Organize solidarity with the struggle against job cuts and police violence
July 4, 2026: Dear comrades in the International Automotive Workers' Coordination, The auto industry is intensifying its attacks on auto workers. VW plans to cut 100,000 jobs worldwide. In Germany alone, four plants employing thousands of workers are set to be closed. Mercedes plans to close a plant in South Africa. Two plants in China have already been shut down. Capitalist competition is a battle of annihilation that is to be waged on the backs of us workers.
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In Germany, the slogan “Co-determination through strike starting July 8” is gaining traction. The first strike took place yesterday at Mercedes. We are sending you an article from the special edition (3/26) of the newspaper “Vorwärtsgang,” written by and for colleagues at the German plants of VW, Audi, Porsche, and MAN.
It is obvious that VW’s top management is terrified of a workers’ struggle. On Monday, seven distributors of the workers’ newspaper “Vorwärtsgang” were arrested in front of the Audi plant in Heilbronn and led away in handcuffs. This is a repressive measure the likes of which Germany has not seen since World War II.
The VW and other auto bosses are showing their true colors. They will stop at nothing to maximize profits.
At the 3rd International Automotive Workers' Conference, we resolved: No struggle should stand alone! Let’s throw a wrench in the automakers’ plans!
Please spread this information within your organizations and organize solidarity, especially against police violence targeting workers’ solidarity.
Long live international solidarity!
ICOG Spokesperson
Rainer Weinmann
Please send statements of solidarity for forwarding to: contact@iawc.info
Attachment: Main article from the special edition of the newspaper *Vorwaertsgang*, No. 3-2026, by and for colleagues at Volkswagen
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