Here's a great collection of photos from the Flint Sit-Down Strike, an event that makes the mass poisoning of the Flint water by the state's governor still only the second most significant thing in the city's history.
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Given that public sector unions are going to be devastated in Friedrichs, new strategies are in order. I love what this UAW local is doing: A local United Auto Workers.
This story on the solidarity shown by Kohler's workers in their recent strike in which 94% of the workers voted yes for striking shows how counterproductive two-tiered contracts are for.
The latest in the United Auto Workers' negotiations with the Big Three is pretty interesting. As I discussed earlier, the UAW forged an agreement with Chrysler that at least rolls back the despised two-tiered wage system instituted when the car companies were near death at...
Between 2007 and 2009, the American auto industry was on the verge of collapse, with GM and Chrysler requiring government assistance to stay afloat. The industry took advantage of this.
During the economic crisis in 2007, the United Auto Workers was forced to accept two-tiered contracts to keep factories open. These contracts created a second pay scale for new employees.
As I stated earlier, I don't necessarily see the UAW-Volkswagen agreement as a major victory. It's certainly a positive thing for the workers involved, but as something to celebrate, I'm less than sure. Others however disagree (as they did in comments to the original post)....
As most of you know by now, Volkswagen and the United Auto Workers came to an agreement to create a union local in the company's Chattanooga plant to represent the.
This is a depressing story. Pro-union forces in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama are asking the United Auto Workers to stop organizing there because the UAW won't bring the election.
The UAW is continuing to organize the South after its catastrophic defeat in Chattanooga. It is targeting a Mississippi Nissan plant. Unlike Volkswagen, Nissan is fighting the union. The difference between the two campaigns is that in Mississippi, ministers are on the side of the...
While I'm pretty skeptical of UAW president Bob King's love affair with employee-management cooperation as the keystone of his union's approach, at least one point in his favor is Ford.
On March 5, 1972, the workers at General Motors' plant in Lordstown, Ohio went on strike after authorizing it two days prior. They were angry about sped-up work at their.