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'We are unafraid': In face of Trump win, champions of working class vow epic fight
1 month, 1 week ago

'We are unafraid': In face of Trump win, champions of working class vow epic fight

Raw Story  

The results of last week's U.S. elections were cataclysmic for the Democratic Party, which lost control of the White House and Senate as the Republicans gained a trifecta, but economic justice advocates on Wednesday said that for many working people, the fight for a better standard of living and a political system that places people over Wall Street profits remains …

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Union workers could decide this election — and their unions know it
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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Stellantis to invest $406 million at 3 factories, a step toward meeting commitments in UAW contract
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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UAW endorses Harris, giving her blue-collar firepower in industrial states
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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With a few holdouts, Kamala Harris rides Biden wave to pick up union support
4 months, 4 weeks ago

With a few holdouts, Kamala Harris rides Biden wave to pick up union support

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. The vice president spoke at an event held …

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'We'll be back,' says UAW chief Shawn Fain after 'tough loss' in Alabama
7 months ago

'We'll be back,' says UAW chief Shawn Fain after 'tough loss' in Alabama

Raw Story  

Workers at a pair of Mercedes-Benz plants near Tuscaloosa, Alabama narrowly voted against joining the United Auto Workers this week, according to a preliminary tally on Friday. Speaking to reporters Friday evening, UAW president Shawn Fain said that it was "obviously not the result we wanted" but "we'll be back in Vance." The UAW has ramped up organizing in the …

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UC officials charge that academic workers’ strike over pro-Palestinian protests is illegal
7 months, 1 week ago

UC officials charge that academic workers’ strike over pro-Palestinian protests is illegal

LA Times  

As the 48,000-member UC academic workers union announced a Monday strike at UC Santa Cruz over alleged free speech violations during pro-Palestinian protests, the University of California on Friday filed a labor complaint to stop what they say is an illegal action, heightening tensions roiling the university system. The targeting of UC Santa Cruz came after 79% of voting members …

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

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

NPR  

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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Mercedes workers at an Alabama plant call for union representation vote
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mercedes workers at an Alabama plant call for union representation vote

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A majority of workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are calling for a vote to join the United Auto Workers union, which is on a drive to sign up non-union plants across the country. Their call for a union election arrives just weeks after workers at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, set a date …

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UAW says a majority of workers at an Alabama Mercedes plant have signed cards supporting the union
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UAW says a majority of workers at an Alabama Mercedes plant have signed cards supporting the union

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers said Tuesday that a majority of workers at a Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have signed cards in support of joining the union. Earlier in February, the UAW announced that a majority of workers at Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had signed union cards. Mercedes worker Jeremy Kimbrell said in a statement Tuesday that …

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Electric Vehicles Could Make Or Break Michigan For Joe Biden
10 months ago

Electric Vehicles Could Make Or Break Michigan For Joe Biden

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden speaks at the Community Building Complex of Boone County in Belvidere, Illinois, to herald the United Auto Workers contract agreement with Stellantis on Nov. 9, 2023. A substantial showing for “uncommitted” would raise the possibility that Biden is losing ground among two key groups, young progressives and Michigan’s substantial Arab-American population. “It’s going to impact everyone up …

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UAW president rips Trump: 'He cycled through White House staff like toilet paper'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

UAW president rips Trump: 'He cycled through White House staff like toilet paper'

Raw Story  

UAW President Shawn Fain blasted former President Donald Trump on Sunday over his poor record on supporting unions. "Do you anticipate that this other union will go a different direction and choose Mr. "I can't fathom any union would support Donald Trump for president," Fain said. "Donald Trump, in his own words, when he had his reality TV show, The …

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‘Honored to have your back, and you have mine': Biden endorsed by United Auto Workers in election
11 months ago

‘Honored to have your back, and you have mine': Biden endorsed by United Auto Workers in election

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden picked up an endorsement from the United Auto Workers union Wednesday, an important boost to the Democratic president’s reelection bid as he pushes to sway blue-collar workers his way in critical auto-making swing states such as Michigan and Wisconsin. “He heard the call and he stood up and he showed up,” Fain said of Biden’s …

