by Justin | Feb 8, 2022 | Jonah Furman, Who Gets the Bird
The new multi-billion dollar contract to build an electric fleet for the USPS has fallen to a company that’s decided to move the 1,000 jobs from Wisconsin to South Carolina, breaking the hearts of members of UAW Local 578, and spitting in the eye of those coveted…
by Justin | Jan 31, 2022 | Autoworkers, General Motors, International Solidarity, Jonah Furman, Mexico, Who Gets the Bird
This week will mark the potentially watershed union election at a GM plant in Silao, Mexico, as Dan DiMaggio and Luis Feliz Leon covered for Labor Notes. In the wake of domestic union democracy legislation and new labor protections under the USMCA, an independent…
by Justin | Jan 24, 2022 | Autoworkers, General Motors, Jonah Furman, UAW Local 2164, Who Gets the Bird
Workers who make the Corvette for GM in Bowling Green, KY are also on the strike path, but nothing immediate, as they’re under the national GM agreement in addition to their local negotiations. Read the article here.
by Justin | Jan 18, 2022 | Jonah Furman, Who Gets the Bird
This week’s newsletter is in honor of Mike Parker, of the founding generation of Labor Notes, who passed away this weekend after a lifetime of labor and socialist organizing. I can’t think of a better way to honor his legacy than by spending some time with the…
by Justin | Jan 10, 2022 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jonah Furman, Student Workers of Columbia, Who Gets the Bird
The largest strike in the country is no more; the thousands of student workers with UAW Local 2110 striking Columbia University have won an agreement that includes some big ticket items like big raises, recognition of the entire bargaining unit, and third-party…
by Justin | Jan 1, 2022 | Columbia University, Graduate Workers, Jonah Furman, Student Workers of Columbia, Who Gets the Bird
Columbia University’s administration has tabled its “best and final offer” for UAW Local 2110, and it seems like the final sticking point is primarily over recognition of “casual” and hourly student workers as members of the bargaining unit. Whether the union will…
