by Justin | Jan 25, 2022 | Jacobin, Organizing, Unions
Unions raise wages and benefits and increase job security. So, the fact that unionization rates are still in decline, despite some recent bright spots in worker militancy, is very bad news. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jan 24, 2022 | COVID-19, Graduate Workers, Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118
Harvard’s graduate student union presented University leaders with a list of grievances about the school’s updated spring Covid-19 protocols last week, calling for free high-quality masks and expanded testing. In a letter to administrators last Wednesday,...
by Justin | Jan 24, 2022 | Autoworkers, General Motors, Jonah Furman, UAW Local 2164, Who Gets the Bird
Workers who make the Corvette for GM in Bowling Green, KY are also on the strike path, but nothing immediate, as they’re under the national GM agreement in addition to their local negotiations. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jan 22, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Autoworkers, Detroit Free Press, General Motors, International Solidarity, Mexico
The UAW and AFL-CIO are calling on General Motors and the Mexico government to ensure upcoming union elections at a plant producing the profitable Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are fair and free of intimidation. The UAW is asking specifically that labor...
by Justin | Jan 21, 2022 | Accident Fund, Blue Cross Blue Shield, COVID-19, MLive, President Joseph Biden
The federal vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees created riffs in the workplace before it could even be implemented. On Thursday, Jan. 13 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the mandate for businesses but kept the healthcare mandate in place.While...
