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United Auto Workers
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Vorys on Labor
Will the federal government take over the UAW?
By Allen Kinzer
The scandal involving former UAW officials and Chrysler executives has expanded. The U.S. Justice Department has now labeled the UAW and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) as co-conspirators in the bribery…
Vorys on Labor
Out of the Criminal Indictments of UAW and Chrysler Officials Comes Two Class Action Lawsuits
By Allen Kinzer
As previously covered by this blog, the U.S. Justice Department has thus far indicted two former UAW officials and two former Chrysler officials in an embezzlement scandal involving the joint…
Vorys on Labor
Could the UAW’s Micro-Unit Election Win at VW be Overturned?
By Allen Kinzer
In a one-sentence order, the United States Court of Appeals in D.C. may have set the stage for Volkswagen to overturn a UAW election win. After the new Republican majority…
Vorys on Labor
Fuyao Workers to Vote on UAW Representation on November 8 and 9
By Allen Kinzer
On October 25, Fuyao Glass America, the UAW and the NLRB reached an election agreement for an NLRB-supervised, secret-ballot election at the Fuyao plant in Moraine, Ohio. Approximately 1,500 Fuyao…
Vorys on Labor
UAW Files NLRB Election Petition to Represent Fuyao Glass Workers
By Allen Kinzer
On October 16, the UAW filed a petition to represent approximately 1,500 production and maintenance workers at Fuyao’s glass plant in Moraine, Ohio. Fuyao, a Chinese glass company, supplies Ford,…
Vorys on Labor
Big Defeat for UAW as Nissan Workers Vote “No”
By Allen Kinzer
By nearly a 2-to-1 margin, Nissan’s production and maintenance employees at its Canton, Mississippi facility rejected UAW representation. The count was 2,244 “no” votes to 1,307 “yes” votes. The UAW…
The Right Coast
Nissan workers reject union by nearly a 2-1 margin
In a closely watched vote, Nissan workers at a Canton, Miss., plant rejected the United Auto Workers by a 2-to-1 margin in an organizing vote concluded late Friday, dealing a…
Vorys on Labor
UAW-Nissan Agree to Election; UAW Files More Charges
By Allen Kinzer
On July 16, the UAW and Nissan entered into a Stipulated Election Agreement with the NLRB. Under the Agreement, the UAW agreed that only the production and maintenance workers employed…
Vorys on Labor
UAW Files Election Petition for Workers at Nissan’s Canton, MS Facility
By Allen Kinzer
On July 10, the UAW filed a NLRB Petition for Election to represent all of the production and maintenance workers at Nissan’s Canton, Mississippi manufacturing facility. The facility has over…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
I Was “Recommended” By The United Auto Workers Union
By Mike Helfand
I get a ton of sales calls, mostly from doctors and physical therapists who don't care about their patients. They'll gladly endorse me, without knowing anything about me, if I…