Why Foreign Carmakers Set Up Shop in the US South
For decades, foreign-owned auto companies have flocked to the US South to exploit cheap, nonunion labor. It’s been a disaster for autoworkers and organized labor.
52 Article(s) by: Luis Feliz Leon
Luis Feliz Leon is a staff writer and organizer with Labor Notes.
The UAW Is Trying to Organize the Montgomery Hyundai Plant
This week, the United Auto Workers announced that their union drive at the Hyundai plant in Montgomery, Alabama, had signed up over 30% of the 4,000 workers there. It's the third plant in the UAW’s new organizing drive to go public.
Volkswagen Workers Hope to Launch the UAW’s Next Winning Campaign
After its landmark strike against the Big Three, the UAW placed thirteen nonunion automakers on notice. The first of these drives has just gone public, with 1,000 workers signing union cards at a Volkswagen plant that’s twice resisted unionization.
The United Auto Workers Are Looking to Unionize the Whole Auto Industry
In the wake of its historic strike victory, the United Auto Workers says thousands of nonunion autoworkers have reached out asking for support in organizing their plants. The UAW already has plans in motion to unionize the whole US auto sector.
The UAW Just Secured a Landmark Win in the Fight for a Pro-Worker Green Transition
In a massive victory today for UAW strikers, GM agreed to bring battery plants for electric vehicles under the union’s master agreement. The concession is a landmark win in the struggle for a pro-worker green transition.
The UAW Strike Just Got Even Bigger
Seven thousand more UAW members just walked off the job, expanding the strike to two more plants. Twenty-five thousand autoworkers are now on strike, and the walkout could continue to escalate if the Big Three don’t budge in negotiations.
General Motors Is Sending Scabs to Parts Distribution Centers
With the UAW strike spreading, GM is dispatching nonunion workers and managers to try to keep their parts distribution centers running. “I wish them luck,” one striking worker said. “They’re gonna be so goddamn lost.”
The United Auto Workers Have Officially Escalated Their Strike
The UAW strike just got bigger. The union announced this afternoon that workers at 38 GM and Stellantis locations would join the walkout — and the pressure tactics are already working, with Ford making significant concessions at the bargaining table.
“We Are Making History Today, Baby”: Scenes From the First Day of the UAW Strike
Jubilant pickets. Rattled managers. Here’s what the first day of the historic United Auto Workers strike looked like on the ground with rank-and-file autoworkers.
The United Auto Workers Strike Has Begun
The UAW launched a historic strike this morning, with workers at three plants across the Big Three walking out and UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring that an "all-out strike is possible." It’s the first time ever the union has struck all three major automakers.
Big Three Autoworkers Are Getting Ready to Strike As Negotiations Come Down to the Wire
The United Auto Workers’ contract with the Big Three automakers expires tomorrow at midnight. If no agreement is reached, the UAW is ready to strike to recoup concessions made over the past two decades, end tiers, and boost wages.
Kentucky Autoworkers at Ford Are Preparing for a Strike
Contract negotiations are ongoing between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. Last month, 500 UAW members at the Ford plant in Louisville, Kentucky, held rallies in preparation for a potential strike.
Autoworkers Are Mobilizing for a Potential Strike at the Big Three Automakers
Under new leadership, the UAW is waging an aggressive campaign to win a new contract at the Big Three automakers. For the first time in decades, UAW workers are mobilizing for contract rallies at Ford, Stellantis, and GM plants ahead of a potential strike.
UPS Teamsters Have Won Big. But for Some Workers, Raised Expectations Have Outpaced Gains.
At UPS, Teamsters just won a historic tentative agreement. Some workers are looking at what the union won without a strike and concluding it should have demanded even more — and creating demands for the next contract fight.
Amazon Worker: “If UPS Wages Go Up, Amazon Should Do the Same”
UPS Teamsters used a strike threat to win big wage increases in their tentative agreement. Amazon workers are looking at the pay gains as proof they can do the same.
The Clock Is Ticking on the Deadline for a Giant Strike at UPS
Contract negotiations between shipping giant UPS and its 340,000-strong Teamsters workforce resumed last week. If they can’t come to an agreement by August 1, the union will go on strike — which would be the largest at a private employer in decades.
Michigan Amazon Workers Staged a Walkout on Prime Day
Joined by striking delivery drivers, last week Amazon workers in a Michigan warehouse staged the largest delivery station strike yet.
Amazon Teamsters Are Setting Up Pickets Nationwide to Demand a Contract
This spring, Amazon delivery drivers unionized with the Teamsters — but the logistics giant refuses to bargain with them. The workers are now setting up picket lines at Amazon warehouses across the country, joined by fellow Teamsters from other employers.
In Georgia, 1,400 Bus Manufacturing Workers Have Just Won a Union
Electric vehicle manufacturing in the US is overwhelming nonunion, but 1,400 workers for an electric bus manufacturer in Georgia have just unionized. It’s one of the labor movement’s biggest victories in the South this century.
UAW Reform Candidate Shawn Fain Is Set to Win the Union’s Presidential Election
In a stunning upset in the United Auto Workers leadership election, reformer Shawn Fain is set to win the presidency. Fain is part of a reform slate that will now control the UAW after vowing to bring democracy and militancy back to the long-calcified union.