Workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama have voted overwhelmingly against being represented by the United Auto Workers union. The Detroit Free Press reports the final vote count was 2,045 for and 2,642 against UAW representation. Click here to read the full story in the Detroit Free Press.
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 […]
Al.com reports former University of Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban has asked the UAW to pull ads that feature a comment he made about unions and college football. “I recently learned the United Autoworkers (UAW) union has taken the liberty of featuring my comments in advertisements released as part […]
YellowhammerNews.com is reporting the University of Alabama and Auburn University have sent a “cease and desist” letter to the UAW for what it says are infringements on their trademarks. The statement, issued jointly by the two universities reads, in part: “The United Auto Workers are currently infringing on the intellectual […]
Several online sources report employees at a Nissan parts distribution center in New Jersey have voted to decertify the UAW. Workers in Somerset, New Jersey filed a petition in April to rid themselves of the union. The union was certified in 2020 according to reports. On May 1, the decertification […]
UAW staff organizers employed by the UAW claim the UAW refuses to negotiate in good faith with its staff. UAW staff organizers voted to unionize more than year ago. Today, the staff organizers still do not have a contract. Labor Union News reports: Following their unionization last year, union organizers […]
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 […]
Even after previous leaders were convicted of corruption charges, UAW leaders were apparently unconcerned with the optics of holding a union meeting at a luxury resort on the sun-drenched beaches of Puerto Rico, while rank and file members of the union face layoffs. Labor Union News reports: “At a time […]
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: