Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he thinks workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga made a mistake by voting to unionize under the United Auto Workers.
Persuading any Southern autoworkers to join a union had long been one of the U.S. labor movement’s most enduring challenges, despite persistent efforts by the UAW to organize this workforce. To be sure, the UAW already has members employed by Ford and General Motors at facilities in Kentucky, Texas, Missouri and Mississippi. However, the union More
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...
UAW workers have ratified a major labor agreement. Reuters reports: “Members of the United Auto Workers on Saturday ratified a new labor contract with Daimler Truck that includes at least a 25% general wage increase over the four-year deal. The vote was 94.5% in favor of the new contract, which covers more than 7,300 hourly… Source
The union organizing campaign at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, AL is still alive and could be headed to another election. NPR reports: “It could have been the first unionized Amazon warehouse in America. Now, three years later, workers are waiting to learn whether they’ll get a third shot at a union election. A sweeping, monthslong… Source
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 Federal Trade Commission issued a new rule Tuesday imposing a nationwide ban on noncompete agreements that prevent employees from quitting their jobs and going to work for “competitor” companies. The rule doesn’t go into full effect for 120 days, but existing noncompetes are now unenforceable for most workers. Also on Tuesday, the Department of Labor issued a new rule requiring mandatory overtime pay for an estimated 4 million salaried workers. Employees earning under $58,700 a year will...
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM's home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. A decisive majority of the Volkswagen workers employed at a factory in
Matt Wrack, the president of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has told The Independent that a crunch meeting has been arranged with Starmer over reports Labour’s workers rights policy document has “been watered down”.
Workers at a Chattanooga VW plant voted 3-to-1 to join the UAW, a choice Tennessee's governor called "a mistake."
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain had pointed words for a group of
Officials of the United Auto Workers and Chattanooga Volkswagen have issued a joint statement pledging ongoing cooperation.