The United Auto Workers (UAW) is a union that represents hundreds of thousands of workers in the automotive industry. On 14 September, UAW leadership called a strike when the deadline to make a deal with industry leadership passed. 13,000 auto workers have now walked out on the job from companies General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. …
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Brief Labor Update: John Deere and Alabama Coal Strike
As mentioned in late October, the current times are brimming with upset in the US labor sector. From strikes among workers of fast-food companies such as Nabisco and Kellogg’s to walkouts due to vaccine mandates, it’s been a tumultuous few months. This brief mid-week blog will deliver an update on two labor situations in the …
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3 Things I’m Looking Forward to in 2020
I’ve decided to end the year off on a positive note by talking about three different things I’m hoping to see in the coming year. Of course, a comprehensive list of the trends and policies I would like to witness in 2020 would run for thousands of words. And of course, many of these policy …
Frustrating Media, United Auto Workers Strike
The mainstream media has been frustrating this week. Granted, they are always at the very least frustrating and more often excruciatingly corrupt in their coverage, but this week had me shaking my head a little more than usual. First of all, as you might have heard, Bernie Sanders suffered a heart complication last week and …
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