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☆ Why Tesla isn’t unionized
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Tesla workers earn on average about $55 an hour in wages and benefits, compared to $66 to $71 an hour at Detroit’s Big Three, according to industry estimates. In an aerial view, brand new Tesla cars sit in a parking lot at the Tesla factory on October 19, 2022 in Fremont, California. Brendan McDermid/ReutersThe union, Tesla Workers United, filed an NLRB complaint alleging the company illegally fired its supporters. Tesla is one of the most valuable companies in the world, and some production workers have become millionaires from their shares in Tesla, Musk has said. A Tesla Model X is worked on a factory line with Tesla X's and Tesla S's at the Tesla factory on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in Fremont, Calif. Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images“Tesla tries to make it seem like if you’re unionized you’re not going to get stock,” said Bryan Schwartz, a lawyer who has represented Tesla employees in lawsuits against the company, including an ongoing class action lawsuit for racial discrimination.

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☆ UAW strike chaos isn't all good news for Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Tim Levin | Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Big gains in the UAW strike could bolster another organizing drive at Tesla. The UAW is looking to remake its reputation among auto workers. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new contract could spur union attempts elsewhereThe UAW strike comes amid a rejuvenated labor movement post-Covid, and after a summer jam-packed with union activism. About 54% of Americans support the UAW strike, according to a recent Morning Consult poll. AdvertisementAdvertisementOrganizing at Tesla still won't be easySome Tesla workers are in the early stages of forming a union, a UAW official told The New York Times.

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☆ UAW drops unfair labor practice charges against GM, Stellantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/3] Placards are seen as striking UAW workers picket outside a Stellantis facility in Center Line, Michigan, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery Acquire Licensing RightsSept 29 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers dropped unfair labor practice charges against General Motors and Chrysler-parent Stellantis on Friday. The union had filed the charges on Aug. 31 with the National Labor Relations Board charging the automakers had refused to bargain in good faith, which both companies strongly denied. The UAW on Sept. 15 launched the first-ever simultaneous strike against the Detroit Three automakers and now has targeted 43 facilities covering about 25,000 out of about 150,000 hourly auto workers. The companies and UAW have exchanged numerous contract offers over the last month.

Persons: Chery, David Shepardson Organizations: REUTERS, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Chrysler, National Labor Relations Board, UAW, Detroit Three, Thomson Locations: Center Line, Michigan, U.S, Dieu

☆ US labor board says Amazon breached terms of 2021 labor rights settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Security personnel are seen as Amazon workers gather outside Amazon’s LDJ5 sortation center, as employees begin voting to unionize a second warehouse in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S. April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Amazon.com Inc FollowSept 29 (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O) was accused by officials of violating the terms of a U.S. labor board settlement, breaching a 2021 agreement which required the online retailer to let workers unionize. Last year, workers at an Amazon warehouse in New York City voted to form the first union at the company. "We've fully complied with the settlement agreement, which we voluntarily entered into in December 2021. Separately, the Teamsters union on Friday picketed outside two Amazon warehouses in Los Angeles.

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Those smaller suppliers have only recently recovered from the shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting global shortage of semiconductors. Now, they're coming under pressure to increase their own workers' wages — in an environment where higher interest rates have made it more costly to borrow money — and staring down the threat of ongoing auto workers' strikes. Members of the United Auto Workers union picket outside the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Sept. 26, 2023. Supplier layoffsIn the face of prolonged strikes, some smaller suppliers are already cutting workers or announcing plans to do so. Michael B. Thomas | Getty ImagesAs of Tuesday, two additional Detroit-area auto suppliers had already filed notices of potential layoffs with the state of Michigan.

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☆ Trump claims to be pro-worker. His record says he’s anti-union
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump arrives in Michigan Wednesday with a lot more support among blue collar union members than a lot of Republican presidential candidates before him. The Trump Supreme Court also issued a devasting ruling against public sector unions, which represent almost as many union members as found at private businesses. The state gained 1,800 auto jobs from February 2021, Biden’s first month in office, through February of this year. And Trump urged UAW members to stop paying their union dues. They’re predominantly anti-abortion,” said Brian Pannebecker, a staunch Trump supporter and president of Auto Workers for Trump.

