Today on TAP: The UAW’s defeat in Alabama highlights the challenges that unions still face until our labor laws again give workers their rights.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Republican Court Rulings Keep Helping Republicans Win Elections
A redistricting case from Louisiana that could get resolved today illustrates the way conservative judges handle voting rights cases with their thumbs on the scale.
Posted inWorking in America
The UAW’s Chattanooga Victory: Score One for the North in Our Endless Civil War
We still have two labor systems, and need mass unionization to end our immense inequality, which has its roots in the South.
Posted inWorking in America
After Ten-Year Battle, a Younger Generation Leads the Way at Volkswagen
The UAW has high hopes for success in organizing the non-union plant in Tennessee, as a first step to campaigns across the South.
Posted inWorking in America
American Workers Get Some Help From an Enlightened German Law
As the UAW seeks to unionize an Alabama Mercedes factory, a new German law requires the company not to go union-busting.
Posted inWorking in America
Autoworkers at Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz Plant File for a Union Election
The announcement is the second UAW election planned in the South this year.
Posted inPolitics
Mayday in Florida
The political landscape for state Democrats shifts dramatically after another historic abortion decision.
Posted inTAP
A Valedictory Recommendation for What Unions Need to Do
Today on TAP: On stepping down, the president of the nation’s hotel workers union calls for a movement-wide organizing campaign at Amazon.
Posted inWorking in America
How Everything Changed at Volkswagen in Chattanooga
This union drive by the UAW looks very different from two other attempts in 2014 and 2019.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New Clean-Car Rule May Transform Unions in America
The Environmental Protection Agency rule makes it impossible for Volkswagen to shut down its EV-producing plant in Tennessee, which is being targeted by the UAW.