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November 14, 2023
News & Commentary

Sunah Chang

Automobile companies declare wage increases in light of recent UAW victories, Ford production workers in Kentucky vote against the union’s tentative contract, the NLRB navigates challenges against its joint employer rule, and Starbucks’ union workers prepare for a nationwide walkout.

September 15, 2023
News & Commentary

Greg Volynsky

United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three

September 13, 2023
News & Commentary

Jacqueline Rayfield

United Auto Workers gear up for a strike after their contract expires with Detroit Three automakers Thursday evening, marking the first ever simultaneous labor stoppage at all three firms and one of the largest U.S. industrial labor actions in recent history.

September 7, 2023
News & Commentary

Linh Tang

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain announced on Wednesday that workers plan to strike against major Detroit automakers that fail to reach a new agreement by September 14, when the existing agreements expire. UAW, representing 150,000 workers at carmaker giants General Motors, Stellantis and Ford, is pushing for a 46% pay raise over four years […]

July 17, 2019
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

The UAW began negotiations for new collective bargaining agreements with Ford, Chrysler, and GM early this week. After granting significant concessions during the recession, workers now seek a higher share of the companies’ record profits. The UAW hopes to move workers currently classified as ‘temporary’ into regular positions with union wages and benefits; to guarantee […]

December 7, 2018
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report: unemployment remains at 3.7% for the third month, and the U.S. added 155,000 nonfarm jobs. Reactions are mixed; while the report is “weaker than expected,” it is also a sign of an expansive and overall healthy economy, note commentators in the New York […]

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OnLabor is a blog devoted to workers, unions, and their politics. We interpret our subject broadly to include the current crisis in the traditional union movement (why union decline is happening and what it means for our society); the new and contested forms of worker organization that are filling the labor union gap; how work ought to be structured and managed; how workers ought to be represented and compensated; and the appropriate role of government — all three branches — in each of these issues.

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