The union averted a small-scale strike at a Ford factory, but tensions with Stellantis have not eased.
- Professor Emeritus of Business, Wayne State University
In close races, support from the United Auto Workers and the rest of organized labor could prove decisive.
Wooing those workers will be expensive and require a lot of creativity, since many of them are employed in ‘right-to-work’ states.
Rank-and-file union members employed by the automakers have to ratify the new contracts before they become official.
The companies are making more generous offers, and the union is commanding support from the general public and the president of the United States.
Reuther was both ambitious and pragmatic, scoring many victories for autoworkers.
A strike would shake up the auto industry, even though both the union’s ranks and the share of the US automotive market controlled by GM, Ford and Stellantis have been shrinking for decades.
À quelques jours du mouvement des syndicats français contre la réforme des retraites, les experts de The Conversation vous proposent un panorama mondial de la mobilisation sociale.
With real wages in many countries having been stagnant for years, the inflation surge has brought unions back to life.
Workers have filed the most union petitions since 2015 and the number of strikes have surged, but whether this turns into a sustained increase in membership rates is still unclear.
Unions should move their focus away from traditional collective bargaining and instead embrace new ways to attract new members, such as by offering discounted benefits and engaging in more advocacy.
Joe Ricketts abruptly shut down DNAinfo and Gothamist after his employees voted to unionize. Is what he did legal? And how could similar events be prevented in the future?
Giving labor unions a financial stake in a company such as a newspaper can offer unique advantages that could benefit employees, society and the bottom line.
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