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Labour leaders push President Biden for Israel-Gaza ceasefire at US Capitol
1 year ago

Labour leaders push President Biden for Israel-Gaza ceasefire at US Capitol

Al Jazeera  

Union leaders spoke alongside progressive lawmakers, appealing to the Biden administration for an end to the fighting. Washington, DC – Influential labour leaders have joined progressive legislators in the United States Capitol to push the administration of President Joe Biden to support a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza. “This is the time for workers to leverage our labour power and electoral …

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For Labor Unions, 2023 Was the Year of the Strike—and Big Victories
1 year ago

For Labor Unions, 2023 Was the Year of the Strike—and Big Victories

Live Mint  

2023 was a remarkable year for the U.S. labor movement. According to Cornell ILR’s Labor Action Tracker, as of Oct. 31, there were 354 strikes in 2023 involving roughly 492,000 workers—nearly eight times the number of workers involved in strikes for the same period in 2021 and nearly four times the number for the same period 2022. Issues such as …

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UAW to launch unionizing drive at 13 carmakers, including Tesla and Toyota
1 year ago

UAW to launch unionizing drive at 13 carmakers, including Tesla and Toyota

LA Times  

The United Auto Workers union announced plans Wednesday to try to simultaneously organize workers at more than a dozen nonunion auto factories. The United Auto Workers union is launching simultaneous, public organizing campaigns at more than a dozen automakers including Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen and Tesla, an audacious effort to capitalize on recent contract victories and reverse labor’s decades-long decline …

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The UAW's decade-long fight to form a union at VW's Chattanooga plant : Planet Money
1 year, 2 months ago

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

NPR  

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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More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows
1 year, 2 months ago

More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, an AP-NORC poll shows

Associated Press  

A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s Big Three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more mixed, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That’s better for the consumers.” The United Auto Workers went on strike Sept. 15 against Ford, General Motors …

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The auto workers’ strike enters its 4th week. The union president urges members to keep up the fight
1 year, 2 months ago

The auto workers’ strike enters its 4th week. The union president urges members to keep up the fight

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The president of the United Auto Workers and other labor leaders headlined a rally Saturday in Chicago to maintain union members’ support for a strike against Detroit automakers that is now in its fourth week. UAW President Shawn Fain, using language that has become familiar over the past month, portrayed the strike a pivotal moment for organized labor …

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Autoworkers pause expansion of strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession
1 year, 2 months ago

Autoworkers pause expansion of strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession

LA Times  

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, shown in a photo last week, on Friday said that no plants would be added to the strikes after a concession from GM to bring electric vehicle battery plants into the union’s national contract. The United Auto Workers union said Friday that it will not expand its strikes against Detroit’s three automakers after General …

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Five UAW workers injured in hit-and-run at Michigan picket line outside GM factory
1 year, 2 months ago

Five UAW workers injured in hit-and-run at Michigan picket line outside GM factory

The Independent  

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President Biden joins striking autoworkers in Michigan, backs 40% pay raise
1 year, 2 months ago

President Biden joins striking autoworkers in Michigan, backs 40% pay raise

India Today  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan, supporting their call for a 40% pay raise and saying they deserve a "lot more" than they are getting. Biden's appearance, the first visit by a U.S. president to striking workers in modern history, comes a day before Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for president, will …

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Trump visits Michigan autoworkers a day after Biden, ramping up 2024 race
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump visits Michigan autoworkers a day after Biden, ramping up 2024 race

Al Jazeera  

Back-to-back visits underscore significance of working-class vote in key states during the US presidential election. Former United States President Donald Trump has travelled to Michigan to court striking auto-workers, just one day after President Joe Biden walked the picket line in Detroit to show support for their labour union. The back-to-back visits underscore the significance of so-called Rust Belt battleground …

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Why the US embraced 'strike culture'
1 year, 2 months ago

Why the US embraced 'strike culture'

BBC  

How 'strike culture' took hold in the US in 2023 Hundreds of thousands of US workers have walked off the job this year. On 14 September, when members of the United Auto Workers union walked off the job at three Midwest auto factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, it seemed a fitting way for the US labour movement …

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