#Trump rips UAW president: ‘Get rid of this dope’

#Trump rips UAW president: ‘Get rid of this dope’

Former President Trump on Sunday dug into United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain for his endorsement of President Biden, arguing the UAW leader does not “understand” the future of the automobile industry. Trump, in a Truth Social post on Sunday, said he watched Fain’s interview with CBS News’s “Face the Nation” earlier in the day,…

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#Big Labor systematically lies to forced dues-paying workers 

#Big Labor systematically lies to forced dues-paying workers 

Throughout last month’s first-ever U.S. House hearing on national right-to-work legislation in the Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP), the dividing line between the panel’s Republican majority and its Democratic minority was very clear. Every single one of the Republican HELP panel members who spoke during the 130-minute-long hearing expressed support for…

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#UAW announces push to organize nonunion plants after strike wins

#UAW announces push to organize nonunion plants after strike wins

After ratifying new contracts with automakers following its weeks-long strike, United Auto Workers (UAW) announced plans Wednesday to try to organize workers at more than a dozen factories not currently part of the union. The newest push for workplace improvement will organize more than 150,000 autoworkers across 13 different automakers: BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Lucid, Mazda,…

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#UAW, Ford reach tentative labor agreement

#UAW, Ford reach tentative labor agreement

United Auto Workers (UAW) and Ford reached a tentative labor agreement Wednesday, the union announced, ending six weeks of strikes at the company. The four-year, tentative deal includes a 25 percent wage increase over the course of the contract, with 11 percent coming in the first year. Cost of living increases could lift the pay…

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#Trump: UAW workers ‘being sold down the river’

#Trump: UAW workers ‘being sold down the river’

Former President Trump went after the United Auto Workers leadership in an interview released Friday, saying workers are being misled by their representation. He refused to take a side on contract negotiations which have devolved into a strike. “I’m on the side of making our country great… The auto workers are being sold down the…

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#UAW on strike after union negotiations with Big Three fail

#UAW on strike after union negotiations with Big Three fail

Autoworkers launched a historic strike on Ford, General Motors and Stellantis early Friday morning after union negotiations failed. The United Auto Workers and the “Big Three” carmakers failed to reach an agreement before the workers’ contracts expired at midnight, triggering the first simultaneous strike by UAW workers against all three auto giants. The economic cost…

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