auto show against job cuts
By Tim Rivers, 22 January 2018
United Auto Workers Local 12 called the demonstration to vent worker anger over the termination of 88 union truck drivers from the Fiat Chrysler Toledo Truck Terminal.
Two key players in UAW corruption scandal to enter guilty pleas
By Shannon Jones, 18 January 2018
The wife of a deceased UAW official and a Fiat Chrysler executive are expected to plead guilty to charges they took part in a scheme to siphon off millions from the UAW-Chrysler Joint Training Center.
German Ford workers express solidarity with their Romanian co-workers
By Marianne Arens, 12 January 2018
The comments of German Ford workers make clear that a growing number of autoworkers understand the necessity of uniting internationally to combat the global corporations.
Huntsville, Alabama Toyota-Mazda plant announcement highlights shift in auto production to southeastern US
By Ed Hightower, 12 January 2018
The planned facility is the latest expansion of “transplants” in the US South and will employ some 4,000 workers.
Canada: Ontario Liberals impose two-tier employment on autoworkers
By Carl Bronski, 10 January 2018
The unions’ hypocritical hand-wringing over the anti-worker legislation cannot disguise the fact that Unifor helped elect successive Liberal governments in Ontario.
Volkswagen plans to dismiss all temporary contract workers in German plants
By Dietmar Henning, 8 January 2018
VW’s mass firing of temporary contract workers is the prelude to sweeping job cuts and attacks on the gains of all autoworkers.
Romanian Ford workers defiant as company seeks to impose blackmail contract
By Jerry White and Eric London, 4 January 2018
Workers returned from their holiday break in a rebellious mood with sporadic work stoppages and a growing determination for collective resistance.
Macron turns France’s labor decrees on auto workers
By Alex Lantier, 29 December 2017
The announcement of mass layoffs by Europe’s second-largest automaker is part of a relentless international assault on workers' jobs, working conditions and social rights.
US Ford worker supports autoworker strike in Romania: “They need to hook up with us”
By Tim Rivers, 29 December 2017
The worker welcomed the rebellion against the Romanian union bureaucrats, stating, “I am sure that up and down the line, the whole union chain of command was bought and paid for.”
Romanian Ford workers must make international appeal!
World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter, 29 December 2017
The success of the Craiova workers’ struggle will be determined by their ability to retain their independence from the trade unions and the bourgeois parties, and by their ability to break the isolation of their strike and link up with their fellow Ford workers internationally.
VW colluded in torture of militant workers during military dictatorship in Brazil
By Ludwig Weller, 28 December 2017
The document produced by the lead investigator shows that Volkswagen worked closely with the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985 in the persecution and torture of militant workers.
Romanian Ford worker speaks to WSWS about wildcat strike at Craiova plant
By Eric London, 27 December 2017
“We have a corrupt union that works for the company.”
Holidays painful for family of young Ford worker killed in Detroit area plant
By Jerry White, 27 December 2017
December 27 would have been the 22nd birthday of Jacoby Marquis Hennings, who tragically died at Ford’s Woodhaven Stamping Plant on October 20.
“If finding out what happened could save another life at least something good would come from our son’s death”
Family, co-workers want truth about Kentucky Ford worker’s death
By Jerry White, 23 December 2017
Two weeks after the death of 41-year-old electrician Ivan Bridgewater, company, union and government officials have not explained how the fatal accident occurred.
Massive job cuts at Opel and Vauxhall
By Marianne Arens, 23 December 2017
The management board, works council and IG Metall union have agreed on a drastic reduction in staff and labour costs at Opel to make the company more profitable.
Wildcat strike stops production as workers eject union leaders at Ford Romania
By Eric London, 23 December 2017
The spontaneous walkout took place the day after Ford and the union agreed to a sellout contract with similar terms as those imposed on workers in the US and Canada.
“They are going to cover-up everything like they always do”
Ford, UAW downplay finding of Legionella bacteria at Kansas City assembly plant
By Shannon Jones, 22 December 2017
Ford and the UAW are keeping workers in the dark following the discovery of deadly Legionella bacteria at the facility in the wake of the diagnosis of a plant worker with Legionnaires’ disease.
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