LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Friday, October 6, 2023 & Breaking UAW Strike Update
Top Stories: UAW STRIKE UPDATE; UAW Members feel strike's impact; Jacobin: The PRO Act is a starting point; The PRO Act is just the beinning; How employer should respond to NLRB changes & more...
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[71 total articles today; Over 25,000 articles posted since January 2022]
UAW STRIKE UPDATE: NO NEW PLANTS CALLED ON TO STRIKE
“Our strike is working, but we’re not there yet….We are winning. We are making progress and we heading in the right direction.” — UAW President Shawn Fain
Major victory: GM agrees to put EV battery manufacturing under UAW master agreement
Two of three auto companies (Ford and Stellantis) have agreed to COLA, “GM is not far behind.”
All three companies have agreed to raises for temps
Tiers to get to top rate: From 8 years to 3 years at Ford; while GM and Stellantis are at 4 years
“Beat back” concessions on profit sharing formula
Ford and Stellantis have agreed to the right to honor picket lines over plant closures; GM laying the foundation
Ford and Stellantis have agreed to tool allowances for trades; GM fighting
Companies are fighting pensions
As UAW strike continues, autoworkers battle loss of wages
The United Auto Workers strike continues, and with autoworkers seeing less money than typically, how are they fairing?
"I'm most worried about having a roof over my head…" Read more…
Job Numbers: 885,000 Full-Time Jobs Lost, 1.127 Million Part-Time Jobs Added
[W]hile part-time workers rose for the third consecutive month to 27.336 million, and the highest since January, full-time workers have decline for three straight months, and at 134.167 million, this was the lowest number going back to February. Read more…
Jacobin : The PRO Act Is Critically Important. But We Should See It as Just a Good Start.
The PRO Act contains some of the most significant changes to labor law in decades. But with genuine shortcomings, including no “card check,” the legislation should be seen as an important part of a broader suite of pro-labor reforms. Read more…
Three Important Changes to Labor Law and How Employers Should Respond
With no chance of passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, we predicted that the Biden administration would seek to achieve pro-labor reforms through the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “Board”) rulemaking and adjudication processes. This prediction has proven true. Read more…