auto industry

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.

Remembering Dave Moore

November 11, 2009 By Quill Pettway And John Rummel

DETROIT - Dave Moore, a veteran of the Ford Hunger March and a founder of the United Auto Workers union who helped shape the history of this city, died here Oct. 26, at the age of...