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TN TSA workers brace for 'empty paycheck' as government shutdown drags on 2026-03-11 [ABC]

The UAW Volkswagen Contract Is a Win for Unions in the South 2026-03-05 [Progressive International]

Volkswagen Chattanooga workers overwhelmingly approve first union contract 2026-02-22 [3 News]

VW union contract is a historic win for Chattanooga workers 2026-02-22 [The Times Free Press]

Shifting gears in Chattanooga: VW workers drive home landmark contract 2026-02-20 [IndustriALL]

In a historic vote, Tennessee Volkswagen workers get their first union contract 2026-02-20 [NPR]

Volkswagen workers ratify first UAW contract, marks win for labor in the South 2026-02-20 [Reuters]

In Major Breakthrough, Volkswagen Auto Workers Reach Tentative Deal 2026-02-11 [Labour Notes]

In major breakthrough, Volkswagen auto workers reach tentative deal 2026-02-11 [Labor Notes]

UAW reaches first contract with Volkswagon in Chattanooga, winning 20 percent raises 2026-02-05 [The Tennessean]

UAW secures historic tentative contract deal at Volkswagen plant in Tennessee 2026-02-05 [The News]

Volkswagen, UAW reach contract agreement 2026-02-05 [NBC]

Union push is about more than pay, library workers say 2025-12-04 [MLK 50]

Alcoa Starbucks workers join national strike for better pay, working conditions 2025-11-26 [WATE]

Supermajority of Volkswagen Workers in Chattanooga Vote to Authorize Strike for Job Security and a Fair Contract 2025-10-30 [UAW]

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee vote to authorize strike 2025-10-30 [Reuters]

VOLKSWAGEN WORKERS IN CHATTANOOGA TO VOTE ON STRIKE AUTHORIZATION 2025-10-24 [UAW]

City employees protest outside Memphis City Hall over unmet labor agreements 2025-10-22 [The Local]

Volkswagen Workers Gear Up for a Potential Strike 2025-10-19 [Jacobin]

UAW says it has received ‘overwhelming’ response to strike pledge cards in Chattanooga 2025-09-28 [The Times Free Press]

FedEx Pilots Mark Four Years of Protracted Contract Negotiations 2025-05-07 [ALPA]

United Campus Workers-CWA Members Fight Against Cuts and for Higher Wages 2025-04-18 [CWA]

Factory Not Responsible After 6 Workers Died During Hurricane Helene Flooding, Tenn. State Agency Reports 2025-04-06 [People]

Memphis man recounts teenage days aiding worker’s strike during MLK’s last visit 2025-01-21 [NC Newsline]

Medical workers in Oak Ridge rally for better pay, staffing as contract talks continue 2024-10-29 [WATE]

Workers forced to stay at factory drowned during Hurricane Helene — while CEO snuck out and survived, scathing lawsuit claims 2024-10-16 [NYPost]

Vanderbilt grad students look for increased pay, better benefits with United Auto Workers 2024-10-10 [Lookout]

After Historic Chattanooga Win, the UAW Is Bargaining for Better Conditions at Volkswagen 2024-10-07 [In These Times]

Starbucks workers at Nashville location vote to unionize 2024-09-22 [WSMV]

UAW President Shawn Fain and Hundreds of Workers Kick Off Volkswagen Contract Talks 2024-09-14 [UAW]

Why aren't workers protected? 2024-09-08 [Reddit]

A Thousand Tennessee Autoworkers Just Joined the UAW 2024-09-07 [Jacobin]

Workers at General Motors joint venture battery plant in Tennessee unionize and will get pay raise 2024-09-05 [The Gazette]

Hundreds of Nashville rideshare drivers vote to unionize, go on strike ahead of Labor Day 2024-09-01 [News From the States]

On Labor Day, celebrate pro-worker wins in Tennessee such as UAW Volkswagen union vote 2024-09-01 [The Tennessean]

Nashville Uber and Lyft drivers belonging to the Tennessee Drivers Union warn of 'ruined vacations' as they vote to strike 2024-08-30 [The Guardian]

