“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•
Dana Corp. announces closure of auto parts plant in Lima, Ohio, destroying 280 jobs
The shuttering of the more than 50-year-old plant is part of a broader attack on jobs across the industry, including nearly 2,500 cuts at Stellantis’s Warren Truck plant near Detroit.
George Kirby•
Dana Corporation workers forced to remain on job after near-catastrophic water system failure in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
No attempts were made by management or the UAW to account for employees even though four different fire departments responded to the emergency.
Nick Barrickman•
Dana workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania form rank-and-file committee
Dana Corporation auto parts workers announce the formation of a rank-and-file committee in Pennsylvania to link their struggles with other workers at the company and throughout the globe.
Dana Pottstown Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Nick Barrickman•
Eric London•
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Dana Workers’ Rank-and-File Committee•
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Attend Sunday’s meeting to vote for an immediate Nexteer strike!
After workers voted down a second UAW-backed contract by 73 percent, local union officials called a membership meeting for Sunday. The following is a statement by the Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee.
Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Worker with 35 years at Canadian Coca-Cola distributor terminated following job injury
Days after making a splash in the local Calgary media by unveiling a new $75 million state-of-the-art warehouse facility, Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited unceremoniously axed an injured worker with 35 years at the company—essentially crying poor.
Steve Hill•
Nexteer worker on sellout tentative agreement: “Everybody wants a strike because right now we’re in control”
A “no” vote on the new TA and strike by the 1,300 Nexteer workers could spark a mass movement of auto parts workers and galvanize production workers at the Big Three factories.
Barry Grey•
Springfield, Massachusetts postal workers describe asbestos, Legionnaires’ disease and complicit union officials at major distribution center
Workers at the facility last month founded a rank-and-file committee affiliated with the national USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee, citing the failure of the American Postal Workers Union to enforce contractual rights or respond to safety hazards.
David Harrison•
National Steel Car Rank-and-File Committee•
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK)•
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Springfield NDC Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
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