The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the annual report on union membership throughout the country on Friday. According to the release, the percentage of workers who were members of a union was down to 11.9 percent. A year ago the percentage was 12.3. In real numbers, their are about 14.7 million union workers in the […]
The United Auto Workers continue to make a lot of noise and headlines in preparation for their attempt to organize workers at foreign-label auto manufacturing plants in the South. This was highlighted by a speech from UAW President Bob King in Washington recently. Here are some of the latest notes on the campaign drive: ** […]
United Auto Workers president Bob King spoke at a political conference in Washington recently and bluntly said that his unions’ survival is tied with their ability to organize auto plants in the South. King said, “If we don’t organize these transnationals, I don’t think there’s a long term future for the UAW- I really don’t.” […]
