Posts tagged UAW strike
Biden Backs ILA Strikers Warning Shippers on Price Spikes
October 2, 2024 // “Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage for these essential workers while raking in record profits,” Biden said in a statement from the White House. “My administration will be monitoring any price gouging activity that benefits foreign ocean carriers, including those on the USMX board.”
Labor organizers hope to maintain support after summer of strikes
December 13, 2023 // Labor organizers have since been trying to appeal to workers by tapping into frustrations about those inequities and taking action. Here in Ohio, Former State Sen. Nina Turner has established a nonprofit called We Are Somebody just to help those efforts nationwide. “We Are Somebody is a capacity building organization for the working class,” Turner said. “Our goal is to organize, amplify and fund workers on the front line, and that could be workers that are officially in a labor union, but also workers that are not in labor unions.”
Texas SUV plant added to UAW strike
October 24, 2023 // Some 5,000 workers at GM's plant in Arlington, Texas, joined the strike Tuesday. That halts production on several large SUVs: the Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade. It's the second straight day the union has expanded the strike. On Monday it added Stellantis' Ram 1500 pickup plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, to the work stoppage. Context: It also comes the same day as GM released its third-quarter earnings report. The company reported a third-quarter profit of $3.1 billion but said the strike has already cost the company $800 million, including $600 million since the earnings period ended.
Expert: Long UAW strike could have ‘chilling effect’ on W. MI economy
October 24, 2023 //