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The shipyard of Bath Iron Works, c. 2000. Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major shipyard and among the largest shipbuilders for the United States Navy. [1] The shipyard, located in Bath, Maine, is a major employer for the region, with approximately 6,800 workers, of whom approximately 4,300 are members of Local S6 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
The 2020 Alabama aluminum plant strike is a labor strike that occurred in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States from December 2020 to January 2021.The strike involved approximately 400 members of the United Steelworkers Local 200, over alleged unfair labor practices by Constellium, a multinational producer of aluminum products who operate a manufacturing plant.
In late March 2020, 50 workers at a Purdue poultry processing plant in Kathleen, Georgia went on a wildcat strike over working conditions and hazard pay. [70] On 27 April, employees walked out of the Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing plant in Cold Spring, Minnesota, in protest of how the firm is handling worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Four-hundred thousand workers are now in a union that were not in a union when (Biden) became president.” ... Since 2013, the lowest number of union members were in 2020 and 2021 – in the ...
"Amazon's relentless pursuit of profit comes at a cost to workers, the environment and democracy," said Christy Hoffman, general secretary of UNI Global Union, in a statement.
Construction-industry painters, glaziers, drywall finishers, sign & display workers. 2020: IUPAT: International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IABSORIW) 1896 125,437 2021: IW: Transport Workers Union of America (TWUA) 1934 125,398 Mass transit, railroad, and airline workers. 2017: TWU
Mr Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress — his third since taking office in 2021 — comes as he gears up for a tough general election rematch against the man he defeated in 2020 ...
The percentage of workers belonging to a union (or "density") in the United States peaked in 1954 at almost 35% and the total number of union members peaked in 1979 at an estimated 21.0 million. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Membership has declined since, with private sector union membership beginning a steady decline that continues into the 2010s, but the ...