During the economic crisis in 2007, the United Auto Workers was forced to accept two-tiered contracts to keep factories open. These contracts created a second pay scale for new employees.
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.
This is a depressing story. Pro-union forces in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama are asking the United Auto Workers to stop organizing there because the UAW won't bring the election.
The UAW is continuing to organize the South after its catastrophic defeat in Chattanooga. It is targeting a Mississippi Nissan plant. Unlike Volkswagen, Nissan is fighting the union. The difference.
On March 5, 1972, the workers at General Motors' plant in Lordstown, Ohio went on strike after authorizing it two days prior. They were angry about sped-up work at their.
Great reporting here detailing the coordinated anti-UAW campaign between the right-wing Norquist forces and anti-union workers inside the plant. In part: While the UAW has focused much of its post-election.
The United Auto Workers lost its attempt to unionize the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga after Tennessee politicians interfered to defeat the vote when VW acquiesced to unionization. In a defeat.
The response of Tennessee Republicans to the UAW organizing campaign with Volkswagen approval in Chattanooga lays bare just how much the Republican Party hates organized labor: A state senator said.
