{"id":10839,"date":"2026-10-18T06:48:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=10839"},"modified":"2026-10-18T06:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:48:05","slug":"whats-missing-a-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/whats-missing-a-union\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Missing? A Union!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent UAW organizing victories among St. Louis University Graduate Students and Alamo Drafthouse wrorkers have answered the question What&#8217;s Missing? The answer was A Union! United Steelworkers President Roxanne Brown shares<a href=\"https:\/\/usw.org\/they-asked-themselves-whats-missing-the-answer-a-union\/\"> her story about What&#8217;s Missing? A Union<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But nothing drove home the need for change more than a supervisor\u2019s callous response when a co-worker fell from a ladder.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Instead of calling an ambulance, Davion recalled, the supervisor threatened to dock the injured man a sick day if he left to seek care on his own.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An angry Davion subsequently helped to lead <a href=\"https:\/\/usw.org\/news\/1400-corning-workers-in-michigan-join-usw\/\">1,400 co-workers<\/a> in a successful union drive with the United Steelworkers (USW). Now, they wield a collective voice on safety, pay and other issues as they do the important work of manufacturing components for the nation\u2019s solar industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rampant inequality continues to fuel record support for unions nationwide. In all, 71 percent of Americans now approve of unions, and a growing number want organized labor to have more influence in American life, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/713936\/record-high-unions-influence.aspx\">Gallup poll<\/a> found.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/USW-this-is-whats-missing-image-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/USW-this-is-whats-missing-image-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/USW-this-is-whats-missing-image-1536x1152-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/USW-this-is-whats-missing-image-1536x1152-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/USW-this-is-whats-missing-image-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(graphic courtesy of uaw.org)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent UAW organizing victories among St. Louis University Graduate Students and Alamo Drafthouse wrorkers have answered the question What&#8217;s Missing? The answer was A Union! United Steelworkers President Roxanne Brown shares her story about What&#8217;s Missing? A Union! 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