Polls just closed in the Volkswagen union election. The tally will begin soon and results will be posted here on the UAW site:
vwvote.uaw.org

Should be at least a couple hours to get through the count, depending on turnout. More than 4,000 were eligible to vote.

When WAMU laid off 16 people and closed DCist, the reasoning given was “content strategy word salad,' per one staffer.

Andrew Beaujon cuts through the jargon and nonsense with a deeply reported, excellent look at what actually happened: washingtonian.com/2024/04/19/why…

This is the 10th REI store to unionize, out of 181, with active campaigns elsewhere. It’s not hard to see this snowballing and the union(s) achieving pretty meaningful density across the chain.

Scoop: The NLRB plans to seek an injunction in federal court against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over labor law violations. Petition likely to be filed in coming days.

Workers at the newspaper have been on strike for 18 months.
huffpost.com/entry/pittsbur…

🚨BREAKING: In a historic first, the CAC have accepted a bid for union recognition at Amazon.

Workers in Coventry could become the first ever workforce at a UK Amazon site to win union recognition.

Recognition would enable collective bargaining over pay, terms and conditions.

I am so humbled to have my perspective included in this piece from the widely respected Dave Jamieson. What an honor
huffpost.com/entry/republic…

With the Volkswagen union election now underway in Tennessee, the NLRB just announced a date for a vote at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama: Monday May 13-Friday May 17, with ballot count 5/17.

It's possible two major Southern auto plants fall into the UAW column in less than a month.

Today is an important day for labor—4,300 workers at VW in Chattanooga begin voting on whether to unionize with the UAW

Lisa Elliott—a VW worker—is confident of victory: “We’re going to win. We have the momentum. THIS WILL BE A HISTORIC EVENT'

My story:
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

As I reported for In These Times last year, toxic silica dust is fueling a black lung crisis among young coal miners in Appalachia. This long-awaited new rule cuts the legal silica exposure limit *in half* and will save so many lives inthesetimes.com/article/coal-m…

I spoke to Ansa Tabassum, the Muslim valedictorian who had her speech invitation revoked. USC had accommodated big names like Barack Obama and Milo Yiannopoulos before on campus. Why not for their very own student? Our interview huffpost.com/entry/usc-vale…

Once a month, via a chartered bus, DC Chinatown's remaining Chinese residents leave the city for the suburbs to grocery shop.

Why? There's no familiar, affordable food in their neighborhood.

Photos via Tyrone Turner

wamu.org/story/24/04/16…

The anti-union talk from Tennessee pols has been pretty tame ahead of the VW vote, but Sen. Bill Hagerty gave it a whirl for Igor Bobic.

'I hope that the workers... take a very, very careful look at this and what it means for their liberty and freedoms.'
huffpost.com/entry/volkswag…

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NEW: Amazon paid anti-union consultants over $3 million in 2023 alone—and records show a chunk of that went to consultants in Florida.

At least two FL consultants have addresses listed on a report to the U.S. labor department that do not in fact exist🧵orlandoweekly.com/news/amazon-pa…

I asked Tennessee Republican Rep. Chuck Fleischmann his position on the UAW union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga next week. His answer surprised me.

“I’ve stayed out of it this time… this is something that I’m going to let the workers decide.”
huffpost.com/entry/tennesse…