The United Auto Workers spiked the football after achieving what it called a “major victory” over Detroit’s Big Three automakers last year. The strike that led to its victory dance resulted in thousands of layoffs and what will no doubt be stagnant job growth in the domestic car making industry for years to come. Some […]
UAW Vice President Rich Boyer pushed back against President Shawn Fain’s decision to strip him of his oversight of the union’s Stellantis Department and had urged Fain to reconsider after Fain laid out his concerns about Boyer’s leadership. The back and forth came in two letters obtained by the Free Press, one from Boyer to […]
Shawn Fain in his first year as UAW president received a total of $228,872 from the union in salary and other payments. The total includes a gross salary before deductions of $198,526 and $2,835 in personal use of the union’s Black Lake conference center facilities in Onaway, Michigan, according to the union’s LM-2 form, an […]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is seeking a new election at a Mercedes-Benz vehicle plant in Alabama after losing a vote there last week, according to a petition filed on Friday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The union accused Mercedes of engaging “in a relentless anti-union campaign” including the firing of employees […]
By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is seeking a new election at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama after losing a vote there last week, according to a petition filed on Friday with the National Labor Relations Board. The union accused Mercedes of engaging “in a relentless anti-union campaign” including the […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The United Auto Workers on Friday accused Mercedes of interfering in a union election at two Alabama factories by intimidating and coercing workers into voting no. A week after Mercedes workers voted against joining the union, the labor group filed an objection with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a new […]
Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories in Alabama have voted against joining the United Auto Workers, the largest autoworkers union in the U.S., a blow to an effort to strengthen the presence of organized labor in the South. The Friday vote was seen as a bellwether for the ability of newly resurgent labor groups to successfully […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against joining the United Auto Workers on Friday, a setback in the union’s drive to organize plants in the historically nonunion South. The workers voted 56% against the union, according to unofficial totals released by the UAW, which had people watching […]
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Members of the United Auto Workers on Saturday ratified a new labor contract with Daimler Truck that includes at least a 25% general wage increase over the four-year deal. The vote was 94.5% in favor of the new contract, which covers more than 7,300 hourly UAW workers after a tentative agreement […]
In an historic moment for working people in the South, several thousand Volkswagen workers recently voted to unite in a union with the United Auto Workers. The Chattanooga victory comes despite harsh corporate campaigns and the efforts of six Southern governors to crush and intimidate the workers. Previous tries to unionize failed, but something different […]
The UAW reached a deal with Daimler Truck late Friday, averting a strike shortly before the expiration of a contract covering an estimated 7,300 workers. Union President Shawn Fain announced the tentative agreement in a Facebook live session Friday night, saying it included wage increases and other wins, such as cost-of-living adjustments and profit-sharing. More: […]
After celebrating his union’s historic victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, told the Guardian that he is confident of more unionization wins at auto plants across the US, saying: “The workers at VW are the first domino to fall. “They have shown it is possible,” Fain […]