Latest News Updates From Josh Eidelson

Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Rivian Quietly Paves Way for UAW Workforce Once Profitable

Under Rivian and the UAW’s confidential pact, the automaker would adopt a neutral stance toward efforts to organize workers at its Illinois factory where its vehicles are made.

December 19, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment

New UAW Unionizing Drive Targets 13 Nonunion Automakers

The United Auto Workers union is launching simultaneous, public organizing campaigns at more than a dozen automakers including Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG and Tesla Inc.

November 29, 2023
Government, Business

NLRB Dismisses New York Union Case Against Tesla

Tesla Inc. has fought off allegations it illegally terminated dozens of New York employees in response to a unionization campaign.

November 27, 2023
Government, Business, Private

Amazon Violated Worker Rights Settlement, NLRB Says

Amazon.com Inc. was accused by U.S. officials of violating a labor board settlement, paving the way for the government to consider claims that the company tried to suppress union organizing.

September 29, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Private

NLRB Accuses Amazon of Illegal Anti-Union Actions

Amazon.com Inc. violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing policies and terminating union supporters at its sole unionized warehouse, U.S. labor board prosecutors allege.

May 23, 2023
Business, Equipment

Nissan Technicians in Tennessee Vote Against Unionization

Nissan North America technicians in Tennessee voted against organizing under the Machinists union, the latest defeat for unionization efforts at foreign automakers in the U.S. South.

March 17, 2023
Government, Technology, Autonomous

Tesla Fires Unionizing Autopilot Workers, Complaint Alleges

Tesla Inc. terminated dozens of employees Feb. 15 at its plant in Buffalo, N.Y., one day after Autopilot workers at the facility announced a union campaign, organizers said in a complaint.

February 16, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Nissan Technicians Can Vote on Union, NLRB Rules

A group of around 86 Nissan North America Inc. technicians at a Tennessee manufacturing plant can vote on unionization, the U.S. labor board ruled.

February 3, 2023
Government, Business, Technology

Facebook Job Ads Illegally Discriminate, Female Truckers Claim

Meta Platforms Inc. “routinely discriminates” in steering job ads to specific age and gender groups on its Facebook platform, a women’s truckers organization alleged in a civil rights complaint.

December 1, 2022
Government, Business

Labor Department Targets Warehouse Industry for Wage Enforcement

The U.S. government’s minimum-wage enforcers plan to zero in on the warehouse and logistics industry, amplifying scrutiny of a sector criticized during the pandemic for its labor practices.

February 8, 2022