Rather than using traditional organizing committee structures, the UAW relied heavily on digital meetings, a light staff approach from the international union, and getting workers to sign union cards via QR codes. It was a gamble but worth it.
Mercedes put on an “A-level boss fight.” Which was only to be expected. So how can the union win next time?
Republican lawmakers have passed new laws on union elections for companies that receive state incentives.
The key to this grassroots unionism lies in the connection between organizing and collective bargaining aimed at improvements in wages, working and living conditions. What was striking, from an Italian viewpoint, was the lack of political discussion.
Unionization at Volkswagen's Chattanoooga plant shows a "just transition" could be possible, even in the anti-union South. That's great news for climate politics.
The United Auto Workers union announced it reached a last-minute tentative agreement with truck and bus manufacturer Daimler Truck, averting a potential strike of more than 7,000 workers.
The ongoing legacy of Labor Notes was renewed at last week’s gathering.
The next chapter in worker power in the South: 7,300 workers are ready to walk out and shut down seven plants at midnight.
Shawn Fain says he expects ‘more of the same to come’ after celebrating union’s historic victory at Tennessee plant.
We still have two labor systems, and need mass unionization to end our immense inequality, which has its roots in the South.
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