Showing posts with label UAW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UAW. Show all posts

Monday, September 23, 2019

Why the UAW Strike?


Have you wondered why the UAW has gone on strike?

Here’s one good reason: Eliminating GM’s two-tiered pay system that permanently ensures new hires will be paid less for the same work as older UAW members.

Do you want to resuscitate the American middle class? Well, then, we cannot permit GM, and other OEMs, to continue creating a permanent underclass.

Here’s the story…

Ending Temp Work Is at Center of Auto Workers Strike
September 20, 2019


 Auto Worker Jessie Kelly talks about the oppression of being a temp worker, how it keeps workers impoverished & works to diminish unions.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Good News!

The U.A.W. and Ford appear to have agreed to a new four-year contract. Ford said it plans to add 12,000 jobs and invest $6.2 billion in its United States plants. See: New York Times "Ford Reaches Contract Deal with the U.A.W."

Couple this with the recent GM deal, which calls for creating or retaining 6,400 jobs in the United States,and raising pay for entry-level workers, we have some really good news today!