by Justin | Jan 21, 2022 | Autoworkers, Detroit Free Press, General Motors, UAW Local 2164
The 1,300 hourly workers at the plant, located about an hour north of Nashville, have been without a local union contract for two years.But they recently rejected the plant management’s latest offer because of outstanding demands that local union leaders say...
by Justin | Jan 20, 2022 | Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes, Mike Parker
Mike Parker, the author of four Labor Notes books and a close supporter and key strategist throughout our 43-year history, died January 15 of pancreatic cancer. He will be hugely missed—remembered as a brilliant thinker, a humble and dedicated movement-builder, and a...
by Justin | Jan 20, 2022 | Labor Notes, Mike Parker
Parker’s book– Inside the Circle — acknowledged that employer invitations to “participate” were often quite well received, initially, because they appealed to “workers’ best instincts—to do a good job, to be part of a group, to make a contribution.”...
by Justin | Jan 19, 2022 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Student Workers of Columbia
The recently concluded negotiations between Columbia University and its graduate students/workers, ending a months-long strike by PhD students, serves as an object lesson in how the modern, private university no longer embodies the higher calling touted by Bollinger....
by Justin | Jan 19, 2022 | General Motors, Jalopnik, UAW Local 2164
According to the Bowling Green Daily News, 98 percent of the factory’s production workers and 97 percent of its skilled trades workers voted against GM’s most recent proposal for failing to meet the union’s demands. The big issue is GM’s reliance on outsourcing a...
