This union drive by the UAW looks very different from two other attempts in 2014 and 2019.
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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.
Posted inWorking in America
Starbucks Stops Opposing Its Baristas’ Union
In a historic breakthrough, Starbucks and its workers announce they’ve come together.
Posted inWorking in America
The Auto Workers Go All In
By devoting $40 million to its campaign to organize non-union auto plants, the UAW is challenging not just corporate America but also labor’s status quo.
Posted inWorking in America
What (Not Who) Will Follow Mary Kay Henry?
The groundbreaking president of SEIU is stepping down, at a time when the possibilities for organizing American workers may be rising.
Posted inWorking in America
Southern Autoworkers Organize, Business Class Tries to Wallop Them
Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, face a coordinated attack on their organizing, but have learned from two prior losses.
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Pro-Union Joe and Grad Student Misgivings
Today on TAP: Some UAW teaching assistants object to their union’s endorsement of Biden. That’s understandable but idiotic.
Posted inTAP
The Momentum From the UAW’s Victorious Strike Continues
Today on TAP: In Alabama and Tennessee, workers are signing up with the union at VW, Hyundai, and Mercedes.
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Biden, the UAW, and the Teamsters
Today on TAP: Those two unions and that president (if re-elected) hold the greatest promise for reviving working-class power.
Posted inWorking in America
Caltech’s Postdocs and Grad Workers Seek Union Recognition
Science graduate student assistants and researchers are at the forefront of recent unionization efforts in academia.