How the UAW could still organize VW's Chattanooga plant
Filed under: Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, UAW/Unions The battle for the unionization of Volkswagen's Chattanooga factory is far from over. So say a number of labor experts who...
View ArticleUAW convention reignites talk of organizing VW Chattanooga plant
Filed under: Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, UAW/Unions Well that didn't last long. It appears that the struggle by the United Auto Workers to unionize the Volkswagen factory in...
View ArticleUAW approves first dues increase since 1967
Filed under: UAW/Unions For the first time in over 40 years, members of the UAW will be paying higher union dues. The passing of the controversial measure will see employees pay the equivalent of an...
View ArticleLego Mini Cooper coming in August [w/video]
Filed under: Classics, Videos, Hatchback, Mini, UAW/Unions, Toys/Games Lego isn't just for kids anymore. A while back, the company cleverly realized that adults liked its connecting blocks as much as...
View ArticleDennis Williams elected UAW president
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, UAW/Unions Back in 2010, on the day that Bob King was elected president of the United Auto Workers, replacing Ron Gettelfinger, Dennis Williams was elected...
View ArticleNew UAW boss Williams talks tough, vows 'no more concessions'
Filed under: Chrysler, Ford, GM, UAW/Unions Dennis Williams, the newly elected president of the UAW, had some tough words for American automakers in his inauguration speech at the 2014 UAW Convention,...
View ArticleUAW forming local union for VW Chattanooga workers
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, UAW/Unions While the UAW was defeated in a February election at Volkswagen's Chattanooga factory, it wasn't enough to deter the union from future attempts...
View ArticleGM Korea employees approve strike
Filed under: GM, UAW/Unions, South Korea Think the UAW is the only labor union that's angling to give General Motors headaches in the near term? Guess again. GM employees in South Korea's highly...
View ArticleUnifor may establish local union for Toyota's Canadian plants
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota, UAW/Unions, Canada Union tactics apparently translate across borders, as Canada's Unifor may take inspiration from the United Auto Workers' recent move at the...
View ArticleNLRB says Mercedes violated Alabama worker rights
Filed under: Sedan, SUV, Government/Legal, Mercedes-Benz, UAW/Unions, Luxury Mercedes-Benz has run afoul of the National Labor Relations Board after an administrative judge ruled that the company...
View ArticleUAW claims it's nearing majority at VW's Tennessee plant
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, UAW/Unions After a rollercoaster push by the United Auto Workers to unionize the workforce at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, TN ended in defeat in...
View ArticleFord worker files for UAW dues refund, stirs right-to-work debate
Filed under: Government/Legal, Ford, UAW/Unions Let's start with some history: Ford's Dearborn truck plant, part of the company's massive River Rouge complex, was the center of a strike in 1941 that...
View ArticleAnti-UAW VW workers move to form own union
Filed under: Volkswagen, UAW/Unions The struggle over unionization at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, TN, continues to get more complicated. There's now a second union fighting to organize at...
View ArticleUAW publishes 'Scab Report' in TN, worker retribution feared
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, GM, UAW/Unions A Tennessee UAW local has released a list singling out "scab" workers, raising concerns that union employees would seek retribution against non-union...
View ArticleVW Chattanooga plant very close to UAW representation
Filed under: Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, UAW/Unions After months of fighting from both sides, it looks like the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, TN, might unionize under the...
View ArticleToledo Jeep workers pushing city to buy land to secure Wrangler future
Filed under: SUV, Plants/Manufacturing, Jeep, UAW/Unions, Off-Road Based on what we've seen so far, were Chrysler to move Jeep Wrangler production out of Toledo, the effect would be devastating to the...
View ArticleMercedes Alabama ops ordered to allow workers to discuss unionization
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Mercedes-Benz, UAW/Unions A decision last week by the National Labor Relations Board has bolstered the efforts of the United Auto Workers at Mercedes-Benz's...
View ArticleGM lays off 450 at Lansing Grand River Assembly
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, Cadillac, GM, UAW/Unions General Motors will lay off 450 employees at its Lansing Grand River factory, The Detroit News reports, which is 100...
View ArticleVolkswagen officially grants access to UAW in Tennessee
Filed under: Sedan, Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, UAW/Unions An audit at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, TN has revealed that at least 45 percent of the facility's workers support...
View ArticleHere's what the UAW will be angling for in next year's contract negotiations
Filed under: Earnings/Financials, UAW/Unions The United Auto Workers union is about to enter a new round of negotiations with the Detroit Three automakers, and this time, the focus is on the end of the...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....