Payday Report has learned that UAW officials expect the UAW and GM to settle on a tentative union contract in the next 24 hours.  The UAW is currently summoning 175 local union leaders to Detroit on Thursday, where the UAW hopes to present a final tentative agreement for approval. The

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK – A GM worker chucks wood into the fire barrel on the picket line as a Monday Night Football game blares from an iPhone. Workers huddle to protect themselves from the cold as they watch the game.  “It’s bone-chilling cold,” says Brendan Green, a middle-aged

Folks,  Its appear that we have gotten New York Governor Andrew Cuomo all shook up. Today, the Albany Times-Union followed up on our scoop that Cuomo was sitting on a bill that would grant unemployment benefits to 3,400 striking GM workers.  Cuomo’s senior advisor and spokesman Rich

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK — In some labor-friendly states like Connecticut and New Jersey, workers are eligible for unemployment insurance when they go on strike. However, in New York, workers are only eligible to apply for unemployment after they’ve already been on strike for seven weeks.  In June, though, the