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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) awarded the $6 billion contract for the next generation of postal vehicles to Oshkosh Defense, a company with a reputation for tough military trucks built with union labor with just a small number of electric vehicles on order.
But instead of using this opportunity to expand quality jobs under a decades-old union contract, the company plans to refurbish a vacant warehouse in another state and build these vehicles without a commitment to union wages or representation.
Let’s Build Back Better and put letter carriers in union-made vehicles that are good for the planet. Add your name and sign the petition if you agree.
The tax credit of an additional $4,500 for union-made electric vehicles made in the U.S. is a win for UAW members, unorganized autoworkers, and the entire labor movement. The provision:
- Supports the high standards in wages, benefits, and safety that UAW members have bargained for in the auto industry
- Incentivizes nonunion companies to stop spending millions on union busters and to allow their workers to form their unions freely
- Encourages U.S. auto manufacturers to bring back jobs they offshored
Union members in the public sector are once again under attack and need our support. The Snyder-appointed Civil Service Commission is using the cover of a global pandemic to engage in underhanded union busting targeted at State of Michigan workers. This is not only an attack on dedicated state employees, but also their ability to provide quality public services to the people of Michigan. At a time when state workers have been on the frontlines of protecting the people of Michigan from the coronavirus, these anti-worker commissioners are trying to undermine the right of state employees to collectively bargain. Stand with our brothers and sisters and tell the Civil Service Commission to end these anti-union attacks.
AFL-CIO Blog Feed
- Statement on Changes to COVID-19 Protocols after Meeting of the COVID-19 Joint Task Force — Jun 21
- UAW President Ray Curry statement on Juneteenth — Jun 18
- UAW President Ray Curry Calls for Executive Action to Cancel Student Debt — Jun 10
- UAW Increases Weekly Strike Pay to $400 — Jun 7
- We Will Fight for the Members of our Past, Present and Future — Jun 6
There’s a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.
–Walter Reuther, UAW Constitutional Convention 1970
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