News about UAW, GM

"For five decades, the southern United States has been an attractive location for foreign automakers to open plants thanks to generous tax breaks and cheaper, non-union labor. Now, the United Auto Workers has dealt a serious blow to that model..." www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/business/uaw-south-jobs/index.html

"The UAW is at last storming the South’s anti-union citadel, and while six Southern governors have united in a desperate attempt to try to stop them, the win at VW suggests that such fear-mongering may not be able to stop Southern workers." jacobin.com/2024/04/chattanooga-vw-uaw-unionization

During the contract fight last year, General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the @UAW was making "unsustainably high" demands that would "put our future at risk." GM just reported $3 billion in quarterly profits—all of it from North America. Do not trust these CEOs.

We talked to Tim Smith, Director of @UAW Region 8, about the importance of VW workers organizing and winning, and the power of a union. pic.twitter.com/PmGet2Xs5f