• UAW Official Demoted After Saying Locals That Voted Against Ford Agreement Should Lose Jobs
    As voting on the Auto Workers’ agreement with Ford came to a close last week, a union official publicly expressed his contempt for locals that had voted against the pact. Management should move production to locals that voted yes, wrote Michael Robison, an assistant director in the union’s National Ford Department. “Everyone of them Locals should lose there product now and in the future. $1 Billion dollar investment in KTP [Kentucky Truck Plant] really. Ship Lima Engine to Dearborn Engine. Ship Chicago Assy’s work to Flat Rock,” Robison wrote Friday on Facebook. — Nov 20
  • GM Workers Shocked to Learn New Hires Will Still Take Eight Years to Reach Top Pay
    After six weeks on the picket line, General Motors workers ratified an agreement that left many major areas unchanged, but one provision stood out as a true gain: the time it took to “grow in” to the top wage would be cut from eight years down to four. — Nov 15
  • Chile in Revolt: ‘It’s Not about 30 Pesos, It’s about 30 Years’
    Chile in Revolt: ‘It’s Not about 30 Pesos, It’s about 30 Years’ November 15, 2019 / Camilo Santibáñez Rebolledo if(isset($entity->premium) and $entity->premium == 1) { echo "Print Only"; } ?> In October, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, an entrepreneur and right-wing politician, proclaimed that “in the midst of this turbulent Latin America, our country is a true oasis.” Six days later, high school students in the capital city, Santiago, began a protest against the rising cost of public transit through mass fare evasions. — Nov 15
  • Copper Workers Strike to Stop Concessionary Trend
    If you stand on the corner of Pima Mine Road near ASARCO’s Mission Mine at sunset, you might feel a chilly breeze sweep across the desert. You’ll also smell a grill and hear the chants of ASARCO miners on strike as scabs cross their picket line for the evening shift change. — Nov 8
  • UAW Just Agreed to Let Ford Use Technology to Monitor Assembly Workers
    Somehow it was left out of the contract highlights the United Auto Workers prepared for members: the tentative new agreement with Ford will allow the company to use new technologies to take time-and-motion studies to a whole new level. The new language falls under the heading of “production standards” and states that the union and company will choose “pilot locations” to use new technology tools such as “digital video recording and walk path mapping devices” as well as “motion tracking systems and additional productivity implementing tools.” — Nov 7