United Auto Workers Strike

[petee]

Since the strike began, the value of Ford’s offer increased by 50 percent, according to the UAW. Ford initially proposed a 9 percent wage increase, a 6-year progression to earning the top wage, $12,000 in cost-of-living (COLA) bonuses, and the same 6.4 percent employer 401(k) contribution as the company offered in the 2019 contract.

The new tentative agreement with Ford restores COLA to where it was before 2009, bringing workers’ total wage increase to 33 percent. Wages for starting workers will increase 68 percent to over $28 an hour, while wages for temp workers will increase by 150 percent. The progression to top wage was cut by more than half to 3 years, which hasn’t been the case since before 2009, and Ford’s 401(k) contributions were bumped to 9.5 percent.

What’s in the UAW’s Historic Tentative Agreement With Ford

In yet another break with years past, UAW members at Ford will return to work while the agreement is voted on to increase pressure on GM and Stellantis to make a deal.

substack.perfectunion.us

 

[petee]

second of three

UAW and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal as union adds strike at Tennessee GM factory

Jeep maker Stellantis reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union on Saturday as it escalated strikes against General Motors by adding a plant in Tennessee.

apnews.com

despite ...

Stellantis Hires Notorious Firm to Break UAW Strike

The automaker has sent private, ex-military security guards from a notorious strikebreaking firm to at least 5 UAW strike locations

substack.perfectunion.us

 

[petee]

3 for 3

"Ultimately, the agreement with GM is a breakthrough because it will allow for the joint-venture workforce to vote on unionizing future plants and then decide if they want their own contract or to be part of the master contract. GM already is operating an Ultium Cells plant in northeast Ohio and it is building two more Ultium Cell plants: One in Spring Hill, Tennessee, and the other in Lansing, both expected to start operations within the next two years"

GM, UAW reach tentative deal after weeks of contract negotiations

After an intense weekend of negotiations, GM and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement.

www.freep.com

 

[petee]

the big 3 and now toyota

I Make Cars for a Living. I Can’t Afford to Buy One.

Toyota workers in Kentucky are waging a historic union campaign against one of the largest non-union carmakers.

substack.perfectunion.us

 

[petee]

and now VW

BREAKING: Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Win a Union, Making History

In a landslide vote, workers in Chattanooga have won the first U.S. union at a non-union car company in decades. The VW election could alter the auto industry and the future of American labor.

substack.perfectunion.us

 

[petee]

the right wing claps back

With U.S. workers on the march, Southern states take aim at unions

Since six Southern Republican governors last week showed "how scared they are" of the United Auto Workers' U.S. organizing drive, Tennessee Volkswagen employees have voted to join the UAW while GOP policymakers across the region have ramped up attacks on unions.The UAW launched "the largest...

www.rawstory.com

 

[petee]

backgrounder, from last september, before the victories

https://archive.ph/daPFO

 

[hitmouse]

Alabama news:

Alabama Mercedes Workers Lose First Union Election, Vow to Fight On

A no-holds-barred campaign by Mercedes management convinced a majority of workers at its Alabama factory complex to vote against forming a union. In addition to anti-union videos and mailings, captive-audience meetings, firings, and an onslaught of pressure from state politicians and even a...

labornotes.org