by Justin | Dec 9, 2021 | ACLU, Law 360, Legal Workers, NOLSW-UAW Local 2320
A National Labor Relations Board official ordered a representation election at an Illinois ACLU-affiliated organization in which attorneys and other staff members will vote on whether to be represented by a United Auto Workers-affiliated union. Read the article...
by Justin | Dec 9, 2021 | Education, Labor Notes, Organizing
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by Justin | Dec 8, 2021 | Autoworkers, Detroit News, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, UAW Local 5960
General Motors Co. plans to invest $160 million at its Orion Assembly plant for construction of a new battery pack assembly line, The Detroit News has learned, suggesting to experts the facility could be the next plant transitioned to build the automaker’s new...
by Justin | Dec 8, 2021 | Jonah Furman, Who Gets the Bird
For Labor Notes, I reported on the once-in-a-generation breakthrough in the UAW, where members overwhelmingly won the right to elect top officers. This is the end of a decades-long road to win this right (which members have fought for since at least the early 80s),...
by Justin | Dec 8, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, In These Times, Student Workers of Columbia
The dispute over whether the university can legally hire permanent replacements for the strikers centers on competing visions of what type of strike is happening. The union says that it is out on an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, in which case it would be illegal...