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...
by Justin | Jun 22, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Education, General Motors, UAW History, Uncategorized
The strike itself is sometimes actually part of the strategy to control the workers – albeit a costly one. A fascinating series of articles in the Wall Street Journal described “union-management cooperation” to get the workers back to work and build...
by Justin | May 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Pittsburgh Glass Works is closing its Evansville facility, resulting in the loss of about 360 jobs. PGW, a division of Vitro, makes automotive glass. Its Evansville plant, which employs about 360 people, is off U.S. 41 North, at 424 E. Inglefield...
by Justin | May 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Some staffers suspect the cuts relate to a recent effort to unionize the student health services office. “Across the university, other furloughed workers are mainly those who genuinely cannot work remotely,” wrote members of ACT-UAW Local 7902, the union representing...
by Justin | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, April 29, Harvard Graduate Student Union (HGSU) members held a virtual press conference to demand for university support and the administration’s commitment to stable pay and benefits amidst the current coronavirus pandemic. They argued that, in order to...
by Justin | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Think one person can change the world?” was repeated to us countless times throughout the process of applying to Oberlin. Oberlin has repeatedly promised us that it cultivates a community where we can learn to make change, and yet now we see the College actively...
