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Detroit News: Bedrock buys former UAW-GM training center along riverfront
Rocket Mortgage founder Dan Gilbert’s real-estate business is adding to its portfolio another iconic riverfront property that formerly housed the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources in an effort it hopes to further enrich the experiences offered on the Detroit River,…
Digital Rally: Columbia the World is Watching on December 23, 2021
Join the Student Workers of Columbia for a digital rally on Thursday at 1 pm EST. Learn about their package and support student workers on strike! Register for the event here.
UAW: 1500 Researchers at University of Washington file to form a union
Yesterday, a majority of Research Scientists/Engineers (Assistant-4) from every discipline across all three campuses of the University of Washington filed their representation petition with the Public Employment Relations Commission, seeking to be certified as a new…
Detroit News: Ford issues recall on 2,600 Mach-Es and Mavericks
Ford Motor Co. on Monday confirmed it is recalling a combined 2,626 all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUVs and Maverick pickup trucks in the U.S. over an issue that could result in rear seat belts not adequately restraining a passenger in a crash. Company spokesperson Said…
Detroit News: Lansing City Council approves tax exemption for $2.5B GM battery cell plant
Lansing City Council unanimously approved an industrial facilities tax exemption for a $2.5 billion battery cell manufacturing plant that General Motors Co. and partner LG Energy Solution are looking to build in nearby Delta Township. Read the article here.
Kalamazoo Public Schools increases pay to $125 per day for substitute teachers, implements bonus incentives
Guest and substitute teachers at Kalamazoo Public Schools will begin to see a pretty hefty increase in pay, beginning in the new year. The district announced Friday that its Guest Teacher Committee — made up of members from the Kalamazoo Education Association, the UAW…
Jonah Furman: The week in US unions, December 11-18, 2021
UAW 2110 remains on the largest strike in the country, at Columbia University. The university is still actively threatening to replace the student workers, and soliciting other desperate academic workers to take their jobs in the spring. Read the article here.
Delaware County commissioners to give employees $1.6 million in bonuses from ARP funds
In a special meeting Friday afternoon Delaware County Commissioners authorized $1.6 million in American Rescue Plan money to be spent on “retention” salary bonuses for county workers.John Brooke, commissioners’ attorney, and commissioners President James King both…
Kalamazoo Public Schools to increase pay for substitute teachers in 2022
As school districts nationwide continue to struggle to find enough substitute teachers, Kalamazoo Public Schools will increase guest teacher pay beginning January 3, 2022. The district’s Guest Teacher Committee, made up of members from Kalamazoo Education Association,…
Kohler agrees to suspend vaccine mandate for UAW Local 833
Sheboygan County’s largest employer has suspended its vaccine mandate, one day before it was to have taken effect. A mandate requiring all Kohler Company employees to be vaccinated by December 17th was announced in October, prompting demonstrations and the filing of a…
Bedrock buys former UAW-GM training center along riverfront
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2021/12/22/dan-gilbert-bedrock-buys-icon-uaw-gm-center-human-resources-training-center-along-detroit-riverfront/8939220002/
We’re still on strike! Tomorrow we enter our 8th week. #CUonStrike https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/columbia-university-student-workers-strike-higher-education-unfair-labor-practices
"Yesterday, a majority of Research Scientists/Engineers (Assistant-4) from every discipline across all three campuses of the University of Washington filed their representation petition with the PERC, seeking to be certified as a new bargaining unit."
https://uaw.org/1500-researchers-university-washington-file-form-union/amp/
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