auto industry

Chicagoland auto mechanics strike, say dealers’ proposal is ‘license to steal’

August 6, 2021 By Roberta Wood

831 Chicago area mechanics left their toolboxes locked this week and are now wielding picket signs instead of wrenches.

The Last Cruze: Photo exhibit shows autoworkers’ view of Lordstown shutdown

September 27, 2019 By John Bachtell

Haunting. Partisan. Resilient. Solidarity. These words come to mind when describing LaToya Ruby Frazier's powerful photographic exhibition of Lordstown, Ohio, autoworkers, documenting the shutdown of the General Motors (GM) plant there earlier this year.

German automakers born of Nazi crimes, commit new ones today

August 10, 2017 By Victor Grossman

Volkswagen was born with a scandal; founded by Hitler to provide German workers with a car.

Autoworkers find little comfort in industry show

January 14, 2010 By John Rummel

Ford's Fusion Hybrid was named "car of the year" by Motor Trend. But the award will bring little comfort to unemployed autoworkers.

Trucks spew deadly pollution at nation’s ports, new reports show

December 23, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Emissions from thousands of trucks filling our ports cause hypertension, asthma, heart disease, lung cancer and a host of other respiratory illnesses among drivers and surrounding communities.