Kaiser Permanente Faces Health Care Workers’ Strike: Unveiling the Concerns

People hold placards, as a coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions representing 75,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente start a three day strike across the United States over a new contract, in San Diego, California, U.S. October 4, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters More than 75,000 workers at the nation’s largest health-care nonprofit organization, Kaiser Permanente, …

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Economists Confirm Robust Job Market, Workers’ Perceptions Differ

Hinterhaus Productions | The Image Bank | Getty Images The job market remains strong despite gradual cooling from pandemic-era highs, according to labor economists — but workers don’t seem to share that outlook. Employee confidence fell last month to its lowest level since 2016, according to Glassdoor data. About 46% of workers reported a positive …

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UAW Strike Slowly Expands but GM Q3 Sales Skyrocket by Impressive 21%

United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the General Motors Co. Flint Processing Center in Swartz Creek, Michigan, US, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Emily Elconin | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT – The ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union against the Detroit automakers had minimal impact on …

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Unveiled: Impactful UAW Strikes Targeting GM and Ford with Stellantis Spared

DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union will expand strikes against General Motors and Ford Motor to two U.S. assembly plants at noon ET, announced UAW President Shawn Fain on Friday. The additional strikes will target Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant in Illinois, which produces the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs, and GM’s Lansing Delta …

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Automakers’ Frustration Mounts as Approaching Deadline Sparks Concern

Striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) picket outside the GM’s Willow Run Distribution Center, in Bellville, Wayne County, Michigan, U.S., September 26, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters DETROIT – Tensions are rising and accusations are flying between the Detroit automakers and United Auto Workers, as the union threatens to expand U.S. plant strikes …

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UAW Flexes Powers: Prospect of Strikes Looms Large for GM, Ford, Stellantis

Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 230 and their supporters walk the picket line in front of the Chrysler Corporate Parts Division in Ontario, California, on September 26, 2023, to show solidarity for the “Big Three” autoworkers currently on strike.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – The United Auto …

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