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Fiat, Jeep brand owner Stellantis cancels planned layoffs after sudden exit of CEO

Stellantis has announced it will reverse plans to lay off approximately 1,100 workers at its Ohio Jeep plant, just weeks after the sudden resignation of Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares. The decision to reverse the layoffs comes after the company announced a shift reduction at its Toledo South Assembly Plant, which manufactures the Jeep Gladiator. Despite this setback, Stellantis has …

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1 month ago

Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pick

Live Mint

WASHINGTON — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. “Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will ensure that …

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1 month ago

Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pick

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. “Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will ensure that …

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1 month ago

Workers at Kentucky electric vehicle battery production complex start drive to unionize

Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Workers hired for a sprawling electric vehicle battery production complex in Kentucky have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers as the union tries to expand its foothold in the South and among battery factories, the UAW said Wednesday. In a statement on its website, the union said it believes companies like Blue Oval SK …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Unions say building worker power is only way to defeat Trump's fascist right

Raw Story

The largest labor unions in the United States are ready for a fight. That much was made clear within hours of Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday's election, an outcome that will soon bring to power a former president who aggressively pursued anti-worker policies during his first four years in the White House despite posturing as …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

UAW president calls for working class unity against billionaire 'lap dog' Donald Trump

Raw Story

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain late Tuesday called for working class unity against Republican nominee Donald Trump in the final stretch of the 2024 race, warning that the former president would serve the interests of his own class and embolden the nation's executives to intensify their decades-long war on the labor movement. Fain said that the United States is …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Union workers could decide this election — and their unions know it

NPR

Union workers could decide this election — and their unions know it toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR As November 5 draws closer, labor unions are blanketing swing states with tens of thousands of canvassers, deploying far more resources than in past elections in a bid to get the labor-friendly ticket of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz elected. toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'Job-killer-in-chief': Union boss slams Trump ahead of Michigan visit

Raw Story

The head of the largest U.S. autoworkers union on Thursday highlighted the yawning chasm between former President Donald Trump's campaign promises to protect the country's auto industry and the 2024 Republican nominee's White House record—which includes hundreds of thousands of lost manufacturing jobs. Speaking on a call hosted by the campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, United …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Trump will be worse': Sanders has a message for 'uncommitted' voters concerned about Gaza

Raw Story

In November’s presidential election, where the results will likely come down to a few thousand votes in battleground states like Michigan, Bernie Sanders told the Michigan Advance on Saturday that the 2023 United Auto Workers strike has played a key role in mobilizing voters. Sanders, who stood in Detroit alongside union leaders on day one of the UAW’s historic six-week …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

UAW slams Trump-Vance as 'menace to the working class'

Raw Story

The United Auto Workers this week reiterated its warning that the Republican presidential ticket of Donald Trump and JD Vance is a threat to working-class Americans in response to a refusal by Vance to commit to honoring a $500 million federal grant for an electric vehicle plant in Michigan. "Now, Trump and JD Vance are invading Michigan and threatening the …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Dockworkers' union scores big labor victory after three-day strike

Salon

Seventy-two hours after tens of thousands of members of the International Longshoremen's Association walked off their jobs on the docks from Maine to Texas they were back to work — with a 62 percent wage hike. As the New York Times reported late last year, the FAA has formed a panel to look “into the potential risks posed by exhaustion …

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3 months, 1 week ago

A year after the strike is the UAW still winning? : Consider This from NPR

NPR

A year after the strike is the UAW still winning? Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Rice/Getty Images Sarah Rice/Getty Images A year ago at this time, members of the United Auto Workers Union were feeling powerful and optimistic. The group's new President Shawn Fain had called a historic strike. It ultimately brought Ford, GM and Stellantis much closer to …

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3 months, 1 week ago

After historic union vote, Chattanooga VW workers rally for 'record contract'

Raw Story

Following their historic vote to join the United Auto Workers in April, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee held a rally on Sunday as they prepare to head into their first round of negotiations with the company next week. "That's billions of dollars that have been robbed from the workers who generated those profits," Fain said. "You're the …

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3 months, 1 week ago

A year after UAW strike, autoworkers still worry about their future

NPR

A year after UAW strike, autoworkers still worry about their future A year ago today, Big 3 autoworkers walked off the job to fight for better wages and benefits. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: It was on today's date in 2023 that thousands of autoworkers in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio walked off the job. RASCOE: That was the start of a six-week …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Stellantis to invest $406 million at 3 factories, a step toward meeting commitments in UAW contract

