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[65] [66] [67] It resulted in convictions of 12 union officials and 3 Fiat Chrysler executives, including two former Union Presidents, UAW paying back over $15 million in improper chargebacks to worker training centers, payment of $1.5 million to the IRS to settle tax issues, commitment to independent oversight for six years, and a referendum ...
The 1945—1946 strike established a strategy, forged by then-UAW president Walter Reuther, to target efforts on a single company. Since the 1950s, UAW has faced declining union membership and a growing service sector, reducing the economic impact that a strike could have. [15] In 2019, UAW autoworkers went on strike against
The 2007 General Motors Strike was a labor union strike that lasted three days from September 23 to September 25, 2007, organized by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. The UAW were engaged in talks with General Motors (GM) to negotiate a new labor contract but were unable to come to an agreement before the deadline. Consequently, 73,000 ...
This allows the UAW to keep its $825 million “strike fund” going as long as possible while the union pursues its strategy of striking all three automakers in a select way.
Quiles says he rounded up a little over 100 signed union cards in about a month. (Photo: via Associated Press) Forming the first retail union at a powerful corporation like Home Depot is an ...
The labor movement experienced a big — and generally successful — year in 2023. Nowhere was that more apparent in the auto sector, where the United Auto Workers (UAW) extracted big concessions ...
The contract between the UAW and General Motors expired September 14, and the strike began at 11:59 p.m. on September 15, 2019. A two-day difference between contract expiration and the beginning of a strike is unusually short, [4] but likely motivated by the prolonged negotiations between management and the union.
The UAW, which represents over 400,000 auto workers, has already endorsed Harris. But another major U.S. labor union, the Teamsters, has yet to make an endorsement.