Category: UAW

Union Workers Make Safety Complaints at GM’s Electric Vehicle Plant

Union workers at a General Motors electric vehicle plant have been complaining of safety issues. Workers at a GM Ultium electric vehicle plant confronted caught a defective battery on fire late last month, reported the Financial Times. According to the fire department in Lordstown, Ohio, the factory workers were able to put it out, with two people…


UC Workers Agree to Mediation in Hopes of Resolving Strike

LOS ANGELES—The union representing striking University of California graduate student workers agreed Dec. 9 to enter into a mediation process in hopes of resolving a stalemate in negotiations with the university system. “We feel that in order to make progress, it is time for somebody else to step in,” Tarini Hardikar, a member of the…


UC Teachers, Workers Ready to Strike at Campuses Across California

Thousands of unionized teachers and researchers at University of California campuses across the state are planning to strike beginning Nov. 14 citing unfair working conditions. About 36,500 union members, represented by the United Auto Workers—an international union representing workers in a variety of sectors, from hospitals to universities—voted overwhelmingly to approve the strike Nov. 2….


UC Workers Ready to Strike at Campuses Across California

Thousands of unionized workers at University of California campuses across the state are planning to strike beginning Nov. 14 citing unfair working conditions. About 36,500 union members, represented by the United Auto Workers—an international union representing workers in a variety of sectors, from hospitals to universities—voted overwhelmingly to approve the strike Nov. 2. Teachers, researchers,…


Democrats ‘Would Rather Tesla Was Dead Than Be Alive And Non-Unionized’: Elon Musk

Elon Musk, in a recently released video, has again called out the Biden administration over its alleged bias against his flagship company Tesla because it is non-unionized. “The current Democratic Party does not support Tesla because it is not unionized,” Musk said during a lengthy late May interview, part of which was released on June 15….


10,000 John Deere Workers Go On Strike After Rejecting Contract

About 10,000 unionized workers at the agriculture equipment maker Deere & Company went on strike in the early hours of Thursday morning, saying that the company failed to present a contract proposal that met the United Auto Workers (UAW) union members’ “demands and needs.” “Our members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn…


Tesla, Toyota Spar With Ford, UAW Over EV Tax Bill

WASHINGTON—Toyota Motor Corp. and Tesla clashed with Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union over a proposal by Democrats in the U.S. House to give union-made, U.S.–built electric vehicles an additional $4,500 tax incentive. In a letter to Congress, Toyota said the plan discriminates against nearly half of American autoworkers who do…


Fiat Chrysler to Plead Guilty, Pay $30 Million to Resolve US Criminal Labor Probe

WASHINGTON—Fiat Chrysler reached an agreement to settle a criminal probe by U.S. prosecutors into alleged illegal payments to now-former United Auto Workers (UAW) officials by former company employees. Fiat Chrysler, which is now part of Stellantis NV said it had agreed to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to violate the Labor Management…