Posts tagged United Auto Workers union

    News Article ● Labor Unions

    1,000 new jobs at risk in Spartanburg Co.

    February 18, 2022 // The United Auto Workers Union is also launching attacks, along with Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, calling on Oshkosh Defense to move the plant back to its home state.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    State of the unions: why US museum workers are mobilising against their employers

    February 4, 2022 // TA report by the American Alliance of Museums, published in April 2021, found that museums closed to the public for an average of 28 weeks during 2020. More than 75% of those surveyed stated that their income fell by an average of 40% that year, while 56% went through rounds of layoffs and furloughs. Rehiring, in most cases, is off the table. Those who kept their positions have had to pick up the slack.

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