The United Auto Workers and Nissan said Monday that they reached an agreement to let workers at a Nissan plant in the southern state of Mississippi to vote on whether to unionize. Controversy over unionization at the largely African-American plant in the town of Canton, which opened in 2003 and employs 6,400 people, has raged … Read more
The rate of serious injuries at a Tesla factory in California is double the industry average, a worker advocacy group said Wednesday in a report calling for better workplace protections. The study by Worksafe, a California nonprofit group, used Tesla’s own internal data to show injury rates at the company’s plant in Fremont, California. Total … Read more
One-time US presidential contender Bernie Sanders spoke in favor of unionization at a largely African-American Mississippi Nissan plant, in an appearance that doubled as Democratic outreach in the wake of Donald Trump’s election. Sanders, who was bested by Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Party’s primary, was accompanied by actor Danny Glover and other officials from … Read more
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he has nominated Alexander Acosta to be the US secretary of labor, the first Hispanic American chosen for his cabinet. Acosta is a former federal prosecutor in Florida and now the dean of the law school at Florida International University (FIU). He has also served on the National Labor Relations … Read more
Boeing hourly workers in South Carolina headed to the polls Wednesday to determine whether to unionize in a region of the United States historically hostile to organized labor. About 3,000 Boeing manufacturing and maintenance employees were eligible to vote in the referendum, which will determine whether they will be represented by the International Association of … Read more