College protests updates: Police crackdown leads to hundreds of arrests

Table Of Content

• EV maker Lucid illegally fired workers for union support, U.S. labor board alleges
• College protests updates: Police crackdown leads to hundreds of arrests
• Hollywood’s crew union negotiations have gone well so far. Now the hard part begins
• Graduate Student Researchers at the RAND Corp. Vote to Unionize
• Muslim Public Affairs Council condemns calls for National Guard to be deployed against protesters
• Column: The carnage from the rollback of child labor laws is just starting

"The university is a private campus and the group had been violating some of their orders. It was a trespass at that point and we assisted with the arrests," Los Angeles Police Captain Kelly Muniz said during a briefing. The Los Angeles Police Department said 93 people were arrested on suspicion of trespassing during Wednesday's demonstrations at the University of Southern California. Another estimate by Ehrlich assumes there would be a much smaller immediate spillover effect. He estimated $440 million worth of income would be lost nationally if all the UAW members strike for two weeks.

EV maker Lucid illegally fired workers for union support, U.S. labor board alleges

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While some workers at understaffed facilities across the Big Three automakers refuse overtime to slow down operations, temps do not have that option, and are forced to put in extra hours. As far as that goes, the new contracts are a great advertisement for the virtues of union membership. Under the tentative agreement, Aramark workers will receive raises of up to 43% over the life of the proposed three-year deal.

College protests updates: Police crackdown leads to hundreds of arrests

House Speaker Mike Johnson called Wednesday for the resignation of the university’s president if she can't "bring order to this chaos." Stellantis and the union will not meet today but agreed to resume bargaining Monday, according to a company spokesperson. A Biden administration official told CNN that senior aide Gene Sperling and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su continue to engage with the parties and plan to continue conversations in person early this week. The New York Democrat said he was there to "express strong solidarity with every single UAW member who is out on strike and the entirety of the union, because what they are fighting for is fundamentally the American dream." The recent run of wins in the Legislature for organized labor was remarkable.

Hollywood’s crew union negotiations have gone well so far. Now the hard part begins

The UAW also has played a vital role in passing such landmark legislation as Medicare and Medicaid, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Employee Retirement Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. In Washington and state capitols, the UAW is fighting for better schools for kids, secure health care and pensions for retirees, clean air and water, tougher workplace health and safety standards, stronger worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance laws and fairer taxes. Republicans are bowing to industry lobbyist in loosening state child labor laws. The inevitable result will be a rise in child deaths in the workplace.

Graduate Student Researchers at the RAND Corp. Vote to Unionize

In the wake of the historic Stand Up Strike victory at the Big Three auto companies, over 10,000 non-union autoworkers have signed union cards in recent months, with public campaigns launched at Mercedes, Volkswagen, Hyundai in Montgomery, Ala., and Toyota in Troy, Mo. Workers at over two dozen other facilities are also actively organizing. Right now, we have UAW members in Lordstown, Ohio, making batteries for a GM “joint venture” called Ultium, earning just $16.50 an hour. But we need to make sure the EV transition is a “just transition.” That means it’s not a race to the bottom.

In these situations, we will forward your email to the Region or Department who can follow up with you. Tonight, I’m in Charlotte, North Carolina, and I am honored to be joined by the badass bargaining committee representing over 7,000 members at Daimler Truck North America. So-called Gaza Solidarity Encampments have been erected on the campuses of New York University, Emerson College, Columbia and others. The Massachusetts school made the announcement Sunday, as universities throughout the country are confronted by pro-Palestinian protests sparked by Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. April 29 (UPI) -- A pro-Palestinian encampment erected on the campus of Tufts University "must end," the school said, calling on protesters to remove it "peacefully and voluntarily." The dialogue between the university officials and the student organizers remains ongoing, according to the university.

Ford had said that it incurred $1.3 billion in costs from its walkouts. GM had estimated its costs at $800 million, with the prospect of $200 million a week in further losses until the strike settled. Fain scrapped the union’s traditional approach of selecting one of the Big Three to negotiate with, then using that contract as a template for the others. In fact, GM and Stellantis notched combined profits of $25.7 billion last year (Ford booked a nearly $2-billion loss, largely from writing down its investments in EV and autonomous vehicle companies). The Big Three reported combined profits of about $20 billion in the first half of this year, which ended June 30. Political commentators are likely to paint the end of the UAW strike as a relief for President Biden, on the grounds that unresolved labor unrest would be a drag on his reelection prospect.

Muslim Public Affairs Council condemns calls for National Guard to be deployed against protesters

This is the first positive comment we’ve heard from the union about negotiations with the Big Three. Biden’s visit Tuesday would come one day before the leading contender for the Republican nomination, former President Donald Trump, plans to speak to union members in Detroit. Fain had promised all week to escalate the strike if there was no significant progress in negotiations. Targeting the parts-distributions centers could inflict quick pain on GM and Stellantis, said Daniel Ives, an analyst with Wedbush Securities. The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy. Fain’s goal was to inflict incrementally greater pain, until the cost of shuttered factories exceeded that of a contract.

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested approximately 50 protestors at the University of Southern California after campus police gave a dispersal order to demonstrators, according to a CNN crew at the scene. The university "supports free speech through open dialogue that is respectful and constructive," the officials said. Graffiti described as “hateful” has been painted on campus, the officials said.

The Columbia University Board of Trustees released a statement Wednesday saying they strongly support President Minouche Shafik, who has faced calls for her resignation amid intense pressure to rein in days-long protests. A photographer was among those arrested during clashes between protesters and law enforcement on the University of Texas at Austin campus on Wednesday. The university closed its campus Wednesday evening as LAPD began arresting demonstrators.

UAW Aramark workers will also receive retroactive back pay from March 15, the day the previous contract expired. And in the coming days and weeks we will hold local roll-out meetings so you can hear everything we won in this deal. And by the end of this contract, workers who make trucks and workers who make buses will get equal pay for equal work. What started thirty-two years ago this month at the Mt. Holly plant, when the courageous 17-day strikers stood up and won a historic, first of its kind agreement, has come full circle. Your elected leadership on the International Executive Board are united and hard at work implementing the changes we believe are needed to transform our union back into a fighting organization. Send this message along to a UAW member in your life and ask them to sign up for Member Updates at UAW.org, and follow UAW on social media.

The auto workers, for example, are taking aim at CEO compensation at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — which has grown by more than 40% over the last four years — to press their case for worker wage increases. United Auto Workers negotiations with two of the Big Three automakers will continue Sunday after a targeted strike by the UAW against all three companies. The second round of the strike has included parts facilities like Mopar, which service dealers with parts needed for repairs. In theory, shutting down warehouses like this means that customers cannot get their cars serviced, which will increase anger over the strike. In practice, there are rumors that the auto companies stocked up on parts at other sites, to ensure that they could make repairs. But if the cross-docking stations are also closed by the strikers, as they’ve been at Mopar, the logistics of getting parts to dealers could break down.

That could quickly drag consumers into the middle of the fight if dealers run short of parts. GM said it has presented five “historic” offers covering wages and job security. Ford was spared additional strikes because the company has met some of the union’s demands during negotiations over the past week, UAW President Shawn Fain said during an online presentation to union members. One lesson that union leaders seem to have absorbed in recent years is that contract gains are the key to organizing more facilities and recruiting new members. After the Teamsters emerged victorious from a two-week strike at UPS in 1997, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney delivered that message to his members.

Autoworkers at Volkswagen in Chattanooga just voted overwhelmingly to join the UAW. On May 13 – 17, Mercedes workers in Alabama have their union election. Non-union autoworkers across the South are getting ready to stand up and join them.