United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain had pointed words for a group of
Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers on Friday. The vote was a shocking and historic win that’s bound to further strengthen a rejuvenated organized labor movement. At the same time, it's sending political shockwaves throughout the South and putting Republicans on their back foot. Friday’s vote suggests that workers in Southern red states could be growing more interested in unionizing their workplaces — despite GOP efforts to paint unions as part...
Amanda YenNew York University faculty members joined the pro-Palestine
Amanda YenNew York University faculty members joined the pro-Palestine
Amanda YenNew York University faculty members joined the pro-Palestine
Amanda YenNew York University faculty members joined the pro-Palestine
Amanda YenNew York University faculty members joined the pro-Palestine
Amanda YenNew York University faculty members joined the pro-Palestine
4,326 workers at the Volkswagen facility were eligible to vote.
UAW President Shawn Fain says the tentative agreement is a “major victory for the members who build Freightliner and Western Star trucks and Thomas Built buses.”
The United Auto Workers said late Friday that Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have overwhelmingly voted to join the union — marking a major milestone for the labor organization and its first successful organizing drive of an automaker outside of Detroit’s Big Three. Union organizing passed with 73% of the vote, or 2,628 workers, in support for the UAW, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which oversaw the election. A total of roughly 3,620, or about 84%, of the 4,326...
Louisiana’s lawmakers are working tirelessly to write our comeback story and revive our economy. Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s January decision to hit pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects has been a major setback for our state’s economy and job market. The administration claims the pause would allow the government to take a step back and have a “hard look” at the impact of LNG on our economy and environment. But Louisiana families know the impact of a...