"Going forward, the primary point of contact for graduate workers facing misconduct must be SGWU, and not University administrators. The Union must be able to empower graduate workers to seek real recourse regardless of the nature of the mistreatment," write Chloé Brault and Sophie Jean Walton.
The UAW accused Mercedes of illegal union busting tactics too but the automaker denies that
Workers in Tuscaloosa vote against bid to unionize, as UAW president Shawn Fain hails impact of campaign despite defeatThe United Auto Workers has failed in its effort to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s plans to build its membership in the southern states.The loss on Friday comes amid the UAW’s ambitious union-organizing campaign to organize 150,000 non-union auto workers around the US. Continue reading
On Monday, thousands of Mercedes Benz workers began the voting process in Vance to potentially join the UAW Union.
Two weeks ago, workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory voted for United Auto Workers representation. Much has been written about how "historic" this decision is. The Chattanooga plant makes VW the frst foreign-owned car manufacturer in the South to unionize. What isn't being discussed: How big government and big labor colluded to sway the vote and why VW employees are likely to regret it. The union successfully organized Volkswagen’s Pennsylvania facility in 1978. Years of...
Workers at the Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa, Ala., have taken a different course than employees of Chattanooga Volkswagen.
VANCE, Ala. (WIAT) — After a week of voting in a tight race, the workers at Mercedes-Benz's Alabama plant have opted against unionizing its shop. On Friday, workers at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International decided to not join the United Auto Workers union, with 56% of workers voting against the proposed union. Ultimately, the vote to unionize []
The results are a blow to the UAW's organizing efforts a month after the Detroit union won an organizing drive of Volkswagen plant workers in Tennessee.
The 2021 law, dubbed the Farmworkers Bill of Rights, allowed Colorado ag workers to unionize for the first time. But nearly three years later, the Denver cannabis operation remains the only success story.
More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote on May 13 through 17 on whether to join the United Auto Workers, and German Read More
Union workers are feeling increasingly emboldened to reject tentative agreements as they fight to join the ranks of those benefiting from the recent wave of wage gains, experts say. “It's pretty clear to me that there is an uptick in workers rejecting agreements that have been recommended by their contract bargaining committees,” said Barry Eidlin, an associate professor of sociology at McGill University. It’s a sign that their expectations have risen significantly over the past few years,...
More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW. Workers faced intense anti-union messaging from Mercedes in the run-up.