by Justin | Jan 7, 2022 | Blue Cross Blue Shield, COVID-19, UAW Local 2256
Two hundred and fifty people who worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its affiliates are out of a job because they didn’t comply with its vaccine mandate. Amy Castinon of the UAW Amalgamated Local 2256, says seven union members in the Lansing branch...
by Justin | Jan 7, 2022 | Columbia Spectator, Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Student Workers of Columbia
Columbia University and the Student Workers of Columbia-UAW have reached a Tentative Agreement on a four-year labor contract. The Union has informed the university that its strike ended today at noon. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jan 5, 2022 | John Deere, UAW Local 79
The State’s Attorneys Office, Rock Island County released its official report on the death of a striking Deere worker in October. Richard Rich, 56, of Moline was killed October 27 after being struck by a car while striking for UAW against Deere and Company near a...
by Justin | Jan 4, 2022 | Collective Bargaining, Department of Labor, Education, NLRB, Organizing
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the Act), employees have the right to communicate with other employees at their workplace about their wages.
by Justin | Jan 4, 2022 | Postdoctoral Researchers, Student Researchers, UAW Local 4121, University of Washington, UW Researchers United
On Monday, Dec. 21, a majority of UW’s 1,500 researchers filed their representation petition with the Public Employment Relations Commission seeking to be certified as a new bargaining unit with UAW Local 4121, which represents more than 6,000 Academic Student...