...from NPR.... Some 40 days after United Automobile Workers walked off the job, picketing General Motors plants and grinding operations to a halt, the labor union's members have ratified the tentative deal their representatives struck with the automaker earlier this month. … [Read more...] about GM auto workers strike is over….
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Chicago teachers go on strike…
...from. Reuters.... Chicago teachers went on strike on Thursday and set up picket lines outside many of the city’s 500 public schools, as union leaders and officials of the third-largest U.S. school district pushed ahead with negotiations over a new contract. The work … [Read more...] about Chicago teachers go on strike…
Bernie Sanders annouces a plan to give workers more power….
Sanders move's to give power to labor..... Great politics for workers... And a answer to Elizabeth Warren's campaign... Chances of passage ? Slim to none.... Bernie Sanders unveiled a multi-pronged plan Monday aimed at giving more power to workers in their companies, … [Read more...] about Bernie Sanders annouces a plan to give workers more power….
Bernie?….Union workers like their current health benefits…
Politico points to how the issue of Bernie Sanders medicare-for-all has problems for some union members around the country who have good healthcare coverage that the negotiated hard for.... Health care benefits are really important to many union workers -- important enough to … [Read more...] about Bernie?….Union workers like their current health benefits…
GM Union auto workers to go on strike….
The United Auto Workers union said Sunday that its members at General Motors will walk out by midnight if the automaker does not meet its demands, setting the stage for the nation's first auto strike in 12 years. A union statement suggests the two sides are still very far … [Read more...] about GM Union auto workers to go on strike….
Trump admin moves ahead with trying to kill the Office of Personnel Management…
The Trump admin is playing hardball with Congress in trying to break Government unions.... The Trump administration is threatening to furlough — and possibly lay off — 150 employees at the federal personnel agency if Congress blocks its plan to eliminate the department. The … [Read more...] about Trump admin moves ahead with trying to kill the Office of Personnel Management…
A look at Lordstown Ohio as GM moves out….
To 'unallocate 'auto making plants?.... Oh? You mean move them out of the United States? Yes.... Despite promises from Donald Trump that helped him collar votes in the Rust Belt states of America two years ago? American manufacturing companies that make cars, … [Read more...] about A look at Lordstown Ohio as GM moves out….
A handshake on unions’ framework in the Amazon talks …Then CEO Bezo? …..’We don’t talk to people, we tell them.’…
Newsday does on piece on the last minute talks between The New York Governor, Two New York labor guys and top management of Amazon.... The group , it's reported, had settled on a 'frame work' for possible union acceptance of workers at the Amazon Long Island City , Queens … [Read more...] about A handshake on unions’ framework in the Amazon talks …Then CEO Bezo? …..’We don’t talk to people, we tell them.’…