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January 30, 2017

Nissan Workers in Mississippi Build Southern Support for Union Drive

Rebekah Barber Facing South

Today, workers at the city’s Nissan plant are facing a familiar backlash in their 12-year struggle for the right to organize a union. In a show of solidarity, this week cities across the South also steeped in civil rights history — Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Greensboro and Nashville — are organizing local actions to support the Canton workers and build regional pressure on Nissan to allow free union elections.

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January 7, 2017

Chattanooga Auto Workers to Host Strike Meeting

Chris Brooks Labor Notes

The strike meeting reflects growing tension between the union and Volkswagen, despite its carefully cultivated image as a pro-worker company.

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October 9, 2016

Honeywell Workers Say Lockout Aims to Destroy Union: 'It's corporate greed'

Steven Greenhouse The Guardian

UAW members, prevented from working for four months, question the company’s claimed concerns over ‘stark economic realities’ in the aviation industry.

October 4, 2016

Honeywell Workers Say Lockout Aims to Destroy Union: 'It's Corporate Greed'

Stephen Greenhouse The Guardian

Honeywell and the UAW resumed talks this week after reaching a stalemate but tempers are high. The company has embraced a weapon that has grown increasingly popular across corporate America as organized labor has grown weaker: locking out workers to throw the union on the defensive and perhaps break the union’s and the workers’ will.

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September 25, 2016

Business-Backed ‘Anti-Union Union’ Falters at Volkswagen

Chris Brooks Labor Notes

Tennessee’s infamous anti-union union is fading away for lack of members. Will Volkswagen’s rationale for keeping out a real union crumble with it?

June 11, 2016

The House That Reuther Built

Barry Eidlin Jacobin

But the influx of student workers — who now comprise about 10 percent of the UAW’s membership — has also created flashpoints of conflict. The manner in which those conflicts are resolved will determine the direction of academic unionism — and may even end up altering the UAW itself.

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April 26, 2016

US unions plan attack on Donald Trump in attempt to derail presidential bid

Lauren Gambino and Jana Kasperkevic The Guardian

Concerned labor group leaders are organizing ad campaigns and phone banks as Trump’s populist message on trade and jobs draws in union voters. In the coming months, the AFL-CIO, which has not endorsed a candidate in the primary but has encouraged members to support the Democratic nominee, will launch digital attack ads against Trump and will ramp up its door-knocking campaign.

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April 23, 2016

Detroit Chassis in Avon Averts Strike by Accepting Temp Workers in Union

Olivera Perkins The Plain Dealer

Workers said they began speaking frequently among themselves about the low pay, no benefits and no chance at permanent employment. They decided to organize to get a union.

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April 16, 2016

UAW Applauds NLRB Decision, Urges Volkswagen To Respect Federal Government's Order

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A three-member NLRB panel denied Volkswagen’s request for the agency to review a December 2015 election in which skilled-trades employees in Chattanooga voted overwhelmingly to designate UAW Local 42 as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining.

January 28, 2016

BDS is Not Anti-Semitic - Solidarity with UAW Local 2865

Karen Ackerman Jewish Voice for Peace

UAW Local 2865 took a brave stand for BDS -- but their decision was undemocratically overturned by the UAW International Executive Board. Help us send a strong message - that Jews and allies around the world stand for BDS, and with Local 2865. BDS - a time-honored, non-violent form of political protest, supported by millions around the world. The labor movement stood in solidarity with the people of South Africa, Local 2865 has bravely stood with the people of Palestine.

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