Tag: United Auto Workers

How to Unionize Your Workplace

By Sacred B. Huff, Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C. Apr 24, 2024 Learning & Development

Updated: Apr 24, 2024

Throughout 2023, U.S. labor unions achieved gains and made headlines. This past summer, members of the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ unions, went on strike for over four months, leading to new agreements for both unions with studios and producers for increased residuals, increased compensation, and protections against exploitive […]

What Employers Can Learn from the UAW and Big Three Strike

By Meaghan E. Murphy, Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C. Mar 12, 2024 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 12, 2024

In mid-September, the United Auto Workers (UAW), which represents nearly 150,000 auto workers, began targeted strikes at certain factories and warehouses around the country run by Ford, GM, and Stellantis NV (formerly Chrysler), the “Big Three” automakers. Although auto strikes against the Big Three aren’t unprecedented, this recent strike had two novel aspects. First, it […]

Volkswagen’s Chattanooga workers reject UAW representation

By Tennessee Employment Law Letter Feb 17, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Bart Sisk, David Jaqua, and Valeria Gomez The votes are in, and the wait is over. In what can only be characterized as a major setback for organized labor, Volkswagen’s Chattanooga employees have voted to reject union representation by the United Auto Workers union (UAW).   Eighty-nine percent of Volkswagen’s Chattanooga employees participated in the […]