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Apr 16 2024
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Governors decry United Auto Workers push to unionize car factories in six southern states
Six Republican governors are condemning efforts by the United Auto Workers to organize car factories in their states, a flash point as the labor group tries to build on its success last year winning concessions from the Big Three automakers by making inroads in the historically union-averse South. "We have a responsibility to our constituents to speak up when we see special interests looking
CBS News (Online)Apr 12 2024
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Small imported trucks cut costs of Billings ownership in exchange for labor and laws
Yahoo NewsApr 24 2024
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University of Michigan students look to create new union for residence hall workers
ANN ARBOR, MI - A new union could be coming to University of Michigan to represent residence hall workers. The ResStaff Allied Organization, or RAO, filed for a union election on April 10 with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, according to union organizers in an April 23 release. More than 100 union authorization cards were signed by prospective union members and submitted to the
MLive.comApr 20 2024
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VW workers in Tennessee overwhelmingly vote to join union, as UAW renews push to organize nonunion auto plants
Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. The union wound up getting 2,628 votes, or 73% of the ballots cast, compared with only 985 who voted no in an election run by the National Labor Relations Board. Both sides have five
FortuneOct 26 2023
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Oregon Labor Union Moves to Reinstate Ban on Self-Serve Gas With Ballot Measure
A labor union in Oregon, UFCW Local 555, is aiming to reinstate a ban on self-service gas stations just months after lawmakers voted to legalize them. The group, which represents the grocery, retail, manufacturing and health care industries, says that the policy allowing self-service at gas stations has come at a cost to workers and provided no benefit to its customers. “It doesn’t do anything
The MessengerApr 21 2024
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Houston Police Union Leaders Sound Alarm on Dire Cop Shortage
Houston police union leaders reportedly warn the city’s safety is jeopardized by criminal suspects who’ve been freed on bond amid an ongoing shortage of police officers. In an interview, Houston Police Officers’ Union executive director Ray Hunt told Fox News "I have never in my lifetime – and I'm a lifelong Houstonian – seen this many suspected murderers and capital murderers who are walking
Newsmax (News)Oct 25 2023
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Labor union seeks to repeal Oregon’s self-serve gas bill in November 2024
The decision could be up to voters in November 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Less than three months after Oregon drivers got the OK to start pumping their own gas, a new initiative is pushing to reverse that. If there’s enough support, the decision could be in the hands of the voters in November 2024. It’s a big move from one of the state’s largest labor unions. UFCW Local 555 filed an
KOIN 6Aug 03 2021
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D.N.C. Staff to Join Union, in a Milestone for Labor
Staff members at the Democratic National Committee are set to be represented by a union, the first time a national party organization will have a unionized work force, committee officials said on Tuesday.
Roughly 150 employees at the committee will join the Service Employees International Union Local 500, a group that represents public-sector workers in the District of Columbia and
New York Times (News)Jun 16 2012
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State Of The Unions: Labor And The Middle Class
For many full-time employees in the United States, the five-day work week, paid overtime and holidays are expected benefits. This wasn't always so, and many workers' benefits today are the achievements of labor unions.
NPR (Online News)Apr 20 2024
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UAW scores win in the South after Volkswagen workers vote to unionize
A majority of Volkswagen workers in Tennessee voted to unionize, becoming the first Southern autoworkers outside of Detroit’s Big Three to join the United Auto Workers union. The UAW announced the historic win Friday, April 19 with an unofficial vote count of 73% for joining the union and 27% against. “This election is big,” said a statement from Kelcey Smith, a worker in the paint department
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