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Nurses in blue T-shirts blow whistles and air horns outside a red-brick building with huge white columns.

New Jersey Nurses Two Months into Strike for Safe Staffing »

October 6, 2023 | Sudip Bhattacharya

There ought to be nine nurses on the day shift at 9 Tower, a trauma surgery unit inside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.


Instead, some days there are just three.

A group of sanitation workers, most in their bright green hi-visibility work vests, hold signs saying, "Fair Pay for City Workers!" and "City Workers Can't Afford to Live in the City we Serve!" during a rally.

North Carolina Sanitation Workers Strike for $5K Bonuses »

October 5, 2023 | Ben Carroll

UPDATE: City workers won $6.5 million in bonuses at the City Council meeting on October 5. Bonuses of $5,000 will go to workers making under $42,800, with smaller bonuses going to those who make more.
A screen at an Ultium Cells facility which says, "Security Notice: No Photos or Videos Allowed."

Does Your Employer Have Illegal Rules on the Books? »

October 5, 2023 | Robert M. Schwartz

On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), now controlled by Democratic appointees, issued a game-changing decision known as Stericycle.

‘Where There Are Scabs, There Is Violence’—That’s Why Scabs Are Illegal in Two Canadian Provinces »

October 4, 2023 | Bill Cole

Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has vigorously condemned violence on the picket lines in Michigan, Massachusetts, and California—laying the blame on management

UAW members and supporters at a rally. Many hold signs saying UAW on Strike. Several have their children on their shoulders.

Twenty-Five Thousand Auto Workers Are Now on Strike at the Big 3 »

September 29, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Seven thousand Auto Workers at two more assembly plants will walk off the job at noon ET today, UAW President Shawn Fain announced in a Facebook Live appearance this morning.
Three women wearing red Association of Flight Attendants shirts hold yellow signs saying, "Flight Attendants Support UAW Auto Workers."

UAW Supporters to Hit the Pavement at Dealerships »

September 28, 2023 | Lisa Xu

Last Friday, some 5,000 Auto Workers (UAW) at 38 after-market parts distribution centers across General Motors and Stellantis joined the escalating “Stand-Up Strike.” Even with

Two workers in blue overalls lean over a car body, doing detailed work

Slow Walks and Tough Talk: Auto Workers Turn the Screws »

September 28, 2023 | Keith Brower Brown

The 18,000 Auto Workers on strike have lit up the labor movement. But the strike is only the most visible side of auto workers’ leverage.
A group of workers march in Detroit holding signs that say "UAW Stand Up: Fair Pay and COLA Now."

VIDEO: Stand with the UAW: Record Profits Means Record Contracts »

September 26, 2023 | Labor Notes staff

With 18,000 United Auto Workers members on strike at three Big 3 assembly plants and 38 parts distribution centers around the country, Labor Notes held a free national Zoom call on September 23, 2023, to hear reports from the rank-and-file members massing on picket lines and taking creative...
Workers outside a big plant approach a car with leaflets.

First Tire Workers to Organize in 40 Years Win First Contract »

September 26, 2023 | Finley Williams

It was late summer 2017 at the Overtyme Bar and Grill, a hotspot off a busy highway in Macon, Georgia, and Kumho Tire plant worker Mario Smith had important questions for local United Steelworkers (USW) president Alex Perkins: he wanted to know how he could bring a union to the one-year-old...
Workers in red shirts picket outside. Many of the picket signs are white with UAW logo, Local 412, and the words "Stellantis Bargaining in Bad Faith."

Viewpoint: With No Reform Caucus, Auto Workers Would Not Be on Strike »

September 26, 2023 | Jane Slaughter

What can workers seeking to reinvigorate their unions learn from the new spirit in the United Auto Workers?
Workers in red shirts chant. Most are Black women. Many fists in air, one blowing whistle, one speaking into bullhorn. Printed signs say "UAW Stand Up, COLA and Fair Pay Now"

Ford and GM Agree to End At Least One Tier, Stellantis Still Holding Out »

September 25, 2023 | Jane Slaughter

The Auto Workers announced encouraging progress in their negotiations with Ford and General Motors September 22, including an end to one of the many concessionary tiers in the union’s contract.

Six smiling workers carrying "UAW On Strike" picket signs raise their fists in the air outside a GM CCA facility. The workers are a mix of Black and white, men and women. Some of the picket signs are wrapped in plastic bags, and one worker carries an open umbrella.

Scabs Deployed at GM Parts Distribution Centers »

September 25, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon


Auto workers at the Big 3 expanded their strike last Friday to a key vulnerability: parts distribution centers that supply dealerships with everything from water pumps to brake drums and spark plugs to replacement bumpers.

En México, trabajadores automotrices enfrentan lista negra después de campaña sindical »

September 25, 2023 | Charlie Saperstein y Daniel DiMaggio

En agosto de 2022, los trabajadores automotrices de VU Manufacturing ganaron una elección histórica para obtener el reconocimiento de un nuevo sindicato independiente, La Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicana.
Auto workers march with signs that say “Stellantis Bargining in bad faith” One man is carrying a four-year old child.

Auto Workers Strike Spreads to 38 Parts Depots »

September 22, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon | Lisa Xu

The clock has ticked and tocked for two of the Big 3 automakers. At noon 5,000 more members of the Auto Workers (UAW) at 38 parts distribution centers for Stellantis and General Motors walked off the job. The facilities are spread across 20 states.
A man and a woman in suits stand holding a binder together in front of a screen that has Ford and Unifor logos projected on it.

Viewpoint: Auto Bargaining in Canada—Stuck in the Past? »

September 21, 2023 | Tony Leah

Bargaining with the Detroit 3 auto corporations is happening in Canada and the United States at the same time this year—the first time that bargaining has aligned since the disastrous bankruptcy negotiations and forced concessions of 2009.

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