Mike Parker Knew Not to Trust the Boss

by Justin | Jan 31, 2022 | Autoworkers, FCA, Ford, General Motors, Jacobin, Mike Parker

In the 1980s, corporations began promoting “quality of work life” and “lean production” schemes as a win-win for workers and bosses. But autoworker Mike Parker insisted these schemes were about better exploiting workers and undermining...

Mexican Auto Workers to Choose New Union in Landmark Vote

by Justin | Jan 28, 2022 | Autoworkers, Dan DiMaggio, General Motors, International Solidarity, Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, Mexico

Workers at a massive General Motors plant in central Mexico will vote in a landmark election next week to decide which union will represent the plant’s 6,500 workers. A victory by the independent union there would be a big step toward breaking the stranglehold of the...

Jonah Furman: The week in US unions, January 15-22, 2022

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.

UAW, AFL-CIO push GM, Mexican government to safeguard workers ahead of union vote

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...

GM and local UAW at odds over contract at plant that makes the Corvette

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...

Corvette Assembly Line Workers Are Ready To Strike As Their Jobs Keep Getting Outsourced

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...