Workers & Unions

[embedded content] ARLINGTON, Texas – On Tuesday morning, 5,000 members at Arlington Assembly joined the Stand Up Strike, shutting down production at General Motors’ largest plant and biggest moneymaker. The workers who make some of GM’s most profitable vehicles, the Chevy Tahoe, Chevy Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade, are joining the unprecedented Stand Up Strike against all […]

ARLINGTON, Texas – On Tuesday morning, 5,000 members at Arlington Assembly joined the Stand Up Strike, shutting down production at General Motors’ largest plant and biggest moneymaker. The workers who make some of GM’s most profitable vehicles, the Chevy Tahoe, Chevy Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade, are joining the unprecedented Stand Up Strike against all three of

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – On Monday morning, 6,800 UAW members at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) joined the Stand Up Strike, shutting down production at Stellantis’ largest plant and biggest moneymaker. The workers who make Stellantis’ best-selling RAM 1500 trucks are joining the unprecedented Stand Up Strike at all three of the Big Three automakers. The move comes

[embedded content] On Friday, October 20, UAW President Shawn Fain gave an update on the progress of Big Three contract negotiations. You can view the slides used during the presentation at the bottom of this post. FAIN ON THE CURRENT STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS “We’ve looked at the companies’ proposals. We’ve costed their offer. And in

DETROIT—Thousands of union casino workers are on strike today after months of full-table negotiations and meetings by department failed to result in a deal with the city’s three casinos. The workers, represented by the Detroit Casino Council (DCC), are seeking contract improvements after years of pandemic hardship, but casino management remains unwilling to deliver a

Workers at Alamo Drafthouse, the movie theater chain known for dine-in service and strict policies on etiquette, have voted to unionize at the Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan venues in elections held Friday, September 29th and Thursday, October 12th, respectively. In Manhattan, 65% of Alamo employees voted in favor of unionizing with United Auto Workers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In an unannounced move, 8,700 UAW members walked off the job today at 6:30 p.m. ET, shutting down Ford Motor Company’s iconic and extremely profitable Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. The strike was called by UAW President Shawn Fain and Vice President Chuck Browning after Ford refused to make further movement in bargaining.

[embedded content] DETROIT – The UAW has just released a video showing that Big Three CEOs make far more than their counterparts at rival automakers and can easily afford the union’s demands. The new video, “Competition,” shows that average pay last year for the CEOs at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis was $25 million — five

Sacramento – UAW members are disappointed to hear that Governor Newsom has vetoed Assembly Bill 504 (Reyes), which passed both chambers of the Legislature earlier this year. AB 504 would have prohibited contract language restricting public-sector workers’ right to honor each other’s picket lines, an important step towards making the collective bargaining process work as

Workers from Stellantis rallied with UAW leaders and local city officials yesterday at Manz Field in Detroit to demand the end of the exploitive supplemental employee system utilized at the automaker. UAW Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock, Vice President Rich Boyer, and Region 1 Director LaShawn English attended the event to offer their solidarity and support to