The Washington Examiner reports that each year millions of dollars paid by union members end up in the pockets of family members of union bosses. The story lists a dozen unions who have been found to pay family members as much as six figures, as documented in union tax filings […]
BloombergLaw.com is reporting that a federal judge has ordered the United Auto Workers to turn over text messages and other documents the union has sought to deny providing to a federal monitor. Judge David Lawson of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan will require UAW President […]
A union representing staff at the United Auto Workers has called a strike action against the UAW after accusing them of engaging in more than a year of “bad faith bargaining.” UAW Staff United voted overwhelmingly in October to authorize a strike, seeking fair wages, job security, just cause protections, […]
Ohio television station WTOL is reporting that workers at a Jeep assembly plant have met with UAW President Shawn Fain to express their frustration at the more than 1,400 layoffs that leave them scrambling to find a new job during the holidays. The workers at the Toledo Assembly Complex and […]
Yahoo! Finance is reporting automaker Stellantis has announced layoffs of about 1,100 workers at a Toledo, Ohio plant. The job losses come after the cuts this year in both salaried and hourly employees. The online financial outlets said the UAW did not respond to a request for comment on the […]
Workers at a hydraulic tooling company in Mt. Clemens, Michigan have successfully decertified the UAW at their workplace, according to a story on the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation website. An employee at Hydra-Lock Corp. submitted a petition, on behalf of himself and fellow employees, to the National […]
An editorial on TheHill.com points out a number of ways in which Michigan may be worse off in the wake of the UAW Strike. The column points in part to the fact that one quarter of the UAW’s membership work in higher education–not manufacturing–which leads to involvement with issues that […]
The Detroit News is reporting that Stellantis NV is terminating 191 workers at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, letting workers go at its Jeep Wrangler SUV and Gladiator manufacturing plant, and planning additional layoffs “across its footprint.” A local UAW official is quoted as saying the union was caught off […]
Employees at a Michigan tooling company have begun the process of seeking to decertify the United Auto Workers Union at their Mt. Clemens workplace. Workers at Hydra-Lock Corp. have submitted a sufficient number of signatures to the National Labor Relations Board to force a vote on whether to remove the […]
The Guardian newspaper is reporting that the United Auto Workers union has been formally accused of unfair labor practices by unionized staff who work for the UAW. Staff workers who are members of the UAW Staff United union have filed charges against the UAW for bad-faith bargaining, withholding information, and […]