LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A brand new invoice launched within the U.S. Home would improve labor protections for auto staff.
The invoice was launched by U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., who stated she proposed the laws in response to Oshkosh Protection shifting to non-unionized staff in South Carolina as a substitute of union staff in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to construct the USPS’ new supply car.
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens speaks at a Nationwide Breast Most cancers Coalition rally outdoors the U.S. Capitol on Could 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
“This is a textbook example of corporate bait-and-switch,” Stevens stated in a information launch. “American taxpayers and the Postal Service anticipated union-built automobiles, made by skilled staff, within the midwest. As an alternative, the contract is getting used to bypass expert union labor and exploit loopholes within the contracting course of.”
Stevens claims the invoice would guarantee this does not occur sooner or later.
Known as the Union Auto Employees Job Safety Act, the laws would:
Require federal contractors to say the place automobiles shall be constructed, what staff shall be paid, what number of staff can be short-term and whether or not there are any labor or security violations.
Prohibit federal contractors from stopping staff from unionizing.
Require contracts to say the place automobiles shall be constructed and what work will occur at every plant.
Prohibit federal contractors from shifting manufacturing with out company approval, union notification and “full disclosure” of pay and labor circumstances on the new website.
Eradicate further funding for Oshkosh Protection for the present USPS contract till it adopts a union neutrality settlement.
