#MondayScoop: Th automaker Stellantis is stockpiling parts at its shuttered Belvidere plant in Illinois. Lisa Xu
has the story. Share it widely! #UAW #big3 #Ford #GM #Stellantis
https://labornotes.org/2023/09/big-3-focus-auto-parts-centers-strike-prep

" #UAW has asked for 46% raises in general pay over 4yrs —an increase elevating a top-scale assembly plant worker frm $32-47/hr. In addition, the union has demanded an end to varying tiers of #wages for factory jobs; a 32-hr wk w/ 40hrs of pay; the restoration of traditional defined-benefit #pensions for new hires who now receive only 401(k)-style retirement plans; & a return of cost-of-living pay raises, among other benefits."

Forcing the toothpaste bk in the tube.
https://time.com/6312519/united-auto-workers-union-possible-strike/#

@raymondpert Obama could have nationalized the industry during the bailout of early post “Great Recession.” Now workers have to make the struggle theirs to increase workplace democracy. Could also explore opportunities to diversify production, extending into alternative energy mass transportation manufacturing. #uaw #greennewdeal #labor #laborpower #workplacedemocracy

#labor militancy: United Auto Workers (#UAW) reject counter offers of the big 3 auto makers, strike deadline in 6 days. https://www.wxyz.com/news/uaw-rejects-wage-offers-from-detroit-companies-with-strike-deadline-6-days-away

Ugh. House republicans have an anti-EV and anti-worker bill on the floor this Thursday. You know what else is Thursday the 14th? The #UAW deadline.

Strikes
Threaten, loom
UAW pushes back
President unconcerned
Talks, breakdown

#uaw #strike #labor #union #biden #cinquain #poetry

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/uaw-leader-warns-strike-biden-suggested-wasnt-worried-talks-looking-wa-rcna103824

It is Friday, September 8th and Stuff has Happened

Biscuit the Tortoise is safe and we should celebrate that daily. Also, Elon Musk thinks himself a private general, a Florida man tried to hamster wheel his way across the Atlantic, the UAW strike is very possible, and a pretty big statue unveiling.

Today's newsletter: https://www.stuffkeepshappening.online/a-tort-in-time/

Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibZCP60oPa0

#News #ElonMusk #Florida #UAW #StuffKeepsHappening

#UAW leader warns of #strike after #Biden suggested he wasn't worried about talks failing: 'It's looking that way'

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/uaw-leader-warns-strike-biden-suggested-wasnt-worried-talks-looking-wa-rcna103824?ref=am-quickie.ghost.io
Asked whether he's worried about a #UnitedAutoWorkers strike, the president told reporters on #LaborDay: "No, I’m not worried about a strike until it happens."

#arbejde #strejke #USA #UAW #AI #kunstigintelligens #dkmedier #Arbejderen

De tre største amerikanske bilproducenter, General Motors, Ford og Stellantis, har i det sidste årti tjent 164.000 milliarder dollars. Alligevel sidder de hårdt på pengekassen under de igangværende overenskomstforhandlinger, kritiserer fagforeningen UAW, der gør klar til strejke.

#arbejde #UAW #USA #dkmedier #Arbejderen

https://arbejderen.dk/udland/op-mod-150-000-arbejdere-hos-tre-store-bilproducenter-i-usa-goer-klar-til-strejke/

UAW chief: Union to strike any Detroit automaker that hasn't reached deal as contracts end next week

> The head of the United Auto Workers warned that the union plans to go on strike against any Detroit automaker that hasn’t reached a new agreement by the time contracts expire next week
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/uaw-chief-union-strike-detroit-automaker-reached-deal-102967066 #strike #union #UAW #Labor #solidarity #unionstrong #labour #unions #Detroit

Meyerson calls on other large unions to follow suit, and the unions seem ready to do so, with new leaders and new militancy at the #Teamsters and #UAW, and with #SEIU members at unionized #Starbucks waiting for their first contracts.

Turning union-supporting workers into unionized workers is key to fighting Supreme Court sabotage. #OrganizedLabor will give fighters like Abruzzo the political cover she needs to Get Shit Done.

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Grad students typically work anywhere from 40 to 80 hours a week, but #UC programs are assigning them 39% to 50% appointments, creating variation and lower pay, despite a new union contract.

More of Jonathan's excellent reporting on graduate labor:

https://www.statnews.com/2023/09/05/university-of-california-graduate-students-wage-clash/

#Phdchat #AcademicMastodon #gradstudent #science #research #health #labor #unions #UAW

#Union Boss Warns #Billionaires They're About To Find Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbKS7bpqpVk

#UAW President Shawn Fain rails against the “policy failure” that is the existence of #billionaires.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/business/economy/uaw-autoworkers-strike.html

https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/business/economy/uaw-autoworkers-strike.html

#UAW calls for as much as 40% raise when #Ford #profit at $3.7 billion, #GM $5 billion, #Stellantis $11.9 billion

#UAWOnStrike #strike #strikes #union #unions #UnionStrong #ClassWar #capitalism #Exploitation

“Our members are willing to do whatever it takes” says #UAW leader
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/01/our-members-are-willing-to-do-whatever-it-takes-says-uaw-leader/

As the #UnitedAutoWorkers carry out a militant contract campaign, #UAWLocal230 President reflects on the current moment and what must change

Shawn Fain, president of @UAW, is changing what it means to be a fighting union.

Speaking to thousands of autoworkers, he said: "Billionaires, in my opinion, don't have a right to exist."

#UAW #union #workers #labor

#UAW

Shawn Fein says billionaires should not exist. It’s about time

Union Boss Warns Billionaires They're About To Find Out

6 min video

https://youtu.be/AbKS7bpqpVk

#union #uspol

#Labor, militant: United Auto Workers (#UAW) files unfair labor practice charge against Stellantis and General Motors, alleging refusal to bargain in good faith; tosses Ford's contract proposal in the bin https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2023/08/31/uaw-files-unfair-labor-charges-against-gm-and-stellantis-rejects-ford/70731148007/

#US - Auto workers leader slams companies for slow bargaining, files labor complaint with government

> Fain's statements and strong responses from the companies showed both sides appear to be digging in with just two weeks before contracts with the union's 146,000 members expire. Fain is once again threatening to strike when the pacts end at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/auto-workers-leader-slams-companies-slow-bargaining-files-102848575 #UAW #Detroit #Ford #union #labor #labour #unions #unionstrong #solidarity