Members’ Voice: Absenteeism: Here’s What the Company Gets Wrong.

by UAWD | Jun 14, 2024 | June '24, Members Voice

This article was published in the June 2024 edition of UAWD’s newsletter, Members Voice. Read the full newsletter here. by NICK LIVICK, UAW Local 31 — Management loves to blame workers for absenteeism. They say we don’t want to work anymore and that we...

Members’ Voice: Stellantis Department Shakeup: Time to Attack Health & Safety Issues?

by UAWD | Jun 14, 2024 | June '24, Members Voice

This article was published in the June 2024 edition of UAWD’s newsletter, Members Voice. Read the full newsletter here. by BEN HINSEY, UAW Local 12 — Since the contract ratification, Stellantis has been trying to demoralize us. They have used the safety policies...

Members’ Voice: UAW Workers at DTNA in North Carolina Win Big through Strike Threat

by UAWD | Jun 14, 2024 | June '24, Members Voice

This article was published in the June 2024 edition of UAWD’s newsletter, Members Voice. Read the full newsletter here. by BEN SMITH, UAW Local 5287 — On the evening of Saturday, May 4 thousands of UAW workers at Daimler Truck North America received text...

Let’s Get our Leverage Back: Forced Overtime for Lost Units Only Helps the Company

by UAWD | Mar 18, 2024 | March '24, Members Voice

This article was published in the March 2024 edition of UAWD’s newsletter, Members Voice. Read the full newsletter here. Eight. Consecutive. Saturdays. That is the current production schedule at GM’s Wentzville Assembly, home to one of the original “Stand-Up”...

Strike Threat at Allison Transmission Strips Out Tiers: What’s in the Agreement They Won?

by UAWD | Mar 18, 2024 | March '24, Members Voice

This article was adapted from Luis Feliz Leon’s in Labor Notes and published in the March 2024 edition of UAWD’s newsletter, Members Voice. Read the full newsletter here. 1,500 autoworkers in Indianapolis made their New Year’s resolution public: unless...

Productivity Gains Mean Job Cuts: Beating the Man with the Stopwatch at GM

by UAWD | Mar 18, 2024 | March '24, Members Voice

This article was published in the March 2024 edition of UAWD’s newsletter, Members Voice. Read the full newsletter here. It’s mid-shift, and you’ve noticed a clean-cut, shiny-shoes, fresh-slacks supervisor with their stopwatch, ready to time every...