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Michael Laxer
Sep 18, 20241 min read
Trade Unions Find Their Place in Global Peace Efforts at ManiFiesta 2024
Shawn Fain at at ManiFiesta By Global News Service At ManiFiesta 2024, the trade union square was buzzing with activity for two full...
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Michael Laxer
May 25, 20243 min read
Accusing Mercedes of 'Wanton Lawlessness,' UAW Seeks New Alabama Vote
"All these workers ever wanted was a fair shot at having a voice on the job and a say in their working conditions," the union said....
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Michael Laxer
May 20, 20241 min read
UC Santa Cruz workers strike in protest of attacks on Palestinian solidarity demonstrations
Image via UAW 4811 on X After a vote by United Auto Workers Local 4811 members last week overwhelmingly supported going on strike, local...
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Michael Laxer
May 17, 20241 min read
UAW University of California workers vote to strike over Palestine protest crackdown
Image via UAW Local 4811 Members of the union representing academic workers at the University of California (UC) system -- UAW Local 4811...
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Michael Laxer
May 15, 20241 min read
University of California Workers Could Launch Strike to Reject Repression of Student Protests
By Global News Service From May 13 to May 15, members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811 are holding a strike authorization vote...
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Michael Laxer
May 3, 20243 min read
Southern US autoworkers can reverse decades of job quality decline
Automakers rely on non-union plants in the South to drive down wages across the country. A UAW victory in Tennessee and an upcoming vote...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 24, 20242 min read
US unions call for Columbia University to "immediately end the repression of protest"
Protests in the Columbia Quad, March 22 -- image via X With the ongoing Palestine solidarity protests at Columbia University in New York...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 20, 20242 min read
Historic breakthrough win by UAW in Chattanooga
Various Sources In an historic victory for organized labor, employees at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee have...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 5, 20242 min read
Supermajority of Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers file petition to join UAW
Alabama Mercedes workers rally with UAW President Shawn Fain A supermajority of Mercedes-Benz workers at the plant in Alabama have taken...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 19, 20242 min read
Chattanooga Volkswagen worker supermajority sign UAW union cards in historic win
Image via UAW video screenshot In an historic win Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have taken a significant step forward by...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Historic win as majority of Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers support joining UAW
Screenshot image via UAW on X Various Sources The United Auto Workers (UAW) has achieved a significant victory in their campaign to...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 13, 20245 min read
Unions Are Critical in the Fight Against Israeli Apartheid
From South Africa to Palestine, global worker solidarity can link worker oppression to the injustices of apartheid. UAW workers march in...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20235 min read
Elon Musk’s Swedish Problem: Has the Anti-Union Billionaire Finally Met his Match?
For the first time in his life, the man who opposes any "lords and peasants sort of thing" may be learning a lesson in labor solidarity....
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Michael Laxer
Dec 6, 20231 min read
United Auto Workers Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
Brandon Mancilla, Director for United Auto Workers Region 9A outside of the White House gates at a press conference on the morning of...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20233 min read
UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire
"From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 15, 20235 min read
Seeing Through the Economic Bait and Switch
The values of the U.S. public are not the same as those of the wealthy and corporations. It took a UN official—an outsider—to point out...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 29, 202312 min read
Ceasefire Now! Red Review #117 -- International Left and Labour Report
With reports from Argentina, Canada, the USA, Cyprus, Iceland, Cuba, Kenya and elsewhere and with a very large section of news and...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 23, 20232 min read
6,800 Autoworkers Join the UAW’s Stand Up Strike at Stellantis’ Largest Plant
UAW leadership standing with Local 1700 members on strike at the Sterling Heights Assembly picket line -- image via the UAW on Twitter...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 12, 20233 min read
'We're Not Gonna Wait Around Forever': UAW Expands Strike to Ford's Most Profitable Plant
"If Ford can't get that after four weeks on strike, these 8,700 workers shutting down their biggest plant will help them understand it,"...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 9, 20232 min read
4,000 UAW Members Strike at Mack Trucks Facilities After Rejecting Deal
"I'm inspired to see UAW members at Mack Trucks holding out for a better deal, and ready to stand up and walk off the job to win it,"...
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