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NCAA to Pay College Athletes After 10-Year Legal Battle – UAW Wins at Mercedes in Manhattan – UAW Rank-and-File Critique Fain’s PR Strategy

PayDay Staff May 24, 2024

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I am exhausted but tracking historical development in the NCAA. After over 100 years, the league has agreed to start paying its players. Big thanks to Capital & Main Editor Marcus Baram’s dope Sun Ra mix for keeping me going. Some historic news

UAW Admits Digital Heavy, Organizing Committee Light Approach Failed Them in Alabama at Mercedes

PayDay Staff May 19, 2024

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I am dealing with some health issues. We will have more stories and reactions to the historic UAW loss coming out early next week, but I’d like to fill in all of our readers with what we have learned so far. My sense

After Filing with 70%, UAW loses 44%-56% in Alabama

PayDay Staff May 18, 2024

Earlier this week, many within the UAW believed the union would win in its election at Mercedes. Union advocates told us that, like in Chattanooga, where workers won a union election last month with 73% voting in favor, Mercedes workers in Vance, Alabama, would vote for a union by a

“Hot Shop, Union Summer” Travel Fund

PayDay Staff May 17, 2024

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With 70% Sign Up, 25-Year Shop Floor Mercedes UAW VP Talks How Things Changed in Alabama

PayDay Staff May 17, 2024

Subscribe to our podcast for regular updates from workers on the front line of labor fights. Eleven years ago, I first met Kirk Garner, Vice President of UAW Local 112, the minority union at Mercedes in Vance, Alabama. After the UAW was narrowly defeated in a union drive in 2014,

NCAA to Pay College Athletes After 10-Year Legal Battle – UAW Wins at Mercedes in Manhattan – UAW Rank-and-File Critique Fain’s PR Strategy

UAW Admits Digital Heavy, Organizing Committee Light Approach Failed Them in Alabama at Mercedes

After Filing with 70%, UAW loses 44%-56% in Alabama

“Hot Shop, Union Summer” Travel Fund

With 70% Sign Up, 25-Year Shop Floor Mercedes UAW VP Talks How Things Changed in Alabama

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