Governing GM
The Editors : U.S. Economy
The nationalization of General Motors and the offshoring of its jobs are yet another sign that we are moving toward a jobless recovery.
General Motors
2009
2008
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How to Save Motor City
Marissa Colón-Margolies : United Auto Workers (UAW)
Letting Detroit fail: catastrophic. Transforming it into a lean green machine-maker: visionary.
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Why We Shouldn't Save GM
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
The bailout should be used to expand unemployment compensation instead of propping up a single, failing corporation.
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Cashing Out Detroit
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
Saving jobs by giving automakers large amounts of cash is a very expensive form of trickle-down. What we need is a clear plan about how automakers will use the money.
2007
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Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW
Max Fraser : United Auto Workers (UAW)
The issues at stake, especially GM's drive to shift the burden of healthcare, will affect workers throughout the industrialized economy--to say nothing of Campaign '08.
2006
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Road to Perdition
A nearly forgotten criminal conspiracy by GM, Firestone and Chevron shut down the nation's municipal railways, replacing them with gas-guzzling bus lines, paving the way for global warming and for our energy crisis.
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Elegy for GM--and Ourselves
When General Motors goes down, it will take us all down with it.
2005
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Spring Hill: Another Utopia Bites the Dust
General Motors is dimming the headlights on its industrial utopia in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The cutback at the visionary Saturn plant, where workers and managers once shared decision-making and cooperated as equals, is the latest affront to US autoworkers and American self-esteem.
1958
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G.M. Stumps the Senators
With assembly plant shut-downs and a massive layoff of 5,000 workers, GM has seen better days. Those include the 1950s, when GM was in trouble with the Senate for being too powerful, and accused of artificially raising prices and creating a monopoly in Detroit.
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