By DAVID KOENIG | AP Business Writer DALLAS — The United Auto Workers’ overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country. The UAW won a stunning 73% of the vote at VW after … Read more
A Volkswagen automobile assembly plant is seen on March 20, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images DETROIT — Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote this week on whether to organize with the United Auto Workers in a key test of the union’s sway. A victory would give the UAW its first … Read more
By Phillip Molnar | San Diego Union-Tribune Earlier this month, California fast-food workers started earning a $20 an hour minimum wage. The law applies to restaurants offering limited or no table service and which are part of a national chain with at least 60 establishments nationwide. Proponents of the bill, and many fast-food workers, say … Read more
Margaret Osburn spends eight hours a day with a classroom full of preschool students. She knows their birthdays. She’s on a first-name basis with their parents. She remembers the kids’ favorite foods, songs and colors. She cares for them when they’re sick and changes their diapers. “I know these kids and I love them,” Osburn … Read more
By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters Say you work at a fast food restaurant or coffee shop that bears the name of a national chain. Under California law, you’re entitled to be paid at least $20 an hour starting Monday. Say you work at one of those stores, inside a grocery store. The grocery store, your … Read more
Workers at 34 Southern California hotels hailed new labor contracts Monday that will boost wages by $10 an hour over four years, ending months of protests and rallies for thousands of employees. The cooks, room attendants, dishwashers and others represented by Unite Here Local 11 were part of a massive labor strike that has seen … Read more
The Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal laid off two-thirds of their staff Friday, March 22, just days after employees signaled they were unionizing. Nine of 14 employees who were campaigning to unionize as the Long Beach Media Guild were notified their jobs had been terminated by CEO Melissa Evans. The news came as … Read more
After nearly nine months of walkouts, protests and picket lines, union workers at 34 Southern California hotels will begin voting Thursday, March 21 to ratify tentative labor agreements with the hotels. Ratification results and terms of the labor contracts should be announced Monday, March 25 by Unite Here Local 11. The workers are among some … Read more
Student workers at Occidental College who say they’re grappling with low wages, inconsistent hours and job insecurity have launched a campaign to unionize with SEIU Local 721. Hundreds of teaching assistants, researchers, baristas, tutors, lifeguards and others plan to rally in the campus quad Wednesday, March 20 to demand the college agree to a fair … Read more
United Steelworkers appears likely to endorse President Joe Biden for the 2024 election, with the union set to decide on its endorsement in the coming weeks. Union President David McCall said Tuesday that an endorsement for former President Trump would not align with what happened during his first administration. “[A Trump presidency] didn’t work too … Read more
