Mass-Care, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, UMass Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), The Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM), and UAW Local 2322 have signed onto a letter to the Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education, the Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, and the Chair of the UMass Board of Trustees, calling on them to address the devastating changes to the Student Health … Continue reading
Category Archives: United Auto Workers
From the United Auto Workers International Union website: DETROIT – The massive protests by Wisconsin’s public sector workers clearly show that Gov. Scott Walker’s extreme attempt to strip away union rights so he can fill state posts with political cronies is bad governance, UAW President Bob King said. “Governor Walker’s attempt to take away a worker’s most basic democratic right – the right to join … Continue reading
On January 17, 2011, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implements Workers (UAW) President Bob King spoke to the UAW’s National Community Action Program Conference on the need to support public workers, who increasingly have been scapegoated for state budget shortfalls. This clip offers a great example of the kind of solidarity between the traditional auto manufacturing sector of the UAW and the Technical, Office, and … Continue reading