by Justin | Feb 4, 2022 | Autoworkers, General Motors, International Solidarity, Maximillian Alvarez, Mexico, Real News Network
After years of struggle, thousands of auto workers at the massive General Motors plant in Silao, Mexico, just voted overwhelmingly for a more independent and democratic union. In this interview, recorded before the union election took place, TRNN Editor-in-Chief...
by Justin | Feb 3, 2022 | Autoworkers, Detroit News, General Motors, International Solidarity, Mexico
A new and independent union won the right to represent workers at General Motors Co.’s truck plant in Mexico — a sign that new North American free trade rules are bolstering the nation’s labor rights. The union, known as SINTTIA, won the vote by a wide margin,...
by Justin | Feb 3, 2022 | Oshkosh, Steven Greenhouse, The Guardian, UAW Local 578
Wisconsin residents cheered when Oshkosh Defense, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer, won a large contract to build a new generation of post office delivery vehicles – up to 165,000 – but now Wisconsinites are fuming about the company’s decision to produce those...
by Justin | Feb 1, 2022 | Autoworkers, Detroit Free Press, General Motors
In what may be a surprise for many UAW-represented workers at General Motors, the profit-sharing checks this year will top those they got last year despite a year plagued with production disruption due to the global shortage of semiconductor chips. On Tuesday,...
by Justin | Feb 1, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit Free Press, Direct Elections, One Member One Vote, Referendum Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal
United Auto Workers members will get the chance to have a direct say in who leads the union going forward. A federal judge signed off Monday on the results of the referendum election held last year as a result of the deal with the government resulting from the...
by Justin | Jan 31, 2022 | Autoworkers, General Motors, International Solidarity, Jonah Furman, Mexico, Who Gets the Bird
This week will mark the potentially watershed union election at a GM plant in Silao, Mexico, as Dan DiMaggio and Luis Feliz Leon covered for Labor Notes. In the wake of domestic union democracy legislation and new labor protections under the USMCA, an independent...
