The United Auto Workers (UAW) is making significant strides in unionization efforts, with a notable focus on the automotive industry in the South. Recently, the UAW announced that nearly a third of workers at a Toyota Motor Missouri factory have expressed their desire to join the union by signing cards. This development is part of a broader strategy by the UAW to expand its influence beyond traditional autoworker representation, targeting sectors with a higher concentration of progressives, such as higher education, as noted by @DominicJPino. The move comes in the wake of the UAW's successful Big Three strike last year and is seen as an attempt to penetrate the traditionally tough labor market in the South, including efforts to organize an Alabama Mercedes plant. The union's efforts are buoyed by a change in context, including the success of previous strikes and a new leadership that encourages ambitious organizing. Additionally, the automotive industry is facing global challenges, including layoffs in the US, which are part of a worldwide trend affecting the car industry negatively. Toyota is set to make a wage offer to the labor union in the next meeting on March 13th.
Solidarity with workers at Missouri's Toyota Plant in their @uawunion union drive! https://t.co/uwaFnHefoP
Automakers' recent layoffs in the US are consistent with a global trend in the car industry. The effect of the United Auto Workers' big strike on this trend has been, if anything, negative. | @DominicJPino https://t.co/nrYBEUTaq7
UAW says 30% of workers at Toyota Missouri factory seek to join union https://t.co/MYRQ6VFD6S https://t.co/G3M74p6Au7
Roughly 30 precent of autoworkers at a Toyota engine manufacturer in Missouri have signed union cards, United Auto Workers (UAW) announced, making the plant the fourth new union drive launched in the last four months. https://t.co/8GDzPm0nuG https://t.co/zidpEDu5Hs
Nearly a third of employees at a Toyota plant in Missouri have signed cards in support of a union, the United Auto Workers said. https://t.co/AziWS7vEWB
The UAW has failed to organize the South before, but now, the context has changed: the success of the Big Three strike has ignited a sense of possibility in nonunion shops, and the union’s new leadership is encouraging precisely such ambitious thinking. https://t.co/ymTFF6CnWm
.@UAW announces reaching 30% support at a Toyota plant in Missouri: https://t.co/WJfhyc6kyl @IanKullgren https://t.co/zbMccXl8zm
The South has long remained a nearly impenetrable citadel for labor. Fresh off of the success of its Big Three strike last year and looking to organize an Alabama Mercedes plant, the United Auto Workers wants to storm the castle. https://t.co/ymTFF6BQ6O
⚠️ UAW SAYS 30% OF WORKERS AT TOYOTA MISSOURI FACTORY SEEK TO JOIN UNION Full Story → https://t.co/dt01bzjfro The United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Thursday that more than 30% of workers at a Toyota Motor Missouri factory have signed cards seeking to join the union.
Toyota To Make Wage Offer To Labour Union In Next Meeting On March 13th
Automakers' recent layoffs in the US are consistent with a global trend in the car industry. The effect of the United Auto Workers' big strike on this trend has been, if anything, negative. | @DominicJPino https://t.co/ft6Ml0xx5a
The UAW doesn’t primarily exist to represent autoworkers. It knows that its growth prospects are much greater among progressives in higher education than among autoworkers. | @DominicJPino https://t.co/0nGwXlmONT