UAW loses Alabama union vote seen as bellwether for organizing autoworkers in the South The final count among Mercedes-Benz factory workers was 2,045 in favor and 2,642 against, according to the National Labor Relations Board. 05/17/2024 - 9:21 am | View Link
Alabama Mercedes-Benz Workers Vote Against Unionizing—In UAW Setback The United Auto Workers have sought to expand to non-union plants in the South since winning a major contract with the “big three” Detroit automakers—but that effort suffered a setback Friday. 05/17/2024 - 9:13 am | View Link
Mercedes autoworkers cast votes in pivotal union campaign Alabama facility have cast their votes on whether to unionize with results expected later this afternoon. A “yes” vote will give the UAW further inroads in unionizing foreign-owned automakers, while a ... 05/17/2024 - 8:55 am | View Link
Biden’s labor report card: Historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR In 2024, the Biden administration has picked up the pace. 05/16/2024 - 1:17 am | View Link
Colorado voters in November will decide whether to make abortion a state constitutional right after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that backers of a ballot initiative had gathered enough signatures.
Advocates for the measure turned in 159,930 valid signatures last month — more than enough to place the question on the ballot, according to the state agency.
The ballot measure, if approved by 55% of voters, would prohibit state and local governments from outlawing or impeding access to abortions.
President Biden drew a parallel on Friday between Donald Trump “and his MAGA Republican allies” and segregationists in the 1950s who tried to prevent Black and white Americans from going to school together.
Speaking to Black leaders gathered at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Biden described meeting with some of the nine people who faced racist jeers and abuse to attend Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, three years after the Supreme Court ruled segregation in education was unconstitutional.
The shit hit the fan when Chaos Crew member Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett for wearing "false eyelashes," as if the Georgia Sasquatch has room to talk about anyone's appearance. Insults were lobbed back and forth, and Ocasio-Cortez demanded an apology from Klan Mom Marge.
That wasn't going to happen (narcissists never apologize unless they're desperate and it's rehearsed), but MTG did agree to have her words stricken from the record.
"Oh, girl," AOC said.