Equipment manufacturer John Deere has announced it will lay off 600 employees in three U.S. manufacturing plants as it shifts production to a new plant in Mexico. The layoffs include 310 workers in two Iowa facilities and another 280 in Illinois. The employees manufacture farm, construction, and forestry equipment. The […]
The United Auto Workers union has lost 13,000 members in the last year alone, according to official government filings the union made. The UAW fell to 370,000 members at the end of 2023, down from 383,000 in 2022, resulting in the lowest membership in a decade and a half. Despite […]
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation reports that seven Philadelphia-area auto workers have filed federal charges against the UAW. The employees say that union officials not only ignored their lawful requests to leave the union during a strike, they also seized their pay illegally. “The UAW is a […]
Two Ford assembly plants were down for days, resulting in temporary layoffs in the wake of UAW strike actions, The Detroit Free Press reports. The Dearborn Truck Plant was down from January 25 through 31 and the Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri was down from January 25 through February […]
DETROIT – A group of United Auto Workers who were recently laid off held a protest Saturday outside Solidarity House. “Shawn Fain lied to us, and as a result, Stellantis fired us,” Ashley Wilmoth said. Click the image below to watch the Detroit Local 4 report:
When workers go on strike, they often find themselves facing financial difficulties when “strike pay” proves to be much less than their regular paychecks and frustration over the unknowns of how long the strike may keep them off the job. The Detroit Free Press recently reported on autoworkers impacted by […]
NPR is reporting that, after a series of combative negotiations with the Teamsters Unions concluded in September, UPS has announced it will cut 12,000 jobs. As a reason for reducing the number of workers employed by UPS, the company cited a need to reduce expenses. Read more at NPR.com.
Since the ratification of the UAW contract in October, the Detroit 3 auto makers have reported significant employee layoffs. Reports show Ford laid-off 9,700 workers in January. GM employees are reported to have suffered layoffs at 2 Michigan plants, totaling 1,300. Stellantis (Jeep) is reported to have announced 4,000 layoffs […]