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Alabama

Mercedes-Benz workers will vote on union in May • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama

Workers at Mercedes-Benz’s plant in Vance will vote on a union between May 13 and May 17. The vote will come after months of organizing in the plant by workers who say compensation has stalled at the factory, widely credited with starting Alabama’s automotive industry in the 1990s. “We are ready to vote yes because […]

Alabama

Autoworkers at Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz Plant File for a Union Election | #elections | #alabama

Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance, Alabama, will vote on whether to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). On Friday, the UAW filed for an election to represent all 5,200 of the plant’s hourly employees, after the union said a supermajority of workers at the company’s mammoth plant signed union cards in three months. Jeremy Kimbrell, a […]

Mayor

Have the tables been turned on Mayor Schor’s city hall dreams?

By TYLER SCHNEIDER An agreement to buy the Masonic Temple building downtown and turn it into Lansing’s next city hall looked poised to pass last week when City Council members met as the Committee of the Whole. But a short time later at the Council meeting itself, it lost on a 4-4 vote after three […]

City Council

YouTube Music Workers Laid Off in Possible Retaliation for Organizing: City Council lends support – News | #citycouncil

Youtube Music workers rally in 2023 (photo by Lina Fisher) At last week’s City Council meeting, a group of local unionized Google contractors were preparing to speak on a resolution from Council Member Zo Qadri that would send a formal message from Council in support of their negotiation efforts. As they took the podium, Katie-Marie […]

City Council

City Council to vote on new coffee drive-thru, disc golf course construction | Local | #citycouncil

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Haverhill mayor, firefighters agree on contract | Haverhill

HAVERHILL — Mayor Melinda Barrett announced the city and Haverhill Firefighters Local 1011 have come to a collective bargaining agreement that will cost the city about $1.2 million, increasing the firefighter budget by 15% over the past three years. Local 1011 has worked without a contract since June 30, 2021. Both parties negotiated in good […]

Mayor

Mayor and firefighters agree on contract | Haverhill

City Council

Lincoln City Council to consider contract rejected by employee union | #citycouncil

The City Council will consider a union contract – a “last best offer” voted down by the union that represents nearly 500 street maintenance, technical and clerical employees. The Public Association of Government Employees’ contract before the City Council on Monday was on first reading, which means the council will not hold a public hearing […]

Alabama

Amazon fires Alabama union organizer Jennifer Bates – People’s World | #elections | #alabama

Fired Amazon worker and union organizer Jennifer Bates: ‘Amazon, your termination of my employment will not stifle workers organizing, for when you fire leaders, it only brings more people ignited into the movement. We are a movement, we will not be stopped and I know my union, recognized or not by you, has my back.’ […]

Alabama