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☆ Biden vs. Trump in Michigan: Views on unions, the UAW auto strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden salutes as he departs Joint Base Andrews for Michigan where he will join striking members of the United Auto Workers on the picket line, in Maryland, U.S., September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Acquire Licensing RightsSept 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and 2024 Republican front-runner and former President Donald Trump both travel to Michigan this week to talk to local auto industry workers, as a United Auto Workers' strike spreads around the country. JOE BIDEN: SHARE THE PROFITSMichigan trip: Biden is expected on a UAW picket line in Wayne County, where he will meet with UAW President Shawn Fain. Michigan message: Biden is expected to side with striking workers and urge the companies to share their record profits with workers. As president: Trump lowered taxes for U.S. companies including the auto giants and appointed people to the National Labor Relations Board who unions say weakened protections for workers.

Persons: Joe Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, Donald Trump, JOE BIDEN, Biden, Shawn Fain, Fain, ” DONALD TRUMP, Trump, Nandita Bose, Nathan Layne, Heather Timmons, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Base Andrews, United Auto Workers, REUTERS, Republican, Biden, Democrat, Trump, U.S, UAW, Drake Enterprises, National Labor Relations Board, Truth, Thomson Locations: Michigan, Maryland, U.S, Wayne County, United States, Detroit, Washington, Wilton , Connecticut

Trump has slammed the president for the visit, claiming Biden “had no intention” of walking the picket line until Trump said he would make a speech in Michigan. In the absence of an announced plan from the White House, speculation spread through the UAW ranks that Biden would go to whatever picket line was closest to the airport. Amid mounting political pressure to ramp up his public support, Biden is expressing solidarity with the union members, who are striking against the Big Three automakers – General Motors, Ford and Stellantis – for a second week. Union members, once a reliable Democratic voting bloc, have gradually gravitated to Republican candidates, according to CNN polls and the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation. The historic presidential picket line appearance will reaffirm his commitment to the critical voting and organizing group ahead of the 2024 election.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, He’s, –, Trump, Biden “, “, ” Biden, I’ve, Karine Jean, Pierre, ” Jean, Shawn Fain, ”, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, United Auto Workers, Trump, Republican, UAW, White, Big Three, –, Motors, Ford, National Labor Relations Board, Union, AFL Locations: Wayne County , Michigan, Washington, Michigan, Detroit

☆ 'Just shut your mouth:' Populist Republicans back UAW workers' demands while slamming union leadership
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Hawley and Vance support striking auto workers, but they're not on the same page as union leadership. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs strikes at auto manufacturing plants continue across the country, some populist-minded Republicans are breaking from their party's long-standing orthodoxies and backing the United Auto Workers' demands. Last week, Fain even slammed Donald Trump as part of the "billionaire class" following the news that the former president would address union workers in Michigan this week. So far, the only company that has figured out how to squeeze consistent profits out of electric cars is Tesla, which does not use more union labor. The union is now aiming to rebuild its reputation and influence in automotive labor and the labor movement writ large.

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☆ Takeaways from Biden's visit to the UAW picketline
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Nearly as soon as the United Auto Workers went on strike earlier this month, Biden voiced support for the workers. Wearing a UAW ball-cap and speaking through a bullhorn, Biden’s overt support for the striking workers was a break from his predecessors’ attempts at neutrality. Biden was invited by the UAW to join their picket line, and has spoken out forcefully in favor of the workers. Trump, who is not planning on joining a picket line, will speak instead at a non-union facility. Speaking at the picket line on Tuesday, Fain praised Biden for being the first president to join a picket line.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, ’, ”, ” Biden, “, picketers, wasn’t, Karine Jean, Pierre, “ I’m, Shawn Fain, Fain, John F, Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama Organizations: CNN, United Auto Workers, UAW, Trump, Biden, Michigan, Republican, White, Drake Enterprises, Air Force, Democratic, National Labor Relations Board Locations: autoworkers, Michigan, Detroit, California, Clinton Township , Michigan, Kansas City, Las Vegas

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) attends a "Politics and Pie" town hall at Phenix Hall in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., August 25, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has filed a labor complaint against Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Tim Scott after his suggestion that auto workers on strike should be terminated. Scott doubled down on Friday after the complaint against him and said UAW "is one of the most corrupt and scandal-plagued unions" in the United States. * The automakers have proposed 20% raises over 4-1/2 years, while the UAW is seeking 40%.

