AROUND THE UAW
Art Handlers, Curators, and Other Workers at New York’s Jewish Museum Are Seeking to Form a Union
Workers at the Jewish Museum in New York are taking steps to unionize, becoming the latest in a long line of museum employees to make demands for collective bargaining. Curators, art handlers, educators, development and retail staff, and visitor experience employees...
Can you chip in to help SWC-UAW workers recover from their 10-week strike?
Can you donate to their hardship fund?
Jonah Furman: The week in US unions, January 1-8, 2022
The largest strike in the country is no more; the thousands of student workers with UAW Local 2110 striking Columbia University have won an agreement that includes some big ticket items like big raises, recognition of the entire bargaining unit, and third-party...
Opinion: Why manufacturing has seen the biggest spike in workers quitting
Manufacturing has weathered the biggest surge in workers quitting — a nearly 60 percent jump compared with pre-pandemic. No other industry has seen an increase like that. The reality is the sector no longer provides the good-paying jobs it once did. From 1976 to 2006,...
NY Times: Student Workers at Columbia End 10-Week Strike After Reaching a Deal
Student workers at Columbia University gave their tentative blessing on Friday to a new contract that raises their wages and improves their health benefits, ending a 10-week strike that disrupted some classes and strained relations with administrators. Those on both...
After reaching tentative agreement with University, SWC has voted to end strike
“I think everyone’s really celebrating. It’s been 10 hard weeks. There’s been a lot of personal sacrifice that people made for the greater good.”
250 fired from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and subsidiaries over COVID vaccine requirement
Two hundred and fifty people who worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its affiliates are out of a job because they didn't comply with its vaccine mandate. Amy Castinon of the UAW Amalgamated Local 2256, says seven union members in the Lansing branch of...
Columbia Reaches Tentative Agreement With SWC-UAW
Columbia University and the Student Workers of Columbia-UAW have reached a Tentative Agreement on a four-year labor contract. The Union has informed the university that its strike ended today at noon. Read the article here.
State’s Attorneys Office issued report on October death of striking UAW John Deere worker
The State’s Attorneys Office, Rock Island County released its official report on the death of a striking Deere worker in October. Richard Rich, 56, of Moline was killed October 27 after being struck by a car while striking for UAW against Deere and Company near a...
NLRB: Your Right to Discuss Wages
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the Act), employees have the right to communicate with other employees at their workplace about their wages.
