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UAW Local 2093 Members at American Axle to Hold Strike Authorization Vote May 11
DETROIT, Michigan, May 2 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on May 1, 2026:
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UAW Local 2093 Members at American Axle to Hold Strike Authorization Vote May 11
Today, as working-class people take part in May Day actions around the world, UAW Local 2093 members at American Axle, or Dauch Corporation, announced plans to hold a strike authorization vote starting May 11. Results will be counted on May 12, with the chance for workers to walk out of the Three Rivers plant starting May 31 when the current contract expires.
"UAW Local 2093 members at American Axle have been
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DETROIT, Michigan, May 2 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on May 1, 2026:
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UAW Local 2093 Members at American Axle to Hold Strike Authorization Vote May 11
Today, as working-class people take part in May Day actions around the world, UAW Local 2093 members at American Axle, or Dauch Corporation, announced plans to hold a strike authorization vote starting May 11. Results will be counted on May 12, with the chance for workers to walk out of the Three Rivers plant starting May 31 when the current contract expires.
"UAW Local 2093 members at American Axle have beenloyal to their company for decades and during these negotiations we are here for our fair share." said UAW Region 1D Director Steve Dawes. "This company is making billions every year - these workers are ready to do whatever it takes to win a record contract that's long past due."
Influenced by the success of the UAW's 2023 Big Three strike at Ford, GM, and Stellantis, American Axle workers are ready to make up for nearly two decades of lost wages and benefits. UAW Local 2093 members laid out their demands in a video released earlier in March, which include: no concessions, fairer wages and profit sharing, better health care, stronger retirement, and job security.
"American Axle is a mainstay in this community, and we're fighting to make it better by making our lives better," said Jay Korf, a UAW Local 2093 member at American Axle. "We're not asking to break the bank; we're demanding our fair share after all our sacrifices and years spent building this company back up."
In 2008, workers at American Axle took major sacrifices to save the facility from closure during the Great Recession. Many long-time workers who were making as much as $29 an hour in 2008 saw their wages slashed to $14.50. Today, eighteen years later, workers are still yet to make up all that lost ground, with wages at American Axle currently topping out at $22 an hour after a five-year progression, with inflation-adjusted wages cut in half from their pre-2008 levels.
Meanwhile, in the last decade, as a Tier 1 parts supplier to General Motors, American Axle has generated $8.4 billion in profits. Over that time, the company's CEO has been paid $111 million, with the top five executives receiving nearly $231 million in compensation - while UAW members working at the Three Rivers plant struggle to afford basic needs, with some even forced to sleep in their cars.
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Original text here: https://uaw.org/uaw-local-2093-members-at-american-axle-to-hold-strike-authorization-vote-may-11/
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UAW Members at Major Defense and Aerospace Producer Woodward MPC in Illinois Announce Strike Authorization Vote
DETROIT, Michigan, May 1 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on April 30, 2026:
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UAW Members at Major Defense and Aerospace Producer Woodward MPC in Illinois Announce Strike Authorization Vote
Over 800 workers for Woodward MPC in Niles, Illinois, will take a strike authorization vote after the company has illegally refused to bargain for months, signaling a potential work stoppage at a key producer of defense and aerospace equipment in the Chicagoland area.
"I've got a message for the company: Woodward, the clock is running out," said UAW President Shawn Fain, rallying
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DETROIT, Michigan, May 1 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on April 30, 2026:
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UAW Members at Major Defense and Aerospace Producer Woodward MPC in Illinois Announce Strike Authorization Vote
Over 800 workers for Woodward MPC in Niles, Illinois, will take a strike authorization vote after the company has illegally refused to bargain for months, signaling a potential work stoppage at a key producer of defense and aerospace equipment in the Chicagoland area.
"I've got a message for the company: Woodward, the clock is running out," said UAW President Shawn Fain, rallyingtoday with Woodward MPC workers. "We will be holding a strike authorization vote. Woodward has a choice to make: This company can either negotiate a fair contract for the workers who make this place run. Or the workers will shut shit down, with the full backing of the UAW International Union."
"We've got a company that has been given billions in taxpayer dollars through federal contracts and state subsidies, while the workers who pay the taxes can't get a damn raise," said UAW Region 4 Director Brandon Campbell. "Is that justice? Hell no. What we are asking for at Woodward is really simple. When you make billions off of your workers, pay them what they're worth. Let them have basic time off. Make the progression fair, and get back to the negotiating table."
"Woodward is offering our members a thirteen cent raise at a time when the company is making record profits," said Jose Tapia, Woodward worker and President of UAW Local 5101. "That is what they offered, and then they refused to bargain. So, before this company decided to break the law and walk away from the table altogether, they told us what they think of us. Because they think they can offer us nothing. Break the law. And we'll take it. We are here to show them exactly how wrong they are."
Woodward workers voted to affiliate with the UAW last fall. Since then, the company has committed over three dozen unfair labor practices, including total refusal to negotiate with the union. Workers are fighting for industry-leading wages, fair progression, time off, and job security.
