After Mercedes workers voted against joining the United Automobile Workers, the union will have less momentum as it campaigns to organize Southern factories.
Category: Fain, Shawn
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U.A.W. Effort to Organize Mercedes Workers in Alabama Has High Stakes
Southern political leaders say a win for the United Automobile Workers would threaten their economies. Activists want to strike a blow against a system they say exploits the poor.
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VW Workers in Tennessee Start Vote on U.A.W., Testing Union Ambitions
The United Automobile Workers hopes contract gains at the Big Three carmakers will provide momentum in a broad effort to organize nonunion plants.
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Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Ask for Unionization Vote
The United Automobile Workers union is mounting its most ambitious effort to gain an industry foothold beyond Detroit’s Big Three.
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After Gains at Big Three, U.A.W. Aims at Nonunion Plants
A looming union election at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga could determine the trajectory of union organizing at more than a dozen auto factories.
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Biden Seeks U.A.W. Endorsement With Conference Speech
The group’s president, Shawn Fain, criticized Republican policies at a United Automobile Workers conference this week. President Biden is scheduled to deliver the keynote address.
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U.A.W. Accuses Honda, Hyundai and Volkswagen of Labor Violations
A week after declaring a drive to organize nonunion automakers, the United Automobile Workers union filed charges against three foreign manufacturers.
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U.A.W. Members at General Motors Ratify Contract
The deal was backed by 55 percent of the United Automobile Workers members voting. Tentative accords at Ford and Stellantis seem headed for approval.
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G.M.’s Contract Deal With U.A.W. Faces Surprisingly Stiff Opposition
Many longstanding General Motors workers have been voting against the tentative accord, which they feel insufficiently improves retirement benefits.
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Biden to Celebrate Auto Plant Reopening in Illinois
The trip, including a meeting with the head of the United Automobile Workers, offers the president a chance to shore up critical union support.