Category: Manufacturing

Manufacturing Oversights

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Jan 27, 2022 | Auto Manufacturing, IBT, Manufacturing, NLRB, Politics, Strikes, UAW, USW

The stalled-out nature of the Build Back Better legislation (which, as we noted, contains...

Electric-Vehicles: Which Way Blows The Union Wind?

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 23, 2021 | Industry, Manufacturing, Politics

President Biden has made no secret (quite the opposite, in fact) of his goal of shifting the auto...

UAW Scandal Continues with Cooperation of Former President Looking to Reduce Prison Time

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 26, 2021 | Industry, Manufacturing, UAW, Unions

Disgraced former UAW President Gary Jones is looking to reduce his 28-month prison sentence for embezzlement after cooperating with prosecutors on the conviction of his predecessor, Dennis Williams. Jones has received a...

Union Voted Out in Mexico GM Plant

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 26, 2021 | Industry, Manufacturing, Politics, Unions

South of the U.S.-Mexico border, workers at a GM plant (in Silao, Guanajuato) are seeing early results from the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (T-MEC) signed by President Trump which went into effect in mid-2020. The labor...

Volvo and Marathon Petroleum Strikes Finally End

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Jul 22, 2021 | Industry, Manufacturing, Strikes

The UAW and Volvo have finally ratified a contract after being on strike since early last month. This contract, the third agreement presented to workers, was reportedly the same agreement they had voted on and rejected just a...