Still, some labor advocates see growing momentum. Here’s where things stand. WHAT’S DRIVING UNION ACTIVITY NOW? Across the U.S., hundreds of thousands of workershave participated in strikesthis year. Labor activism has surged in tandem with soaring costs of living and rising ineq...
On December 11, the 1,800 members of ACT-UAW Local 7902 who voted to strike on November 16 reached a tentative agreement with the help of a federal mediator. Pending ratification by the union’s members, the new five-year agreement will boost wages, protect the worke...
PROGRAMMING NOTE:We’ll be off for Thanksgiving this Thursday but back to our normal schedule on Monday, Nov. 27. QUICK FIX COMING TO TERMS:Unionized workers are starting to win guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies as Washington is still coming to gri...
HAN:I do think about some of the demands coming out of the new leadership of the United Auto Workers (UAW) over the last year. If you want to talk about something like a shorter workweek, if you want to talk about retirement security, these are questions that won’t be solved in cont...
More workers across industries are going on strike United Auto Workers members picket during the ongoing UAW strike at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex on Monday in Toledo, Ohio. Kurt Steiss/The Blade/AP The multi-state strike comes during a time of elevated labor activity in the Uni...
“Our production system is highly interconnected, which means the UAW’s targeted strike strategy has knock-on effects for facilities that are not directly targeted for a work stoppage,” said the statement from Ford. It had previously laid off 600 hourly workers at the Michigan Assembly ...