Apr 20 Watch 5:10 Why the unionization of Tennessee Volkswagen workers is a big breakthrough for UAW By John Yang, Kaisha Young Employees at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union. It’s the first time workers at a foreign car maker’s plant in the American South have unionized, giving UAW a foothold in the… Continue watching
Apr 20 Tennessee Volkswagen workers approve of joining UAW union in historic vote By Kristin M. Hall, Tom Krishner, Associated Press Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. Continue reading
Apr 11 Freight railroads ask courts to throw out new rule requiring 2-person crews on trains By Josh Funk, Associated Press Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances. The identical challenges were filed this week in appellate courts across the country. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 5:38 Push for unionizing marks latest challenge to student-athlete model By John Yang, Shoshana Dubnow March Madness is underway and underlying the excitement of brackets and potential upsets is a conversation around athletes' efforts to unionize. It is the latest challenge to the student-athlete model that has defined college sports. John Yang discussed what could… Continue watching
Mar 14 Majority of Americans are against college athletes joining unions, AP-NORC survey says By Ralph D. Russo, Linley Sanders, Associated Press The survey found that 55% of adults believe NCAA athletes should not be permitted to form unions that would led to collective bargaining with schools. Continue reading
Jan 31 Trump meets with the Teamsters in bid to cut into Biden’s union support By Jill Colvin, Tom Krisher, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump met with leaders of the Teamsters Union in Washington Wednesday as he tried to chip away at President Joe Biden's organized labor support heading into a likely general election rematch. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 7:00 Doctors unionize as healthcare services are consolidated into corporate systems By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster As recently as the early 80s, about three of every four doctors in the U.S. worked for themselves, owning small clinics. Today, some 75 percent of physicians are employees of hospital systems or large corporate entities. Some worry the trend… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 6:47 Organized labor still faces challenges after series of major union wins By John Yang, Dorothy Hastings This has been the season of organized labor’s discontent. But it has also been the season of big wins by unions from Hollywood, UPS, healthcare workers and the UAW. John Yang spoke with Lauren Kaori Gurley of The Washington Post… Continue watching
Nov 16 Thousands of Starbucks workers expected to join one-day strike in protest of understaffing By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday. Organizers say it's the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores. Continue reading
Oct 13 Kaiser Permanente, health care worker unions reach tentative deal after nationwide strike By Associated Press The three-day strike last week involving workers in multiple states officially ended last Saturday and workers returned to their jobs in Kaiser's hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans. Continue reading