John Deere battle ends with historic gains for strikers Dec 1, 2021 Workers stood solid for five weeks and won big, doubling their raises and rejecting a plan to cut pensions for new hires.
GM strikers win big gains Oct 30, 2019 After 40 days on the picket line, the longest nationwide strike against General Motors in nearly 50 years ended Oct. 25.
No more ‘American Idle’? Mar 13, 2018 UAW is calling on Americans to buy American. And sing about it.
Workers say no to union at Mississippi Nissan plant Aug 7, 2017 After a decade-long campaign by United Auto Workers, workers at a Nissan auto plant in Canton, Mississippi rejected unionization in a 2,244 to 1,307 vote Aug. 3-4.
Machinists at Bodycote battle for first contract Jun 16, 2015 Camas Bodycote workers voted last June to unionize, but are still trying to get a first contract
A quest to find Union Beer Jul 29, 2014 It’s not easy to ID union-made beer. There’s no union label, and little accurate, up-to-date info.
Ralph Rigdon, 1928-2014 Jul 1, 2014 The longtime UAW member was active in union and Democratic politics
1963 March on Washington — time to march again Aug 13, 2013 Conventional narratives of the March downplay its economic demands — and labor’s central role
Hunger for justice Dec 5, 2012 Hunger strikers demand GM take responsibility for injured workers in Colombia.
