Dave5

About

Tag: unions

  • Next Bright Light: May 2028 – contract negotiations

    Forget the mid-terms… Shawn Fain synced all major union contracts to expire in May 2028 Fain led the UAW to an historic strike: the UAW took on all three of the Big Three automakers, and cleaned their clocks. UAW workers walked away with three new contracts, all set to expire in 2028. Fain then called upon every union to bargain…

  • That Time Unions Sent Richard Spencer Packing

  • The UAW Strike Could Portend a Broader Revival of Working-Class Power

    Perhaps as important as the contract wins was how they were won. Breaking with decades of the union’s history of concessions and corruption, recently elected president Shawn Fain and other UAW leaders made ambitious demands and clearly communicated them to members and to the public. And the union has not shied away from the language of class…

  • Tesla Has Bitten Off More Than It Can Chew by Picking a Fight With Swedish Unions

    Elon Musk is attempting to expand Tesla into Sweden and circumvent its unions — but Swedish labor has a long history of taking on big US firms. If they can bring Tesla to heel, it will mark a major victory for organized labor across the globe. https://jacobin.com/2023/12/tesla-swedish-unions-nordic-elon-musk-labor-green-transition/

  • Why the Labor Movement Needs to be Creative and Disruptive (w/ Jono Shaffer)

    Jono Shaffer is a legendary labor organizer who was instrumental in the Justice for Janitors campaign. J4J successfully unionized Los Angeles janitorial workers under unbelievably difficult conditions—the janitors were undocumented and worked for contractors rather than buildings themselves, so they were easily fired. J4J built a movement that successfully pressured building owners to respect the…

  • Direct Elections for Labor Leaders Make for More Militant Unions

    From the UAW to the Writers Guild, this year’s biggest contract victories have been won by unions in which members directly elect their leaders. That’s a right denied to most US union members — but it may be the key to unleashing broader labor militancy. https://jacobin.com/2023/12/elections-democracy-union-leadership-militancy/

  • GM execs boast about low costs of UAW contract, hand over billions to shareholders

    In a conference call with Wall Street bankers Wednesday morning, General Motors executives announced billions in stock buybacks and dividend payments for their wealthy shareholders while gloating over the negligible cost of the new United Auto Workers contract. GM CEO Mary Barra and Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson delivered the remarks nine days after the…