The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has expressed concerns that government benefits given to major automakers for producing electric vehicles stay on the companies’ boards and do not reach workers’ wages. In a video posted on July 5, UAW President Shawn Fain said “the Big Three automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis—are taking billions of dollars…

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has expressed concern that U.S. government subsidies that have been steered to major automakers for producing electric vehicles haven’t improved workers’ wages. “The Big Three automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis—are taking billions of dollars in government subsidies to go electric, but those benefits aren’t trickling down to UAW members,” UAW…

The United Auto Workers (UAW), a labor union and major Democrat backer, has slammed the Biden administration for giving billions of dollars in funding for boosting electric vehicle (EV) production while traditional autoworkers would lose their jobs or be paid lower wages. “The federal government announced a massive $9.2 billion giveaway loan to Ford Motor…

Academic workers ratified their contract with the University of California (UC) just before the holidays, ending a six-week-long strike. United Auto Workers—the union representing UC academic workers—announced Dec. 23 its members voted to ratify UC’s contract for academic student employees and graduate student researchers. On Nov. 14, 48,000 researchers and student employees across all 10…

News Analysis Roughly 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have been on strike against Deere & Company, the parent company of farm and construction equipment maker John Deere, since midnight on Oct. 14. The strike is the largest of the pandemic era and also the largest private-sector walkout since the UAW’s action against General Motors in…

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…