United Automobile Workers – Page 17

Jeep Plant Shutdown Imperils Illinois Town and 1,350 Workers

Stellantis plans to idle the factory, which makes the Cherokee, as it shifts to electric vehicles. Labor talks and a union election may be affected.

Teaching assistants, researchers and other workers walked off the job Monday in a dispute over pay and benefits, a move expected to disrupt classes.

A flurry of new organizing efforts is giving young people hope. But even with a champion in the White House, unionizing is still a grind.

After his predecessors’ imprisonment, the union’s president is being challenged for re-election in the first direct vote by its membership.