October 27, 2012

The 3-2-120 monster

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Martha Grevatt describes Chrysler's 3-2-120 process what it means operationally from the perspective of a given worker.   by Martha...
October 4, 2012

Free Legal Clinic for People Facing Foreclosure - UAW Local 160

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If you need help keeping your house or know someone else facing possible foreclosure, here's a group that can help. UAW Local 160's...
September 24, 2012

Ex-GM Colombia Workers Lift Hunger Strike

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Dear Friends, Thank you to all the people who have supported our struggle and who have shown it to us through your actions of help and soli...
September 11, 2012

Chrysler Trades Appeal Update

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by Martha Grevatt & Frank Hammer Adding Insult to Injury The UAW International Executive Board has stalled for over ten months wit...
August 13, 2012

An Open Letter to President Bob King

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Brother King, We, the undersigned UAW members and retirees, are writing to urge you to lend the immediate and full support of our union o...
July 29, 2012

No "equality" -we make the sacrifice!

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by Scott Houldieson Did You Really Expect It Back Without A Fight? When you give away the farm do you think the one you gave it to...
July 24, 2012

When the time comes, let’s not forget this.

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by Gary Walkowicz It’s outrageous that the arbitrator could rule against us in the Equity of Sacrifice grievance. In the Feb...
May 20, 2012

Greetings from UAW Local 3000

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by Jeff “Spike” Brown I work at AUTOALLIANCE PLANT (AAI) in Flat Rock, Michigan. AAI opened in 1987 as the Mazda plant. We are a joint...

Colombian GM workers demand justice

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Those of us who recently attended the Labor Notes conference in Chicago met Jorge Parra, a GM worker from Columbia and president of ASOTRECO...
October 19, 2011

You know it is a bad contract...

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by Alex Wassell When a flyer by the “Local 869 Leadership” includes the punch line but we did not lose anything else . Yes, your member...
October 13, 2011

Does Bob King have a Political Agenda?

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by Nick Waun On Friday, President Obama along with the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited GM’s Lake Orion Assembly. They anno...
October 8, 2011

Shared Sacrifice Requires Shared Gain As Well

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by Scott Houldieson Brothers and sisters, we have a tentative agreement between Ford Motor Company and the International UAW. Look it ov...
September 20, 2011

GM took the workers' money and doesn't want to give it back. They want to make the concessions permanent.

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by Gary Walkowicz The tentative GM contract means this: GM will give the workers a signing bonus of $5,000 (before taxes), plus thre...
September 19, 2011

Why I Will Be Voting No!

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by Nick Waun We have yet to see this year’s tentative national agreement with General Motors. It would be nice if they posted it ...
September 12, 2011

What they’re saying about the contract doesn’t add up to what we need.

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by Gary Walkowicz 2nd-tier needs more than a small raise. They’re talking about a raise of a couple dollars an hour for 2nd-ti...