Woodward has made over $1.7 billion in profits since 2020, and has paid its CEO over $30 million in that timeframe, while workers struggle to make ends meet. The over 800 workers are members of UAW Local 5101.
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Original text here: https://uaw.org/uaw-members-at-major-defense-and-aerospace-producer-woodward-mpc-in-illinois-announce-strike-authorization-vote/
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Temco Teamsters Rally for Fair Contract at Home Depot Headquarters
WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Temco Teamsters Rally for Fair Contract at Home Depot Headquarters
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Press Contact: Maura Drumm Phone: (215) 510-3735 Email: MDrumm@teamster.org
(ATLANTA) - Three months after becoming the first group of Home Depot workers to unionize, Temco Teamsters and their allies rallied outside of corporate headquarters in Atlanta, demanding union recognition and to begin negotiations for a fair contract.
The group of over 80 flatbed truck drivers for Temco Logistics, a wholly
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WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Temco Teamsters Rally for Fair Contract at Home Depot Headquarters
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Press Contact: Maura Drumm Phone: (215) 510-3735 Email: MDrumm@teamster.org
(ATLANTA) - Three months after becoming the first group of Home Depot workers to unionize, Temco Teamsters and their allies rallied outside of corporate headquarters in Atlanta, demanding union recognition and to begin negotiations for a fair contract.
The group of over 80 flatbed truck drivers for Temco Logistics, a whollyowned subsidiary of Home Depot, began organizing with Teamsters Local 528 in December 2025. Since then, Te mco and Home Depot management have engaged in repeated unfair labor practices.
"It is no shock to us that Home Depot would engage in illegal union-busting tactics. But Temco Teamsters will prove that worker solidarity always wins," said Tom Gesualdi, Director of the Teamsters Building Material and Construction Trade Division. "We call on Home Depot and Temco to end their unfair labor practices and recognize Temco Teamsters by negotiating a fair contract."
"I've been a Teamster for over four decades, and I've never seen as vicious an anti-worker campaign as what Home Depot and Temco are running," said Chuck Stiles, a representative of Teamsters Local 528. "After threatening our members' jobs and trying to buy their votes during the union election, the company is now refusing to meet and negotiate a first contract. Our members will not be intimidated by Home Depot's illegal and immoral tactics."
Along with improved pay and health care, Temco Teamsters are fighting for better workplace conditions and to address safety and scheduling concerns.
"As Teamsters, we will force Home Depot to listen to our demands for respect and dignity on the job," said Damari Chase, a Temco Driver and member of Local 528. "We will not rest until we get the union contract we have earned."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents over 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
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Original text here: https://teamster.org/2026/05/temco-teamsters-rally-for-fair-contract-at-home-depot-headquarters/
With Teamsters' Support, Maryland Bans Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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With Teamsters' Support, Maryland Bans Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings
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(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) - Maryland Teamsters are celebrating the passage of SB 417/HB 45, legislation authored by Delegate Joe Vogel (D - Gaithersburg), which bans mandatory attendance for workers at captive audience meetings. These meetings are employer-sponsored propaganda sessions designed to discourage workers from organizing.
"We started fighting for this bill three years ago because banning
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WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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With Teamsters' Support, Maryland Bans Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings
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(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) - Maryland Teamsters are celebrating the passage of SB 417/HB 45, legislation authored by Delegate Joe Vogel (D - Gaithersburg), which bans mandatory attendance for workers at captive audience meetings. These meetings are employer-sponsored propaganda sessions designed to discourage workers from organizing.
"We started fighting for this bill three years ago because banningthis undemocratic practice is a moral imperative -not just for the labor movement, but for everyone in our state who cares about economic justice," said Sean Cedenio, President of Teamsters Joint Council 62 in Baltimore. "This a major victory for working families in Maryland, and it happened because Teamsters mobilized, showed up in Annapolis, and made our voices heard."
Maryland is the 14th state to ban mandatory captive audience meetings. As a result, nearly one in three Americans now lives in a jurisdiction where employers can't forcibly subject workers to anti-union meetings.
"I was subjected to vicious public attacks during a captive audience meeting when I was a rank-and-file worker fighting to form a union," said Brandon King, an organizer with Teamsters Local 570. "No worker should ever be put in that position. Thanks to Teamsters and the leadership of Delegate Joe Vogel, State Senator Clarence Lam, and the strength of our coalition, Maryland workers are now protected."
Teamsters Joint Council 62 represents more than 20,000 hardworking men and women throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C.
