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...The International Association of Machinists District 751, which represents 32,000 workers at factories in the US state of Washington, began contract negotiations with Boeing this month....
...It has backed the UAW’s unionising campaign in the US....
...Here’s more on the UAW’s new membership drive....
...A really intriguing story as the US UAW labour union files charges against Mercedes-Benz for opposing a unionisation drive at its plant in Alabama....
...In 2007 he opposed a decision by the UAW and carmakers to introduce wage tiers, paying new workers less than existing ones. Later he moved to the international union in Detroit....
...So quite simply, the UAW wants to ensure that the cars of the future are built with union labour....
...UAW, the largest US auto union, represents 150,000 workers at the three largest carmakers....
...Need to know: business General Motors agreed a deal with the UAW union to end the carworkers’ strike, following similar deals struck by Ford and Chrysler owner Stellantis....
...Sara, you did a lot of work with Shawn Fain and the auto workers’ union (UAW) during their strike....
...She was, until recently, a special adviser to the President and senior director for international economics at the National Security Council, reporting to both its head, Jake Sullivan, and former head of...
...GM became the first company to allow battery plants to be part of a master UAW contract, which has earned her kudos from both labour leaders and the public....
...UAW Local 2865, a union representing California graduate students, called for the federation to cut off the police in 2015....
...The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which has organised some of Tyson’s plants, said that while the walk-through scanners did not materially add to the working day, it was monitoring...
...The measure is a step back from the two-week plant closures the UAW initially sought....
...Carmakers across the world have been forced to idle production, as the outbreak sapped demand and played havoc with international supply lines....
...Royal Mail warned on Thursday morning that could be the high point for the UK packages, international and letters (UKPIL) division for a while....
...All the workers here are highly trained, and we have good support from the UAW [the United Auto Workers union], so we can build this plant to full capacity in a much shorter time”, he told the Financial...
...An international trade union drive to bring representation to the US’s foreign-owned car plants took an important step forward on Monday, when dates were agreed for a union recognition ballot at Volkswagen...
...After three decades of unsuccessful efforts at gaining a foothold in the southern states, the UAW is working with IG Metall and Japanese trade unions in a remarkable international unionisation push....
...Fiat believes the 41.5 per cent of Chrysler it does not own is worth $2bn, but UAW puts it at twice that amount....
...The Detroit-based carmaker entered and came out of bankruptcy last year, leaving it in the hands of the UAW healthcare trust, which holds a 55 per cent stake; Fiat, which has a 20 per cent stake; and the...
...Fiat is to appoint three, the U.S. government four, Canada’s government one, and the UAW, one member of Chrysler’s new nine-member board....
...General Motors moved closer to bankruptcy on Wednesday as bondholders failed to agree to a debt-for-equity swap and European governments sparred over the fate of its international operations....
...Under the restructuring proposal supported by the federal government, the UAW would own 55 per cent of Chrysler after it emerges from bankruptcy....
...But they spiked over 40 per cent in the afternoon on the news that the United Auto Workers union has agreed to cut the payment of stock to a UAW healthcare trust by 55 per cent, giving GM more to spread...
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