by Justin | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
“In the face of the greatest worker health crisis in recent history, OSHA, the lead government agency responsible for worker health and safety, has not fulfilled its responsibilities.” Read the article here.
by Justin | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The ex-president of United Auto Workers Local 1112 is running to become director of the UAW’s region encompassing Ohio and Indiana, an executive board-level seat departed by Youngstown native Rich Rankin amid harassment claims. Dave Green put delegates in Region 2-B...
by Justin | Aug 1, 2020 | UAW Local 2110, Uncategorized
A complaint by UAW Local 2110 on behalf of the staffers accuses the museum of laying off workers without notice or severance and withholding information from the union. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jul 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
In late June, John Deere announced in statement that 82 workers in Davenport would be facing lay-offs starting in early August. It’s not clear why they changed their mind, but officials went on to say that the workers were informed last week that the lay-offs...
by Justin | Jul 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
In theory, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 protects people against retaliation for the kinds of organizing the fired Amazon workers were doing, much as the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects them against discrimination on the basis of race or sex. In practice,...
by Justin | Jun 30, 2020 | Auto News, Ford, Social Issues, UAW Local 1219, Uncategorized
Workers organized two protests at Ford Motor Co.’s engine plant in Lima, Ohio, on June 19. One was a picket at shift change made up primarily of Black workers, objecting both to blatant racial insults and to a hierarchy that they allege keeps Black employees...
