The union averted a small-scale strike at a Ford factory, but tensions with Stellantis have not eased.
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Union voters are particularly significant in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Nevada, three swing states where the share of voters who belong to unions is above average.
The loss in Alabama doesn’t mean the UAW is done winning in the South.
The Mercedes auto workers will vote on union membership in mid-May.
VINs can tell a story if you know what to look for.
Despite making similar efforts for decades, the UAW union had never before managed to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in a Southern state like Tennessee.
The new rule isn’t a mandate for electric vehicles, but it will sharply increase their market share over the coming decade.
Despite intermittent efforts over the past three decades, the UAW union has been unable to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in states such as Alabama and Tennessee.
On March 7, workers at the Ford Rouge River plant marched for better working conditions, sparking America’s labor movement. Almost a century later, a quiet park honors their memory.
‘Winning’ in negotiations isn’t always the best approach.
In close races, support from the United Auto Workers and the rest of organized labor could prove decisive.
Two labor scholars argue that the balance of power between workers and employers, which has been tilted toward employers for nearly a half-century, is beginning to shift.
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.
Building an auto industry for the future that serves the needs of workers, companies and consumers alike will require innovative partnerships between the union and management.
A work stoppage hitting the three largest American automakers at the same time is unprecedented.
When unions amass large sums of money to parcel out to workers, it can give them more leverage in negotiations with employers.
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.
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