The highest ranking United Auto Workers official yet to face punishment for his role in a sprawling corruption scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday, as the case continues to rock the foundation of one of the most powerful unions in the nation.
Read moreFour workers fired from Google last week are planning to file a federal labor complaint against the company, claiming it illegally retaliated against them for organizing workers.
Read moreLawyers for two New Hampshire workers seeking a refund of union fees they paid in the years before the Supreme Court shook up the landscape struggled to persuade the First Circuit on Monday to revive their case
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A former regional director for the United Auto Workers union appeared in Detroit federal court Tuesday, just two days after stepping down amid a sprawling federal investigation into bribery and embezzlement.
Read moreGoogle on Monday fired four employees on the grounds they had violated data-security policies, but the tech titan was accused of persecuting them for trying to unionize staff.
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General Motors brought a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Fiat Chrysler, claiming the rival automaker bribed officials with the United Auto Workers union to get an unfair advantage in labor agreements.
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Southwest Airlines’ pilots union slammed Boeing late Wednesday for what it calls a rush to return the grounded 737 Max to service and urged the airline to buy planes from other manufacturers.
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The United Auto Workers union will tighten financial controls, ban contributions from employers and vendors to charities run by its officers, and hire an ethics officer in the wake of a federal corruption investigation.
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Thousands of members with the largest union of university employees in California went on statewide strike Wednesday to bring attention to job outsourcing and stalled contract negotiations.
Read moreIn a study of a landmark California labor law detested by business groups and gig economy titans, researchers concluded Tuesday that the union-backed bill will cover a majority of independent contractors and affect more than just Uber and Lyft drivers.
Read moreLittle Rock teachers will go on strike for one day this week over an Arkansas panel’s decision to strip their collective bargaining power and complaints about state control of the 23,000-student district, union officials said Monday.
Read moreThe United Auto Workers announced Saturday that President Gary Jones is taking a paid leave of absence amid a federal investigation of corruption within the union.
Read moreThe Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday afternoon finally called off a strike that cancelled 11 days of classes after a tense, last-minute compromise with Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Read moreThe Chicago Teachers’ Union voted to finally accept a contract from the city Wednesday night after a two-week battle with rookie Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit affirmed a ruling for the National Labor Relations Board, which said an iron workers’ union promoted an illegal, secondary strike at a metal company.
Read moreFactory employees represented by the United Auto Workers held a national vote Friday approving a new labor contract with General Motors to end a strike that lasted nearly six weeks.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a plan Friday to help workers unionize in his ongoing attempt to appeal to the American middle class and secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
Read moreThe Associated General Contractors of America, et al., sued California in superior court, claiming the City of San Diego requires bidders for a $398 million water project to use apprentices in Joint Labor Management Apprentice Programs, which allegedly violates a voter-approved right-to-work proposition.
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If they can close our plant, they can close yours, too. That’s the message from workers at three shuttered General Motors factories that didn’t get new products under the tentative contract agreement reached last week.
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