Persons: Tim Scott, Elizabeth Frantz, Shawn Fain, Scott's, Scott, Ronald Reagan, Kanishka Singh, Chris Reese Organizations: U.S, SC, Phenix Hall, REUTERS, Rights, United Auto Workers, UAW, Republican, National Labor Relations Board, Detroit, General Motors, Chrysler, GM, Thomson Locations: Concord , New Hampshire, U.S, United States, United, Washington

☆ Can college sports teams unionize? We're about to find out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The case for unionizing college sports teams is a precarious one, as athletes face significant barriers under federal labor law. The NCAA, along with the colleges that house sports teams, consider players amateurs and, therefore, not employees of their college. There is an NLRB case that an administrative law judge will hear this November that could open the floodgates for college teams to unionize. If the judge rules in favor of the National College Players Association, it would give both public and private college athletes the right to unionize under the NLRA, LeRoy said. Have other college sports teams tried to unionize before?

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☆ UAW strikes could make 2023 the biggest year for labor activity in nearly four decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Employees who withhold their labor can face a number of consequences, including losing their job and health insurance, experts said. And employees "can never be sure their strike will be found to be an unfair labor practice strike," he cautioned. Pay and health insurance is 'a real problem'Workers who go on strike generally lose their wages, Dau-Schmidt said. Kenneth Dau-Schmidt law professor at Indiana University BloomingtonEconomic strikers typically also get their other workplace benefits, including health insurance, nixed. But, he said, "sometimes employers won't kick employees off of the health insurance right away because it escalates the conflict and almost ensures an unhappy ending."

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☆ United Auto Workers files labor complaint against Sen. Tim Scott for saying striking workers should be fired
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ranking member Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee on Capitol Hill on September 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. The United Auto Workers has filed a labor complaint against Sen. Tim Scott for saying workers should be fired for going on strike. The complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday accuses the South Carolina Republican's presidential campaign of interfering with workers' rights to engage in union activity under federal law. "Tim Scott threatened employees with adverse consequences if they engage in protected, concerted activity by publicly responding to a question about striking workers as follows: 'You strike, you're fired,'" UAW President Shawn Fain said in the complaint. "He said, 'You strike, you're fired.'

Persons: Sen, Tim Scott, Shawn Fain, Fain, Scott, Ronald Reagan Organizations: Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs, Capitol, United Auto Workers, National Labor Relations, South Carolina, UAW, CNBC, NBC News Locations: Washington ,, Fort Dodge , Iowa, America

☆ For Tesla and Musk, Auto Strike Carries Benefits and Risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jack Ewing | More About Jack Ewing | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Activists must get at least 30 percent of workers to sign union cards and force a vote overseen by the National Labor Relations Board. Companies often do all they can to dissuade workers from joining, hiring lawyers and consultants who specialize in defeating union campaigns. The company reported profit of $2.7 billion on sales of $25 billion in the second quarter, giving it a profit margin of about 11 percent. That profit margin is more than that of Ford or G.M., even after an exceptionally profitable period for those companies. In August, United Parcel Service employees won their biggest raises ever in a contract negotiated by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Persons: Tesla, Biden Organizations: National Labor Relations Board, Companies, Amazon, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot SA, Hollywood, United Parcel Service, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Locations: Staten, unionize, United States

But union leaders say Trump's record in the White House speaks for itself. While the United Auto Workers union has withheld an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race, its leadership has repeatedly rebuffed Trump. Despite Trump's history of success in courting blue-collar workers in previous elections, union leaders say their members would do well to believe their own eyes. As president, Trump largely sat on the sidelines during a 40-day walkout at a General Motors plant in 2019. “President Trump has always been on the side of American workers,” his campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement.

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☆ US government shutdown: What is it and who would be affected?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Contracts awarded prior to the shutdown would continue, and the Pentagon could place new orders for supplies or services needed to protect national security. NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCESIt's not clear how the United States' 63 national parks would be affected. They remained open during the 2018-2019 shutdown, through restrooms and information desks were closed and waste disposal was halted. WHITE HOUSEIn 2018-2019 shutdown, the White House furloughed 1,100 of 1,800 staff in the Executive Office of the President. Some offices, such as the National Security Council, continued at full strength, while others like the Office of Management and Budget were scaled back sharply.

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☆ The 40-hour workweek started with autoworkers—now they're trying to make 32 hours the new norm
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

United Auto Workers (UAW) members on a picket line outside the Stellantis NV Toledo Assembly Complex in Toldeo, Ohio, US, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Thousands of United Auto Workers members are striking against three major Detroit automakers — Ford, GM and Stellantis — at plants across the U.S. Autoworkers at Ford Motor Company were among the first to adopt a five-day, 40-hour workweek in 1926 at a time when people regularly topped 100 hours per week. By 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act cut the workweek to 44 hours, then down to 40 hours two years later. "I think it will move the public toward thinking the four-day workweek is the appropriate workweek," Creighton says.

