September 18, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Reuters, September 17, 2019) BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — General Motors Co shifted health insurance costs for its striking workers to the United Auto Workers union as its members walked the picket line for the second day on Tuesday. Full story:...
September 17, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Wired.com, September 17, 2019) NEW YORK — When United Automobile Workers members walked off the job at 33 General Motors sites around the US on Sunday morning, perhaps the most … striking detail was that they only numbered 46,000. The last time the UAW’s GM...
September 17, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: CNBC, September 16, 2019) DETROIT — The music and chants from outside a General Motors assembly plant at midnight Monday could be heard from several blocks away as United Auto Workers members picketed the plant. Full story: CNBC
September 16, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 15, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa about the United Auto Workers’ (UAW’s) decision to strike at General Motors (GM) tonight....
September 16, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: CNN Business, September 16, 2019) NEW YORK — The United Auto Workers union went out on strike against General Motors Sunday night, the first work stoppage in the US auto industry in 12 years. The union’s nearly 50,000 hourly fulltime and temporary...
August 15, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Dallas Morning News, August 13, 2019) DALLAS, Texas — Fresh off a federal court victory, American Airlines is demanding that the mechanics’ unions pay for hundreds of flight delays and cancellations over the last two months. Full story: Dallas Morning...
July 18, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: CNBC, July 15, 2019) DEARBORN, Mich. — Billions of dollars in investments and the viability of the U.S. auto industry are on the line this year as the Big Three Detroit automakers kick off negotiations with the United Auto Workers union with a ceremonial...
July 17, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Forbes.com, July 11, 2019) NEW YORK — A federal judge in Fort Worth has told the two unions representing American Airlines’ mechanics to begin fining their own members if their actions cause flight delays or cancellations in violation of his order...
June 13, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) press release, June 12, 2019) ERIE, Pa. — The members of UE Locals 506 and 618 ratified the first four-year contract agreement with their new employer, Wabtec. The ratification comes on the back of...
June 7, 2019 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: www.yourerie.com, June 6, 2019) ERIE, Pa. — Wabtec Corporation and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America Local 506 and 618 today reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with good wages and benefits, pending ratification...
