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Labor Leaders Join Civil Rights Groups to Fight Alabama's Draconian Immigration Law

Kari Lydersen, In These Times. April 8, 2012.

Union leaders, Latino community organizations, and others are heading to foreign car companies' shareholder meetings to demand they denounce Alabama's anti-immigrant law.

Fiat Closes Chrysler Deal; New Management Team Named

Poornima Gupta and Gilles Castonguay, Reuters June 10, 2009.

DETROIT/MILAN (Reuters) - Fiat SpA closed its acquisition of Chrysler's strongest assets on Wednesday, a key step in the Italian carmaker's ambitious plan to create a global player to ride out the worldwide auto sales downturn.

Michael Moore: 10 Steps Obama Should Take for the Future of GM

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. June 1, 2009.

The President -- and the United Auto Workers -- must seize this moment and create a big batch of lemonade from this very sour and sad lemon.

How to Put Detroit Back to Work

Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. May 18, 2009.

Why not retain workers who know how to manufacture complex machines and make use of exhausted auto factories, rather than letting them crumble?

Outsourcing the Bosses: The Lesson of Fiat-Chrysler

Dean Baker, AlterNet. May 4, 2009.

What the new Chrysler will be getting from abroad is technology and top management.

Autoworkers Forced to Take Concessions in Industry Bailout

Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. December 20, 2008.

Yet another example of the right-wing agenda to do away with labor rights.

Republicans' Opposition to Detroit Bailout Is Union-Busting of Another Kind

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. December 17, 2008.

I still underestimate the peculiar genius conservative Republicans show in exploiting dire, even tragic, situations to wield a partisan cudgel.

A Bad Auto Bailout Is Cheaper Than Any Bank Bailout

deleted, AlterNet. December 9, 2008.

Whether or not bailing out the Big Three makes financial sense (which it doesn't), it's still a fraction of the cost of bailing out Wall Street.

Slashing Wages Will Hurt Workers, But It Won't Save the Big Three

Jane Slaughter, Mark Brenner, Labor Notes. December 8, 2008.

Some conservatives are using inaccurate numbers to pin the blame for Detroit's pain on union workers.

George W. Bush = Modern-Day Nero

Booman, Booman Tribune. December 6, 2008.

Bush says he is concerned that the automakers will not survive, but he is totally unwilling to take any action.

Fat-Cat Automakers Beg for Taxpayer Money While Flying in Private Jets

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 19, 2008.

If they had flown first-class it would have been embarrassing. But company-owned private jets?

Autoworkers Gave up Much Without a Fight

Eve Tahmincioglu, Huffington Post. November 6, 2007.

The threat of offshoring and declining membership has left the big industrial unions more conciliatory than ever.