Associated Press

DETROIT — Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis will spend $406 million retooling three Michigan factories so they can build electric vehicles or battery parts to support a strategy of making vehicles powered by both gasoline and batteries. With its investment announcement Wednesday, the company is taking a step toward meeting some commitments that it agreed to in a new contract …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Stephen Colbert roasts JD Vance for awkwardly grabbing woman’s fist bump

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stephen Colbert has roasted JD Vance for the painfully awkward …

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4 months, 1 week ago

UAW files federal labor complaint against Trump campaign over Elon Musk interview

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

UAW files federal labor charges against Elon Musk and Donald Trump over strike-breaking comments

Salon

The United Auto Workers announced Tuesday that the union has filed federal labor charges against Donald Trump and X CEO Elon Musk, citing their pubic conversation Monday in which the former president argued that striking employees should be fired. “Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

'One answer to the threat we face': UAW says it knows how to defeat Trump

Raw Story

"There is only one answer to the threat we face as a nation. "In the wealthiest country in the world, working class people shouldn't have to scrape to get by, paycheck to paycheck," Fain says before championing the UAW's historic strike last year in which the union's members stood up to the Big Three automakers—and won historic contracts. "The dream …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tim Walz and JD Vance were both picked to win the Rust Belt. What sets them apart?

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. JD Vance, meanwhile, has built a national brand …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Why 2024 may be Trump’s undoing': longtime political observer

Raw Story

In a report published by the Pew Research Center on July 11 titled, "Amid Doubts About Biden’s Mental Sharpness, Trump Leads Presidential Race," the Washington, DC-based think tank noted that after President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance in June, Donald Trump enjoyed a "4 percentage point lead over Biden among registered voters." "Trump’s success in 2016, and his ability to …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

UAW leader says Trump would send the labor movement into reverse if he’s elected again

Associated Press

DETROIT — Putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket increases the Democrats’ chance of winning Michigan and keeping the White House in November, the head of the United Auto Workers union says. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Shawn Fain said former President Donald Trump is beholden to billionaires, knows nothing about the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

UAW endorses Harris, giving her blue-collar firepower in industrial states

Associated Press

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers on Wednesday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, giving her union firepower for the likely contest this November against Republican Donald Trump. UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement that the union’s “job” in this year’s election was to defeat Trump. The UAW endorsed Biden’s reelection bid in January, just a few …

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5 months ago

Trump uses false claim about Chinese auto plants in Mexico to call for UAW president to be fired

Associated Press

DETROIT — Donald Trump made a pitch for votes from key swing state autoworkers during his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination, using false claims to call on them to fire their union president. “The leader of the United Auto Workers should be fired immediately and every single auto worker, union and nonunion, should be voting for Donald Trump,” …

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Fiat, Jeep brand owner Stellantis cancels planned layoffs after sudden exit of CEO

Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pick

Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pick

Workers at Kentucky electric vehicle battery production complex start drive to unionize

Unions say building worker power is only way to defeat Trump's fascist right

UAW president calls for working class unity against billionaire 'lap dog' Donald Trump

Union workers could decide this election — and their unions know it

'Job-killer-in-chief': Union boss slams Trump ahead of Michigan visit

'Trump will be worse': Sanders has a message for 'uncommitted' voters concerned about Gaza

UAW slams Trump-Vance as 'menace to the working class'

Dockworkers' union scores big labor victory after three-day strike

A year after the strike is the UAW still winning? : Consider This from NPR

After historic union vote, Chattanooga VW workers rally for 'record contract'

A year after UAW strike, autoworkers still worry about their future

Stellantis to invest $406 million at 3 factories, a step toward meeting commitments in UAW contract

Stephen Colbert roasts JD Vance for awkwardly grabbing woman’s fist bump

UAW files federal labor complaint against Trump campaign over Elon Musk interview

UAW files federal labor charges against Elon Musk and Donald Trump over strike-breaking comments

'One answer to the threat we face': UAW says it knows how to defeat Trump

Tim Walz and JD Vance were both picked to win the Rust Belt. What sets them apart?

'Why 2024 may be Trump’s undoing': longtime political observer

UAW leader says Trump would send the labor movement into reverse if he’s elected again

UAW endorses Harris, giving her blue-collar firepower in industrial states

Trump uses false claim about Chinese auto plants in Mexico to call for UAW president to be fired