When the United Auto Workers (UAW) scored a victory in its strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis last year, the UAW announced a major campaign to organize workers at non-union auto assembly, parts, and battery plants. This article reports on an important breakthrough in this nationwide union organizing drive, at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where a union representation election is now set for April 17-19.
On the heels of the United Auto Workers (UAW) successful 2023 strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis, the UAW announced a major campaign to organize workers at non-union car, auto parts, and battery plants. This article reports on important progress at the Toyota engine plant in Troy, Missouri.
United Auto Workers (UAW) members who recently concluded a strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis scored a victory for the union and the working class. For the first time in many years, a nationwide strike by industrial workers resulted in a substantial improvement in wages and working conditions. That strengthens the UAW and the entire working class. It is proof that union power can achieve results.
On September 15, the United Auto Workers union (UAW) began a coordinated strike against the three major U.S. automakers. The UAW targeted one plant each at General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis, involving almost 13,000 workers. The union is acting to defend its members from the debilitating effects of the automakers’ decades-long campaign to slash the unionized workforce, drive down wages, and weaken the union by instituting a permanent two-tier wage and benefit system. This strike deserves the support of the entire labor movement and all working people.
In a November 17, 2021, vote, United Auto Workers (UAW) members at the major agricultural implements company John Deere approved a new contract and ended their month-long strike. The agreement, which covers some 10,000 workers in the U.S., was approved by a vote of 61% to 39%. The union ranks had rejected two previous contract offers.
United Auto Workers (UAW) members at John Deere, one of the giants of the agricultural machinery industry worldwide, struck the company on Thursday, October 14, for the first time in more than three decades. Over 10,000 workers are on strike at plants in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas. The Waterloo Courier reported the mood on the picket lines at entrances to the Deere plants there was “downright jovial.”