Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Confront or Cave? Federal Pressure Splits the Building Trades

One of the last nationwide bastions of union jobs is getting jackhammered by the Trump administration. Members are languishing in ICE prisons without trial. Programs that protect members from racism and sexism are getting the axe.

In response, building trades officers are split: some are pleading, some are protesting, and others are surrendering without a fight.

Trabajadores de GM votarán la próxima semana sobre su representación sindical

Los trabajadores de una segunda planta de ensamblaje de General Motors en México votarán del 25 al 27 de junio sobre si unirse a SINTTIA (Sindicato Independiente Nacional de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores de la Industria Automotriz), el sindicato independiente que ganó una elección histórica para representar a los trabajadores de la planta de Silao de la compañía en 2022.

Mexican GM Workers to Vote on Union at Second Plant

Workers at a second General Motors assembly plant in Mexico will vote June 25 to 27 on whether to join SINTTIA (the National Auto Workers Union), the independent union that won a landmark election to represent workers at the company’s Silao plant in 2022.

A win for SINTTIA at the plant, located 90 miles north of Silao in San Luis Potosí, would mark a major breakthrough for Mexico’s labor movement. It would be the first time that an independent union represents two assembly plants at one of the Big Three automakers.

¿Tendrán los trabajadores mexicanos de GM una elección sindical justa?

Los trabajadores de una segunda planta de ensamblaje de General Motors en México están haciendo campaña para unirse a SINTTIA (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Automotrices), el sindicato independiente que ganó una elección histórica para representar a los trabajadores de otra planta mexicana de GM en 2022. Los 6,500 trabajadores de la planta de San Luis Potosíproducen la GMC Terrain y las SUV Chevrolet Trax y Equinox.

Will Mexican GM Workers Get a Fair Union Election?

Workers at a second General Motors assembly plant in Mexico are campaigning to join SINTTIA (the National Auto Workers Union), the independent union that won a landmark election to represent workers at another Mexican GM plant in 2022. The 6,500 workers at the San Luis Potosí plant produce the GMC Terrain and the Chevrolet Trax and Equinox SUVs.

Los trabajadores de almacén impulsan la industria de la moda de Nueva York. Ahora luchan por un sindicato.

A minutos de las boutiques de lujo de SoHo en Manhattan se encuentra la planta de cumplimiento de Bergen Logistics en North Bergen, Nueva Jersey, donde los trabajadores clasifican, empaquetan y envían cientos de paquetes al día para marcas de moda de lujo, incluidas Acne Studios, Kenzo y Phillip Lim.

Warehouse Workers Power NYC’s Fashion Industry. Now, They’re Unionizing

Minutes from the high-end boutiques of SoHo in Manhattan sits Bergen Logistics’ fulfillment facility in North Bergen, New Jersey, where workers sort, package, and ship hundreds of packages a day for luxury fashion brands including Acne Studios, Kenzo, and Phillip Lim.

The workers themselves can’t realistically afford the ornate gowns and crisp suits they ship to online shoppers. Some work two jobs just to stay afloat, and rush to keep up with unit-per-hour expectations.

Ante amenazas arancelarias, los trabajadores mexicanos de GM logran un aumento salarial de dos dígitos.

Los trabajadores mexicanos de General Motors en el complejo de Silao, Guanajuato, obtuvieron aumentos salariales récord tras enfrentarse al alarmismo de la compañía sobre las amenazas arancelarias.

“Al principio llegaron con un, ‘Yo ofrezco un seis por ciento,’” dijo Norma Leticia Cabrera Vasquez sobre la oferta de la compañía en la mesa de negociación.

Unmoved by Tariff Threats, Mexican GM Workers Win a Double-Digit Wage Hike

Mexican General Motors workers in the Silao, Guanajuato, factory complex clinched record raises after staring down company scaremongering about tariff threats.

“They said, well, we’re offering 6 percent,” said Norma Leticia Cabrera Vasquez about management’s offer at bargaining.

“We knew they were going to show up with that, but we said, ‘We still have weeks to negotiate, so we won’t let that intimidate us,’” said Cabrera Vasquez, who worked at the plant for 15 years, and now serves as a leader of the union’s Women’s Department.

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