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UK Oil and Gas Workers Plan First Brent Strike in 27 Years

Posted on 21 July 2016 by Ken Zino

Almost 400 members of IndustriALL Global Union affiliates Unite and the RMT at multinational oil and gas services company Wood Group will strike on 26 July in a dispute over 30% pay cuts in the Brent Field. Continue reading →

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VW – Mired in Diesel Scandal – Says Major Restructuring Coming at Wolfsburg Works Council Meeting. Jobs at Stake

Posted on 7 June 2016 by Ken Zino

VW Says Major Restructuring Coming at Wolfsburg Works Council Meeting. VW it isn’t making enough money for future investments in products and plants, and worse, its business model is threatened. Continue reading →

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Top IndustriALL Heads Say VW is Against Union Rights

Posted on 2 June 2016 by Ken Zino

The meeting, of more than 200 union representatives from around the world, took place on 25-26 May at the Frankfurt headquarters of IG Metall, a German affiliate of IndustriALL Global Union. Cooperation with the German Metalworkers Union is critical for VW, which has vast operations in Deutschland. Continue reading →

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Subaru Brings Back Shop Training High Schools Dropped

Posted on 30 April 2016 by Ken Zino

The goal is to train secondary and post-secondary students for possible future employment at 620 Subaru retailers nationwide. Continue reading →

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Ford Invests $1.6 Billion in Mexico. NAFTA Sucking Sound of Lost U.S. Jobs Continues During Fierce Presidential Race

Posted on 5 April 2016 by Ken Zino

In the midst of a Presidential race where Donald Trump is threatening to put a 37.5% tax on auto imports – specifically singling out Ford Motor, the Dearborn-based automaker announced today that it is investing in a new plant in Mexico’s San Luis Potosi State to produce more small cars. The $1.6 billion investment will create 2,800 additional direct jobs by 2020, according to Ford. Continue reading →

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Teamsters Protest United Airlines at PGA Shell Houston Open

Posted on 1 April 2016 by Ken Zino

Don’t Loot Mechanics’ Healthcare & Profit-Sharing” and “No Contract – No Flights,” during the opening round of the PGA Shell Houston Open. United is the airline sponsor of the PGA tour. Continue reading →

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Ford Joins Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition

Posted on 24 February 2016 by Ken Zino

The electronics industry has had myriad problems with manufacturing conditions, exploitation of workers and suicides in offshore plants. Whether any significant changes occur in worker rights in an industry driven almost entirely by cost cutting remains to be seen. Continue reading →

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Nissan – Unfit as Rio Olympic Games Sponsor?

Posted on 18 February 2016 by Ken Zino

In December 2015, following a six-month investigation, the US National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint against Nissan charging the company with breaking the law for threatening to terminate workers for union activities, for threatening workers with plant closure for choosing a union, and for unlawfully imposing a uniform policy after hundreds of Canton workers began wearing pro-union t-shirts. Continue reading →

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Union Protests Hyundai Worker Deaths

Posted on 19 November 2015 by AutoCrat

Trade unionists from Korea were in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights this week telling the world about the workers dying in the yards of the planet’s biggest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries Continue reading →

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FCA US Has New Contract with UAW Management.

Posted on 8 October 2015 by Ken Zino

A week ago, 65% of UAW local members voted against the proposed four-year labor agreement worked out by the International union and FCA because it did not eliminate completely eliminate two-tier wages, did not do enough for retirees, and was vague about what vehicles would go to what plants. Continue reading →

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Police Violence at Demonstration at Maruti Suzuki?

Posted on 2 October 2015 by Ken Zino

The more than 3,000 temporary workers at the Manesar plant had been demanding wages at par with permanent workers, and rallied at the plant gates to show their discontent. Police responded by violently breaking up the demonstrators. Several workers were injured and arrested. Continue reading →

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Suicide Vote – UAW Locals Nix FCA Contract

Posted on 1 October 2015 by Ken Zino

In a move that can only be characterized as slitting their own throats, UAW local members have voted against the proposed four-year labor agreement worked out by the International union and FCA. Continue reading →

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FCA US and UAW Reach Tentative Deal

Posted on 15 September 2015 by Ken Zino

FCA US confirmed this evening that it has reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement with the UAW, covering approximately 40,000 represented members. Continue reading →

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FCA UAW Target for Contract Talks

Posted on 14 September 2015 by Ken Zino

UAW leaders claim they are looking for an agreement, not a costly confrontation. However, there are contentious issues involve creating more jobs and eliminating the two-tier wage structure for UAW workers that see diminished salaries and benefits compared to employees with longer time in service. Continue reading →

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Jaguar Land Rover in Talks for Slovak Republic Plant

Posted on 11 August 2015 by Ken Zino

Union officials in the UK immediately called for a guarantee of jobs with wages that are more than twice the £7 average Slovakia rate. Slovakia has plants from German Volkswagen, South Korean Kia and France’s PSA Peugeot Citroën. Continue reading →

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