by Justin | Jul 24, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, General Motors, UAW Local 602
General Motors has confirmed that one employee at its Lansing-Delta Township plant in Michigan tested positive for COVID-19 this week. Speaking to local NBC affiliate WILX 10, a GM spokesperson said the person contracted COVID-19 while outside of work. The automaker...
by Justin | Jul 24, 2020 | COVID-19
Stamford residents should expect some changes in trash pickup and delays in road repairs, sidewalk repairs and snow plowing because of budget cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the mayor’s office. The mayor’s office said the service changes are due to...
by Justin | Jul 23, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, Ford
Confirmed COVID-19 cases are rising at Louisville’s two Ford plants, the Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant. A social media post Monday from KTP building chairman Allen Hughes said 20 coronavirus cases had been confirmed in his building, which had...
by Justin | Jul 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Social Issues, UAW Local 2325
Unions representing court workers and legal aid attorneys are calling on the city to hit the brakes on in-person court proceedings, arguing that they put workers, judges, and defendants at risk of contracting COVID-19. At a rally and march outside Brooklyn Supreme...
by Justin | Jul 21, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, Ford, UAW Local 862
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Nine more employees at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a memo sent to United Auto Workers Union employees. To date, more than 20 employees at the plant have tested positive...
by Justin | Jul 15, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, FCA, UAW Local 12
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Some workers at the Toledo Assembly Complex are are expressing concerns about their safety because of the COVID-19 crisis. The assembly lines were idled in March because of the pandemic, but workers have been back on the job since mid-May....
