by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 2, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, President Joseph Biden, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, UAW Local 1268, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Lee Harris writes for the American Prospect: One of the more notable outcomes of the tentative contract agreement between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers, which earned workers 25 percent wage increases over four years, is the fate of a 5 million...
by Justin | Jan 21, 2022 | Accident Fund, Blue Cross Blue Shield, COVID-19, MLive, President Joseph Biden
The federal vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees created riffs in the workplace before it could even be implemented. On Thursday, Jan. 13 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the mandate for businesses but kept the healthcare mandate in place.While...
by Justin | Oct 29, 2021 | President Joseph Biden
The latest iteration of the bill released by House and Senate leaders Thursday would fine employers up to $50,000 for each “unfair labor practice,” and up to $100,000 in cases where a worker was illegally fired. An unfair labor practice ― commonly called a ULP ― is a...
by Justin | Jul 31, 2021 | Auto News, Electric Vehicles, Ford, General Motors, President Joseph Biden, Stellantis
The Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers are in discussions with officials in the Biden White House as it aims to broker a voluntary agreement to dramatically increase electric vehicle sales over the next decade. Read the article here.
by Justin | Apr 12, 2021 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, GSOC-UAW 2110, GWC-UAW 2110, Harvard University, HGSU - UAW Local 5118, New York University, Organizing, President Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden
Joe Biden’s ascension to the White House has precipitated a flurry of activity by graduate student unions at private universities across the country, some of whom had avoided certain organizing efforts during the Trump administration amid fears that their cases would...
by Justin | Apr 6, 2021 | Department of Labor, NLRB, President Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden
A new report by the nonpartisan US Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows why Biden was right to fire Robb—and to do so quickly. The GAO found that Robb was dismantling the agency from the inside. He reduced staff size, destroyed employee morale, and failed to...
