Trump Labor Board Upends Special Status of Union Stewards

by Justin | Sep 9, 2020 | General Motors, NLRB, President Donald Trump

On July 21 the Trump-appointed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) eliminated the special legal protections enjoyed by union grievance handlers for the past 70 years. In the interest of promoting workplace “civility,” the Board announced that employers will no...

GM Leads In Shipping Jobs To Mexico; Company Shifting Focus To China

by Justin | Sep 2, 2020 | Auto News, General Motors

General Motors is still shipping jobs overseas, President Trump’s Make America Great Again wishes be damned. The automaker was the number one company to ask for retraining assistance from the government due to jobs lost to offshoring, or imports, in 2019. GM is often...

GM is using salaried workers to fill holes at pickup plant — and UAW is outraged

by Justin | Aug 25, 2020 | Auto News, General Motors, UAW Local 2250

General Motors is using salaried employees to help build pickups at its Wentzville Assembly plant near St. Louis due to high absenteeism amid the coronavirus pandemic. The practice has the UAW outraged. The union has issued a warning to the automaker, accusing GM of...

GM presses ahead with appeal in racketeering suit against Fiat Chrysler

by Justin | Aug 18, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Auto News, FCA, General Motors, UAW Corruption Scandal

General Motors has filed notice of its expected appeal to reinstate the automaker’s racketeering lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The filing Monday follows by just a few days U.S. District Court Judge Paul Borman’s rejection of GM’s attempt...

Judge refuses to revive GM racketeering suit vs. FCA

by Justin | Aug 14, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Auto News, FCA, General Motors, UAW Corruption Scandal

New allegations that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV executives bribed United Auto Workers officials with tens of millions of dollars stashed in secret offshore bank accounts is “too speculative” and do not warrant reinstating a federal lawsuit, a judge said...

FCA calls claims it used offshore accounts to bribe UAW officials ‘despicable’

by Justin | Aug 10, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Auto News, FCA, General Motors, UAW Corruption Scandal

General Motors Co.’s accusations that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV used secret offshore bank accounts to bribe United Auto Workers officials is baseless and “despicable,” the Italian American automaker’s lawyer said Monday. In a federal court...