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UAW to vote on strike at Kentucky Corvette plant [UPDATE]
Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet, UAW/Unions UPDATE: Here's the official statement on the Bowling Green strike authorization, from Region 8 Director Gary...
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UAW workers at Corvette factory authorize strike
Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet, UAW/UnionsUAW members have voted nearly unanimously in favor of authorizing a strike at the General...
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Did hard feelings between GM and Delphi contribute to ignition-switch woes?
Filed under: GM, Earnings/Financials, UAW/Unions, Read This The Detroit News has lodged another exhibit in the attempt to reconstruct how General Motors used an ignition switch part that might not have...
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UAW drops appeal of VW Tennessee unionization vote
Filed under: Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, UAW/Unions The United Auto Workers' attempt to unionize Volkswagen's Chattanooga, TN, factory may be off the table for a while. Since...
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VW using other manufacturing locations as leverage in battle with TN [w/video]
Filed under: SUV, Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen, UAW/Unions We've reached a new step in the ongoing drama at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, TN. The United Auto Workers...
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UAW calls on US State Department to help with Nissan plant
Filed under: Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, Nissan, UAW/Unions The United Auto Workers is calling for reinforcements in its ongoing battle with Nissan at the manufacturer's Canton, MS factory,...
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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...
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UAW 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...
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UAW 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...
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Lego 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...
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Dennis 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...
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New 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,...
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UAW 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...
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GM 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...
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Unifor 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...
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NLRB 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...
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UAW 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...
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Ford 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...
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Anti-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...
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UAW 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...
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