Supreme Court backs Starbucks in fight over ‘Memphis 7’ unionizing effort 2024-06-14 [CNN]

Formerly Anti-Union VW Worker Explains Why The Hollywood Strikes Changed His Mind 2024-04-26 [Jalopnik]

Volkswagen workers defy decades of union failures by voted to join the UAW 2024-04-23 [NPR]

HMeyerson: The UAW’s Chattanooga Victory: Score One for the North in Our Endless Civil War 2024-04-22 [Am Prospect]

Historic union win at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant 2024-04-22 [IndustriALL]

Tennessee Volkswagen employees vote to join United Auto Workers union 2024-04-21 [VOA]

In historic breakthrough, Volkswagan workers become the first southern autowokers to win their union 2024-04-20 [UAW]

AFL-CIO president on results of UAW vote at Volkswagans Tennessee Plant 2024-04-20 [AFL-CIO]

UAW wins big in historic union vote at Volkswagen Tennessee factory 2024-04-20 [Reuters]

Volkswagen workers vote yes to unionizing, igniting UAW's push to organize the South 2024-04-20 [NPR]

Volkswagen workers vote to unionize in major win for organised labour 2024-04-20 [BBC]

UAW ahead as first ballots counted in union vote at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory 2024-04-20 [Reuters]

Why this vote at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant is historic for the South 2024-04-18 [NPR]

Les travailleurs de VW Chattanooga prêts pour l'élection syndicale 2024-04-03 [IndustriALL]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-06-1900 The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union is founded in New York City. [more]

3-06-2016 A federal judge ruled that women's soccer players could not go on strike, despite their collective bargaining agreement (which included a no-strike clause) having expired. The women were in dispute over pay discrimination. [more]

4-06-1912 Massachusetts becomes the first US state to establish a minimum wage [more]

4-06-2012 When National Football League referees failed to agree to a new contract, which included big pension cuts, the NFL locked them out and began hiring scabs to replace them. Bosses came up with a revised offer which was agreed on 26 September. [more]

6-06-1933 10,000 auto workers strike in Lansing, Michigan and paralyze the city for a month following the arrest of 9 of them, including the union president's wife forced to leave 3 children alone at home. [more]

8-06-1917 Disaster at the Spectator mine in Butte, Montana: 168 dead. [more]

9-06-1865 Helen Marot, campaigner for working women, is born. [more]

10-06-1963 Congress adopts a law on equal pay for men and women. [more]

11-06-1913 Police shoot at maritime workers on strike at United Fruit Co. in New Orleans, killing one. [more]

12-06-1904 Defying AFL's Samuel Gompers, 50,000 members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen walk off their jobs. [more]

16-06-1918 Railroad union leader and socialist Eugene Debs makes his famous speech against capitalism in Canton, OH, which will land him in jail. [more]

17-06-1903 In Philadelphia, "Mother Jones" organizes a demonstration of children who had been mutilated in textile factories to draw public attention to their fate. [more]

19-06-1912 The eight-hour day is adopted for Federal employees [more]

20-06-1947 President Truman vetoes the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act, but his veto is overturned by Congress three days later. [more]

20-06-1893 The American Railway Union is founded with Eugène Debs at its head. [more]

21-06-1877 Hanging in Pennsylvania of 10 miners accused of being "Molly Maguires" activists sentenced to death on the basis of an investigation carried out by a private detectives agency sponsored by a private company. [more]

23-06-1999 Workers at Fieldcrest Cannon textile plants in North Carolina vote for union recognition after a 25 year struggle [more]

27-06-1905 The Industrial Workers of the World, later popularly known as the Wobblies, is founded in Chicago with the aim of uniting all workers in One Big Union [more]

29-06-1894 Over 125,000 workers on two dozen railroads have joined the boycott of Pullman cars [more]

30-06-1918 Socialist anf labor leader Eugene Debs is arrested under the Espionage Act for making an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio [more]