AROUND THE UAW
Corvette Assembly Line Workers Are Ready To Strike As Their Jobs Keep Getting Outsourced
According to the Bowling Green Daily News, 98 percent of the factory’s production workers and 97 percent of its skilled trades workers voted against GM’s most recent proposal for failing to meet the union’s demands. The big issue is GM’s reliance on outsourcing a...
Jonah Furman: The week in US unions, January 8-15, 2022
This week’s newsletter is in honor of Mike Parker, of the founding generation of Labor Notes, who passed away this weekend after a lifetime of labor and socialist organizing. I can’t think of a better way to honor his legacy than by spending some time with the...
Corvette plant workers at UAW Local 2164 reject local contract
The Chevrolet Corvette plant workers who make up Local 2164 sent an unmistakable message about the local contract last week, when 98% of the plant’s production workers and 97% of its skilled trades workers voted to reject an offer from plant management that didn’t...
Corvette C8 Plant Workers (UAW Local 2164) Prepare To Go On Strike
With 2023 Model Year production of the Bowling Green-assembled Corvette set to commence mid-year, Chevrolet is hoping to supply as many C8s to eager customers as possible, following setbacks caused by a tornado that tore through the factory and destroyed a great...
The UAW leader who helped MLK tie organized labor to broader civil rights movement
Strassel says both King and Reuther saw connections between the civil rights and labor movements, including shared priorities on issues like right to work and fair wages. Reuther's support for King started at an early point in his career. “Reuther put the resources...
Striking Workers at Columbia University Built a More Democratic Union and Won
As was the case in the John Deere strike last year, workers are growing increasingly confident in their ability to challenge the authority of their leadership, face down threats, and reject subpar tentative agreements in the hopes of reversing concessions or making...
GM workers at Mexico plant will vote on union Feb 1-2, govt says
Mexico's government said on Friday that a trade union vote at the General Motors Co (GM.N) plant in the central city of Silao will be held on Feb. 1-2 after workers voted last year to scrap their collective contract.GM workers will be asked to choose from four unions...
Student workers win big on both coasts
After 10 weeks on the picket line, student workers at Columbia University are claiming victory. The members of Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers Local 2110 voted to end their strike. They will spend the next two weeks discussing the details of their...
Do you know who your UAW delegates are?
Because delegates are still so important, now is the time to start assembling a slate of pro-reform delegates to run in your local.
New York’s Jewish Museum Staff Push to Unionize
New York’s Jewish Museum staff are the latest to join a wave of unionization drives in art institutions across the country. Yesterday, January 10, they filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) via representatives of Local...
