People
Sharon Block
-
The United Auto Workers can explore a potent new legal strategy to reverse its election defeat at a Mercedes-Benz AG plant and force the German…
-
The United Auto Workers has failed in its effort to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s…
-
Why the UAW lost the vote in Alabama
May 21, 2024
The United Autoworkers’ winning streak ended late Friday when a majority of workers at a Mercedes manufacturing campus in Alabama voted against unionizing. Why it…
-
Mercedes-Benz asked Nick Saban to address Alabama workers after UAW launched organizing campaign
May 15, 2024
Mercedes-Benz earlier this year brought college football coaching legend Nick Saban to talk to workers at its auto manufacturing campus in Alabama after the UAW…
-
As the United Auto Workers continues its organizing drive in the South with an election next week at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama, November’s presidential…
-
In their Last Lectures to the Class of 2024, Alan Jenkins, Sharon Block, Christopher Bavitz, and Nikolas Bowie delivered words of wisdom to soon-to-be graduates.
-
The United Auto Workers notched a big win this weekend. Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining the UAW late Friday…
-
When Starbucks barista Florentino Escobar first heard that the Supreme Court had taken up a case involving him and six of his co-workers from Memphis,…
-
Volkswagen workers at the carmaker’s Chattanooga plant in Tennessee have voted to unionize with the United Auto Workers, a historic victory for the union and…
-
UAW presses deeper into the South with victory at Volkswagen
April 22, 2024
Union supporters have renewed hopes of organizing in the South after the United Auto Workers scored a breakthrough victory Friday night. Why it matters: The…
-
‘Keeps the momentum’: What the UAW’s Volkswagen win means for its organizing campaign
April 22, 2024
The United Auto Workers’ organizing victory at Volkswagen AG’s plant in Tennessee is a critical early momentum-builder as the union turns to more auto and…
-
This past Friday, a majority of Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers. The vote is historic, as they are…
-
During her Last Lecture to the graduating class, Harvard Law professor Sharon Block advised students to persevere despite setbacks, and ‘listen to your mother’.
-
Unions’ picket power now extends to U.S. boardrooms
April 5, 2024
U.S. Steelworkers are fighting a takeover by Japan’s Nippon. Railroad unions have rallied around Norfolk Southern’s CEO in opposing a hedge fund trying to take…
-
Boeing Talks Will Test Unions’ Sway as Labor Market Softens
March 11, 2024
Boeing Co. is set to begin contract talks Friday with the International Association of Machinists, offering a test of organized labor’s continued clout as the…
-
Kroger-Albertsons Suit Spotlights Unions in Novel Labor Approach
February 29, 2024
The US Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos. tees up a new antitrust argument impacting labor markets: The…
-
Starbucks’ Surprise Labor Pivot Could Spur a New Unionization Wave
February 28, 2024
Starbucks Corp.’s new commitment to work with its main union to end hostilities and hash out a fair process for labor organizing is a landmark…
-
Corporate giants aim to hobble National Labor Relations Board
February 28, 2024
Corporate giants are taking aim at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and attempting to hobble the agency in charge of protecting unions and their…
-
FTC Chair Lina Khan is determined to preserve “competition and the potential for disruption” in the fast-moving AI industry.
-
United Auto Workers leader Shawn Fain delivers keynote at Harvard Trade Union Program graduation
February 13, 2024
UAW president Shawn Fain addressed graduates of the Harvard Trade Union Program, recalling the historic success of recent negotiations and urging graduates not to sell themselves short.
-
Dillon Dix was excited to compete this year in Starbucks’ North America Barista Championship, a company-wide contest in which the winner would receive a paid…