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UAWD ConCon Strategy Roundtable: Winning Divestment through a Vision of Class Struggle

Navruz Baum, Andrew Bergman, Jeremy Bunyaner, Nevena Pilipović-Wengler, Shelly Pires, Margie Thornton July 3, 2026July 3, 2026

The six leaders of UAWD’s team at the 2026 UAW Constitutional Convention discuss the class-struggle strategy that enabled UAWD to lead the effort to divest the UAW from Israel bonds. Standing on the shoulders of decades of Palestine solidarity organizing, the win was made possible through the past year of organizing Local UAWD Chapters grounded in shop-floor struggle and the development of a UAWD ConCon program, which featured resolutions to enable rank-and-file militancy to fight layoffs, fight ICE, and in support of Palestine.

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Autoworkers of the World Unite in India

Martha Grevatt March 16, 2026March 26, 2026

The International Autoworkers Conference (IAC) took place in Pune, India from November 20 to November 24, 2025. This was the third IAC; the first took place in 2015 in Germany and the second in South Africa in 2020. Martha Grevatt talks with conference delegates from Brazil, Germany, and the U.S. about the shared struggles that autoworkers are engaged in internationally, the state of the industry, the upcoming International Day of Action for Stellantis workers, and the meaning of class struggle unionism.

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Fighting the Biggest Tier in the Auto Sector: Interview with Lear Parts Workers

Mark Flaws, Rhonda VanValkenburg, Joe Loftus, Cal Somers, Daily Struggle Editorial Board October 19, 2025April 18, 2026

Lear Roscommon workers at Local 1819 recount their shopfloor education campaign and contract negotiations that led to a ratified agreement with substantial wage increases, and points to the need for a bigger unified UAW strategy in the IPS sector.