Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Kmart Workers Resist Working on Thanksgiving Almost 5,000 people have signed a petition calling for Kmart to give its workers enough time off…
…said United Mine Workers of America President Cecil E. Roberts. Read more Volkswagen Opens Door for Minority Unions Volkswagen announced Nov. 12 that it would allow labor organizations with less…
…charges brought by auto-parts workers in Lebanon, Ohio, who have been locked out since June. United Auto Workers Local 2387 is alleging that Hayashi Telempu North America illegally locked out…
…a day, from roughly 6 to 11 in the morning and 5:15 to 9:45 at night. “It is reminiscent of a time when noblemen were driven around in their coaches…
…have authorized a strike due to stalled contract negotiations, but are “nowhere near” walking out as of now, International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1422 president Ken Riley said June 27. The…
…great sense of pressure on our members,” said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a House deputy whip. “The prevailing view in our conference is that there aren’t adequate pay-fors and it’s…
…County Considers Scabs in Vermont Bus Strike As a bus drivers’ strike in Vermont’s Chittenden County entered its third week Mar. 31, the county Transportation Authority’s board voted 12-1 to…
…Watson committed “a clear violation of the law” when they said Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant would lose future jobs and state aid if workers voted to join the United Auto Workers….
…DC 33 members haven’t gotten a raise since 2007. Unifor Optimistic on Organizing Toyota Canada’s Unifor has made organizing the Toyota plants in Cambridge and Woodstock, Ontario its first major…
…won and could have easily been avoided,” said IBEW business manager Rod Russell. Union Gains at Toyota’s Ontario Factories Unifor, the union that represents auto and communications workers in Canada,…
