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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

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, 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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3 months, 1 week ago

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

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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

Union autoworkers won big after striking. A year later, some face an uncertain future

NPR

Union autoworkers won big after striking. A year later, some face an uncertain future toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images North America TOLEDO, Ohio — For months last year, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain had warned the Big 3 automakers that September 14 was not a suggestion, but a deadline. toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR Weaker car sales have dampened contract …

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4 months, 1 week ago

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

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

By picking Tim Walz as running mate, Harris shows how she aims to win

LA Times

On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. And less than a week ago, UAW President Shawn Fain voiced concerns about two names that were circulating as possible running mates for Harris: Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona because of his lukewarm support of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and Gov. Under normal circumstances, perhaps …

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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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6 months, 2 weeks ago

California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order

Hindustan Times

By Steve Gorman California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order LOS ANGELES, - Thousands of University of California academic workers who went on strike at six campuses protesting administrators' response to pro-Palestinian protests returned to the job on Monday under court order, but their union vowed more protests to come. Unionized academic researchers, graduate teaching assistants and …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Denied again: UC fails a second time to get court order to stop academic workers’ strike

LA Times

Academic workers at UCLA on strike last week. “We are disappointed that the state agency dedicated to the oversight of public employment could not take decisive and immediate action to end this unlawful strike — a decision that harms UC’s students who are nearing the end of their academic year,” said Melissa Matella, UC’s associate vice president for systemwide labor …

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7 months ago

UC academic workers’ strike begins as pro-Palestinian activism enters new phase

LA Times

Hundreds of academic workers at UC Santa Cruz became the first to walk off their jobs Monday, a rolling strike that immediately disrupted university operations as picketing union members forced classes online and restricted access to campus. Jack Davies, a striking 34-year-old graduate student studying the history of consciousness, said that, “at a minimum,” he hoped “to send a message …

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7 months, 1 week ago

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

Hindustan Times

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends Friday at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama The voting at the two Mercedes …

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7 months, 1 week ago

After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and win

Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South. But newly elected President Shawn Fain said the union will return to Mercedes and will press on with efforts to organize about 150,000 workers …

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7 months, 1 week ago

‘Maximize chaos.’ UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests

LA Times

Unionized UC academic workers picket in November 2022. The union representing 48,000 graduate student teaching assistants, researchers and other academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses has voted to authorize a strike, alleging that its workers’ rights have been violated at several universities by actions against pro-Palestinian protests, union leaders announced. Rafael Jaime, the union’s co-president and a …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina

Associated Press

The United Auto Workers union announced it reached a last-minute tentative agreement with truck and bus manufacturer Daimler Truck, averting a potential strike of more than 7,000 workers. It covers workers at various plants in North Carolina — where Daimler makes Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner and Western Star trucks — as well as distribution centers in Atlanta and Memphis, Tennessee. …

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8 months ago

The UAW's decade-long fight to form a union at VW's Chattanooga plant : Planet Money : NPR

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The UAW's decade-long fight to form a union at VW's Chattanooga plant Union membership in the U.S. has been declining for decades. So, the United Auto Workers, the union that traditionally represents auto workers, thought they would be able to successfully unionize this plant. In this episode, we tell the story of the UAW's 10-year fight to unionize the Chattanooga …

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8 months ago

Column: The UAW sends a lightning bolt into anti-union states with a huge victory at a VW plant

LA Times

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, center, is the architect of a series of labor victories including an organizing vote at a VW plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Until Friday, the phrase “union victory at Chattanooga” could mean only one thing: the defeat of a Confederate army by forces under U.S. Grant at the Battle of Chattanooga in late November 1863. …

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8 months ago

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

Associated Press

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. If there are none, the election will be certified and VW and the union must “begin bargaining in good faith.” President Joe Biden, who backed …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy

Associated Press

DETROIT — On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory, Gov. Bill Lee and five other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. The union election is the first test of the UAW’s efforts to organize nonunion auto factories nationwide following its success winning big raises last …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South

NPR

Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR The United Auto Workers union has stepped up the pace on its march south. "We started signing authorization cards Thanksgiving weekend, and it just stacked up quick," says Jeremy Kimbrell, who's worked for Mercedes for 24 years, …

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

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

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

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

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'

Union autoworkers won big after striking. A year later, some face an uncertain future

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

By picking Tim Walz as running mate, Harris shows how she aims to win

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

California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order

Denied again: UC fails a second time to get court order to stop academic workers’ strike

UC academic workers’ strike begins as pro-Palestinian activism enters new phase

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and win

‘Maximize chaos.’ UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests

United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina

The UAW's decade-long fight to form a union at VW's Chattanooga plant : Planet Money : NPR

Column: The UAW sends a lightning bolt into anti-union states with a huge victory at a VW plant

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy

Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South