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Original text here: https://teamster.org/2026/04/with-teamsters-support-maryland-bans-mandatory-captive-audience-meetings/
UAW: Amid Slashed Services and Striking Workers, Six-Figure Salary Administration Positions in Lorain County Triple Since 2021
DETROIT, Michigan, April 30 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on April 29, 2026:
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Amid Slashed Services and Striking Workers, Six-Figure Salary Administration Positions in Lorain County Triple Since 2021
The number of administration positions earning $100,000 or more in salary at Lorain County has tripled since 2021, according to recently released Lorain County Auditor data (https://ohioauditor.gov/auditsearch/detail.aspx?ReportID=91f57092-55e4-415d-a33c-dd211c2377ad). As reported by the County Auditor payroll data released this year, the number of administrative
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DETROIT, Michigan, April 30 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news on April 29, 2026:
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Amid Slashed Services and Striking Workers, Six-Figure Salary Administration Positions in Lorain County Triple Since 2021
The number of administration positions earning $100,000 or more in salary at Lorain County has tripled since 2021, according to recently released Lorain County Auditor data (https://ohioauditor.gov/auditsearch/detail.aspx?ReportID=91f57092-55e4-415d-a33c-dd211c2377ad). As reported by the County Auditor payroll data released this year, the number of administrativepositions at Lorain County earning over six-figures spiked from 55 in 2021 to 174 in 2025 - with the $20.3 million spent on these six-figure payrolls representing nearly a quarter of the County's entire $89 million operating budget last year alone.
The added positions at these high payouts - which do not figure in health care coverage, pension contributions, or paid time off accruals - are surging as County Commissioners slash public services, claiming an $11 million budget deficit, and refuse to bargain with workers on strike at Job and Family Services over a $1 per hour supplemental wage increase aimed at addressing a severe retention and service crisis. Meanwhile, as these administrative payrolls ballooned, County Commissioners have directed $67 million in County capital funds to a controversial "Megasite" economic development project.
"The County Commissioners have blown up the budget on six-figure administrative salaries but won't resolve a strike with the frontline workers who actually deliver services," said UAW Local 2192 Chairperson Gina Jones, a case worker on strike at JFS. "We know we have the community on our side in our outrage at the County's mismanaged priorities and refusal to settle for $1 per hour."
The cost to settle the JFS strike, a $1 per hour supplemental wage increase that Commissioners have refused to negotiate, would total approximately $299,520 annually. That figure represents less than 1.5% of what the County spent on six-figure administrative salaries in 2025. The growth in administrative wages between 2024 and 2025 alone - approximately $2.6 million - is nearly nine times the cost of settling the JFS strike.
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Original text here: https://uaw.org/amid-slashed-services-and-striking-workers-six-figure-salary-administration-positions-in-lorain-county-triple-since-2021/
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CWA Statement on Louisiana v. Callais
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release:
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CWA Statement on Louisiana v. Callais
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The following statement is from CWA President Claude Cummings Jr.:
Sixty-one years ago, working people in the South first tasted the promise of a truly representative democracy for all peoples when we achieved the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This week, the Supreme Court has set the righteous cause of democracy back with the gutting of the VRA's enforcement powers and a perversion of the very notion of representative
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WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release:
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CWA Statement on Louisiana v. Callais
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The following statement is from CWA President Claude Cummings Jr.:
Sixty-one years ago, working people in the South first tasted the promise of a truly representative democracy for all peoples when we achieved the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This week, the Supreme Court has set the righteous cause of democracy back with the gutting of the VRA's enforcement powers and a perversion of the very notion of representativedemocracy by giving politicians the power to choose their voters based on party affiliation.
For working people-and Black and minority workers in particular-our voice in our democracy is inseparable from our ability to fight for fair wages, safe workplaces, and dignity on the job. Our union has always understood that economic rights and civil rights are two sides of the same coin. The Court's decision to weaken the voting power of Black communities is an attack on working people everywhere.
We are a fighting union, and we will not sit back and watch politicians and their billionaire backers gerrymander working people out of their voting rights. We will make our voices heard at the ballot box and demand the restoration of our voting rights.
About CWA : The Communications Workers of America represents working people in telecommunications, customer service, media, airlines, health care, public service and education, manufacturing, tech, and other fields.
cwa-union.org @cwaunion
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Original text here: https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/cwa-statement-louisiana-v-callais
AFGE Outraged Over Supreme Court Voting Rights Decision
WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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AFGE Outraged Over Supreme Court Voting Rights Decision
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Largest federal employee union calls this a direct attack on the promise of equal representation
WASHINGTON - Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, is outraged over the Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais.
AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:
"Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Louisiana
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WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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AFGE Outraged Over Supreme Court Voting Rights Decision
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Largest federal employee union calls this a direct attack on the promise of equal representation
WASHINGTON - Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, is outraged over the Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais.
AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:
"Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Louisianav. Callais is a direct attack on the Voting Rights Act and the promise of equal representation. In gutting protections of our voting rights, the Court has made it harder for working people to challenge unfair districting and easier for politicians to manipulate the electoral process for their own advantage.
"When regular, working Americans lose protections of their voting rights, it makes it harder for citizens to hold politicians accountable and easier for corruption to flourish in government. The American people deserve better, and AFGE will continue to stand with our allies in the labor and civil rights communities to fight for it."
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Original text here: https://www.afge.org/link/4dadd916902a4185a86dec9177cad88c.aspx
