by Justin | Feb 14, 2022 | American Prospect, Oshkosh, UAW Local 578
Oshkosh Defense plans to move the facility producing the vehicles to the anti-union state of South Carolina, away from the United Auto Workers–organized employees of Oshkosh in northeastern Wisconsin. Oshkosh told UAW workers for years that the USPS contract would not...
by Justin | Feb 11, 2022 | Autoworkers, General Motors, Labor History, Organizing, UAW History
White Shirt Day was started in 1948 by Sit-Down Striker Bert Christensen, as a way to remind the younger workers just what the veterans had gone through to win them health care, job security, paid vacations, and pensions. During the strike, GM cut off the heat in the...
by Justin | Feb 10, 2022 | CHNI, UAW Local 180, UAW Local 807
According to statements from union officials, United Auto Workers will begin negotiating a 6-year contract with CNH Industrial in early April of this year. UAW International Director of Public Relations Brian Rothenberg confirmed in an email that the union’s...
by Justin | Feb 10, 2022 | GEO-UAW Local 1596, UMass Boston
UMass Boston’s Graduate Employee Organization remains deadlocked in a drawn-out and intense bargaining process with the university for improved compensation, job security and more general support for GEO members. Since last speaking with The Mass Media in December, a...
by Justin | Feb 10, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, ELMS, UAW Local 5
MISHAWAKA, Ind. (WNDU) – The company that builds electric vehicles in Mishawaka found itself on the front page of the Wall Street Journal this week.In September, all appeared to be fine as the first electric delivery van of Electric Last Mile Solutions rolled...