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☆ Former NLRB member on the economic impact of the UAW strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer NLRB member on the economic impact of the UAW strikesSharon Block, Executive Director at Harvard Law School and Former Member of the National Labor Relations Board, discusses the economic implications of the United Auto Workers strike.

Persons: Sharon Block Organizations: UAW, Harvard Law School, National Labor Relations Board, United Auto Workers

☆ Union Push by Dartmouth Athletes Is Distinct From Previous Failed Efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team filed a petition to unionize this week, it was a reminder of how much the movement for player empowerment has grown in college sports. The petition, filed to the National Labor Relations Board by the Service Employees International Union, was unanimously signed by all 15 players on the team, the union said. It was immediately backed by supporters of more rights for college athletes, and Dartmouth itself said it was considering how to respond. In a statement, the Ivy League school said it had “the utmost respect for our students and for unions generally” and that it was “carefully considering this petition with the aim of responding promptly yet thoughtfully in accordance with Dartmouth’s educational mission and priorities.”The petition was filed on Wednesday, according to the N.L.R.B. Players from Dartmouth’s team did not respond to messages seeking comment, and it was unclear in filings obtained through an open records request how the athletes were framing arguments for forming a union.

Organizations: Dartmouth College men’s, National Labor Relations, Service Employees International Union, Ivy League Locations: Dartmouth

☆ UAW strike brings blue-collar vs. billionaire battle to Detroit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

In this article STLAGMF Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTwatch nowDETROIT — The United Auto Workers strike is bringing a blue-collar versus billionaire battle to the Motor City, just as UAW President Shawn Fain wanted. Fain, a quirky yet emboldened leader, has meticulously brought the UAW back into the national spotlight after decades of near irrelevance. He wants to represent not just union members but also America's embattled middle class, which UAW helped create. United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain joins UAW members who are on a strike, on the picket line at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, September 15, 2023. Such profits are exactly what Fain has said UAW members deserve to share in.

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CNN —UAW President Shawn Fain has become the X factor in the striking autoworkers’ pursuit of increased pay and benefits, injecting a level of chaos into negotiations that neither the automakers nor the White House predicted or quite know how to manage. The UAW on Friday struck at just three plants, one at each of the Big Three automakers. Nevertheless, the strike marks the first time in history the UAW has struck at all three automakers simultaneously. Fain told union members Thursday that the union’s strike strategy “will keep the companies guessing” and give union negotiators “maximum leverage” when they return to the bargaining table. Although Fain has at times praised Biden, he has also criticized the president for failing to do enough to help the autoworkers in their cause.

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☆ Everything you need to know about UAW's targeted strike plans – and possible lockouts
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Targeted, or bottleneck, strikes are an alternative to national actions in which the union only strikes select plants. Targeted strikes typically focus on key plants that can then cause other plants to cease production due to a lack of parts. They include initiating targeted strikes at select plants and then potentially increasing the number of strikes based on the status of the negotiations. "We will strike all three companies, a historic first, initially at a limited number of targeted locations that we will be announcing. While "historic," the targeted strikes could have unintended ripple effects.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz is stepping down from the company's board of directors, the coffee chain announced. Schultz is credited for transforming the Seattle-based business into the coffee giant it's known as today. His departure from the board is “part of a planned transition,” the company said Wednesday. In recent months, Starbucks and Schultz also came under fire over allegations that the company violated labor laws amid workers' unionization efforts. The National Labor Relations Board previously charged Starbucks with hundreds of labor law violations, including firing labor organizers and illegally closing unionized stores.

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☆ Marvel visual effects workers unanimously vote to unionize
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Marvel Studio’s VFX workers unanimously voted to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, marking the first time visual effects workers have unionized with IATSE, the union announced Wednesday. A still from Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, which kicked off phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel StudiosThe National Labor Relations Board oversaw the election, and the count was held Tuesday after the Marvel employees first filed for this election on August 7. Though this union only includes Marvel’s in-house VFX workers, its parent company Disney’s visual effects crews filed for their own election to unionize with the NLRB, and backed by IATSE, at the end of August. Now, the Marvel VFX workers will engage in collective bargaining negotiations with their employer to draft a contract.

Persons: Mark Patch, IATSE, “, Aladdin ”, ” Sarah Kazuko Chow Organizations: New, New York CNN, Marvel, International Alliance, IATSE, Marvel Studios, National Labor Relations Board, “, NLRB, Walt Disney Pictures, “ Pirates, ”, Disney’s, Writers Guild of America, SAG, CNN Locations: New York, Caribbean

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