GM makes the 2022 GMC Hummer EV pickup there and will start on the Hummer SUV. Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, represented by Local 22.Lansing Grand River Assembly, represented by Local 652 where GM builds Cadillac CT4, Cadillac CT4-V, Cadillac CT5, Cadillac CT5-V and Chevrolet Camaro.GM builds its top-selling and profitable heavy-duty pickups there. Flint Assembly, represented by UAW Local 598.Striketober is terrifying the bosses.According to the person, the subsystem workers who could strike are at the following plants:
"You know what scares bosses?" added Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants. The so-called 'labor shortage'-which we know is really just a shortage of jobs that pay us enough to live on-is a powerful bit of leverage workers have over employers right now." "It is clear that we are in a significant moment for union organizing," said the union. Unite Here, which represents 300,000 hospitality employees, expressed solidarity with the workers taking part in Striketober and urged them to see themselves as in a position of power. "This is the capitalist system that has driven us to the brink," Shuler said. "NSMT crew were previously paid 60% less than the industry area average but will now be receiving wages starting at $18 per hour," said the union last week.ĪFL-CIO president Liz Shuler told The Hill that the Striketober movement shows that with economic inequality "getting worse and worse. #Striketober \n\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to go back to work tonight to the job that I love, knowing my expertise is recognized and respected,\u201d said one worker.\u201d - IATSE // #IASolidarity // #IASolidarity) \u201cBREAKING: After striking for just one day, North Shore Music Theatre stagehands prevailed in their fight for livable wages. Unless these shortages are rectified, many Americans won't return to work anytime soon."Īs IATSE members' potential strike drew near, the union pointed out that some of its members-stagehands and theater tech workers at North Shore Music Theater (NSMT) in Beverly, Massachusetts-secured livable wages after striking for just one day this month. What's really going on is more accurately described as a living-wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage, a childcare shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a healthcare shortage. "Corporate America wants to frame this as a 'labor shortage,'" wrote Reich. In the wake of so much hardship, illness and death during the past year, they're not going to take it anymore. Workers are fed up, wiped out, done-in, and run down. For many, the pandemic was the last straw.
Since then, these complaints have only grown louder, according to polls. Many said their employers treated them badly, harassed them, and did not respect them.
Years ago, when I was secretary of labor, I kept meeting working people all over the country who had full-time work but complained that their jobs paid too little and had few benefits, or were unsafe, or required lengthy or unpredictable hours.
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