The latest in the United Auto Workers' negotiations with the Big Three is pretty interesting. As I discussed earlier, the UAW forged an agreement with Chrysler that at least rolls.
Between 2007 and 2009, the American auto industry was on the verge of collapse, with GM and Chrysler requiring government assistance to stay afloat. The industry took advantage of this.
Slaves, Montgomery, Alabama, 1861 Harold Meyerson overstates his argument on the Southern economy as the point of low-wage capitalist production both before the Civil War and today, but he makes.
On January 5, 1914, Henry Ford announced his famous $5 a day wage to his workers. Ford is often lauded for his efforts here and he was surely forward-thinking in.
As I stated earlier, I don't necessarily see the UAW-Volkswagen agreement as a major victory. It's certainly a positive thing for the workers involved, but as something to celebrate, I'm.
As most of you know by now, Volkswagen and the United Auto Workers came to an agreement to create a union local in the company's Chattanooga plant to represent the.
On April 12, 1934, workers at the Electric Auto-Lite Company in Toledo walked off the job in a strike that united unionized labor and the unemployed, creating a social movement.
Lydia DePillis has a typically great story on conditions within the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. Nissan now subcontracts a majority of its employees. Those employees make half as much.
