Autoworkers Under the Gun

by Shotwell, Gregg; Tucker, Jerry; Sustar, Lee (AFT)

• ISBN13: 9781608461424
• ISBN10: 1608461424
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-14
• Publisher: Haymarket Books

Summary

Workers' rights are not defined by law or contract. Workers' rights are defined by struggle. These biting shopfloor bulletins chronicle a decade of autoworker resistance to ever-expanding concessions pressured upon them by union bureaucrats and company men alike. Offering a takedown of both the union-management partnership approach and the "bankruptcy as a business plan," Live Bait & Ammosummons a rank-and-file call to action for a new generation crashing the gates of recession-torn American Dreams. Gregg Shotwell, a machine operator turned rebel writer, worked thirty years at General Motors. His shopfloor fliers grew legs of their own, distributed by Rank-and-Filerand cited by auto industry analysts.

Author Biography

Gregg Shotwell, a machine operator turned rebel writer, worked thirty years at General Motors and Delphi as a member of the United Auto Workers. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Delphi Spinoff and the Lords of Lean	p. 7
"Bankruptcy Is a Growth Industry": Delphi and the Rise of Soldiers of Solidarity	p. 67
Where the Road Paved with Concessions Goes: The 2007 UAW-GM Negotiations	p. 147
The Perfect Capitalist Disaster	p. 174
Epilogue: The Last Word	p. 222
Afterword	p. 230
Index	p. 232
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