AROUND THE UAW
More than 20 unvaccinated workers from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, AF Group placed on unpaid leave
More than 20 union workers at Blue Cross Blue Shield and one of its subsidiaries are now on unpaid leave because they didn’t meet the company’s requirement to get the Covid vaccine.Labor attorney Shawndrica Simmons says, if a company has federal contracts, it's...
GM’s Factory ZERO helps fix Corvette plant after tornado rips through
The second shift at General Motors Bowling Green Assembly in Kentucky ended late Friday and some 400 workers filed out into the night. But 20 or 30 remained inside the plant when, in the early morning hours Saturday, alarms inside the factory sounded. The workers knew...
UC recognizes Student Researchers United union of 17K workers
The university agreed Wednesday to recognize Student Researchers United, or SRU, a union representing 17,000 student researchers employed by the UC system. The decision came after nearly 11,000 student researchers across the state voted Nov. 19 to authorize a strike....
Auto News: UAW members wise to vote for direct elections
Undoubtedly, such a strong showing in favor of direct election is a sharp repudiation of the union's Administrative Caucus, the self-perpetuating cabal that has run the UAW for decades and included some leaders who illegally enriched themselves to the detriment of...
GM halts Corvette output after tornado causes fire at Kentucky plant
General Motors' Chevrolet Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Ky., will be down this week for repairs after a tornado started a fire at the plant early Saturday, the automaker said. Several tornadoes tore through six states Friday and Saturday, killing more than 90...
Work Stoppage Podcast: Interview with a SWC-UAW organizer
On a very special interview episode of Work Stoppage, we were lucky enough to be joined by Charlie, a PhD student and organizer with Student Workers of Columbia, who are currently engaged in the largest strike in the country. We discuss the history of student worker...
Jonah Furman: The week in US unions, December 4-11, 2021
Having rejected a new tentative agreement, Kellogg’s workers are digging in for an even longer haul, as the company moves to permanently replace the 1400 striking BCTGM members in Omaha, Memphis, Lancaster, PA, and Battle Creek, MI. Joe Biden was finally moved to...
Rank-and-file democracy wins in the UAW
The rank-and-file caucus United All Workers for Democracy built a broad, grassroots campaign to promote voter turnout for direct elections. A team of volunteers helped with phone banking, text banking, leafletting, social media outreach and generating media publicity....
Columbia Admin Claims Picket Line Violence but Three Indypendent Reporters Say They Saw None
On Thursday, Columbia Provost Mary Bryce issued a statement denouncing Wednesday’s action. She claimed that the picketers had subjected individuals trying to enter the campus to physical harassment and had caused several injuries. She provided no corroborating...
Blue Cross Blue Shield boots unvaccinated staffers in Lansing
At least two dozen unvaccinated employees at the Lansing offices of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Accident Fund were put on unpaid leave this week for failing to follow through with a company mandate to get their COVID-19 shots by Wednesday.“We’ve had...
