UAW Prez Gary Jones Resigns Amid Corruption Probe
Today, UAW President Gary Jones announced that he was resigning amid corruption charges and anger over botched contract talks at GM. Members around the UAW…
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AFSCME vs. Disabled in PA – Pittsburgh Mayor Takes on Labor over Fossil Fuels – AFGE Rocked by Scandal
Greetings from the Burgh, where it’s Payday (unless you get paid as a freelancer then who knows when Payday is). Buy a Labor Reporter a…
Little Rock Teachers Strike to Fight Resegregation
In 1957, the entire 101st Airborne Division (minus the division’s black soldiers) were sent down south to integrate Little Rock Central High. The scene was…
UAW Prez Steps Asides as Federal Corruption Probe Deepens
UAW President Gary Jones has taken paid administrative leave as the four-year federal investigation into the UAW, begun under the Obama Administration, has deepened. In…
CTU’s open bargaining vs. the UAW’s closed-door approach
Today, after its 10th day on strike, the 20,000-member strong Chicago Teachers’ Union announced that they had reached a “monumental agreement” with the Chicago Public…
The Pain of the Tree of Life Massacre that Should Never Die
Today marks the one-year commemoration of the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre, in which 11 were killed for their congregations’ support for immigrants’ rights. For…
28 Articles + 30 Videos = 40 days of Payday’s GM Strike Coverage
Folks, I’m at the airport – getting ready to go back home to Pittsburgh and I just wanted to thank everybody. I am so proud…
Divided Auto Workers Vote to Accept GM Contract
UAW members have voted 23,389 to 17,501 to accept a new contract negotiated by GM and union leaders—a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent….
UAW-GM Contract Likely to Narrowly Pass
With more than 18,000 votes and 26,000 votes still left to be too counted, it appears that the UAW-GM will win narrowly. With 18,826 votes…
GM Worker Killed on Picket Line in Tennessee
Today, a GM worker, Roy A. McCombs, was tragically killed on a picket line in Spring Hill, Tennessee, when he was hit by a car…
Tennessee GM Workers Vote Down UAW-GM Proposed Deal
UAW members of UAW Local 1853, employed at General Motors’ Spring Hill, Tennessee facility, voted down a proposed tentative agreement by a margin of 1,673…
Will the UAW Vote Down the GM Contract?
Co-published with the American Prospect ROCHESTER, NY – “Keep jobs in America,” shouted 56-year-old African American GM worker John Avery on Wednesday as he waved…