Greater Flint CAP Council

09/03/2021

08/06/2021

Genesee County rejects purchase of Ford vehicles after Flint UAW officials object

Genesee County rejects purchase of Ford vehicles after Flint UAW officials object

Genesee County has rejected a proposed purchase of 13 Ford Explorers after Flint-based officials with the United Auto Workers said such a move would amount to the Board of Commissioners turning its back on local union workers.

08/03/2021

Amazon violated labor law in Alabama union election, labor official finds

Who’s have thunk it?

The National Labor Relations Board has determined that Amazon violated labor law after workers at its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse tried to join a union,

07/09/2021

Remember

Remember

07/01/2021

https://labor411.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shopping-list-4-july-063021.pdf

06/25/2021

DeJoy’s USPS slowdown plan will delay the mail. What’s it mean for your Zip code?

Just another way for trump leftovers to attack Americans using the USPS as a weapon.

The Postal Service’s plans will delay a third of mail in 27 states, according to a Washington Post analysis, hitting states west of the Rocky Mountains especially hard.

05/31/2021

05/25/2021

The Michigan Redistricting Commission has started having PUBLIC MEETINGS and they're coming to Flint - have YOUR voice heard!

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Start Time: 6:00 p.m.
Dort Financial Center
3501 Lapeer Rd
Flint, MI 48503

05/20/2021

Tim Ryan gives MUST-SEE, VIRAL speech demolishing Republicans

Tim Ryan gives MUST-SEE, VIRAL speech demolishing Republicans

05/13/2021

GOP Michigan Sen. Mike Shirkey pictured with Whitmer kidnap plot suspect

Yup! That’s the Republican Senate leader posing happily with the terrorist who plotted to kidnap and kill out Governor AND the Law Enforcement detail protecting her

https://www.newsweek.com/gop-state-sen-shirkey-pictured-whitmer-kidnap-plot-suspect-1591166

William Null, 39, of Shelbyville, is one of the 14 men charged over an alleged plot to abduct the state's Democratic governor.

05/08/2021

04/19/2021

UNIONS are the best way to make the real dream come true...

UNIONS are the best way to make the real dream come true...

04/19/2021

Join us at one of five sites in Flint and one site in Lapeer for our annual Flint River Stewardship Day on Saturday, April 24th!

04/19/2021

Grocery workers died feeding the nation. Now, their families are left to pick up the pieces.

Grocery workers died feeding the nation. Now, their families are left to pick up the pieces.

The plight of grocery workers has raised questions about retail labor conditions and the responsibility of corporations in worker deaths from the coronavirus.

04/08/2021

Michigan’s Senators are on board but EVERY Senator’s votes affect all of us so call!

Today the labor movement is driving calls into the U.S. Senate urging support and passage of the #PROAct.

⏱️Will you take 5 minutes and make the call? #1u

Click here: go.aflcio.org/call

04/08/2021

This

This

04/04/2021

We have a stake in our workplaces, our communities and its institutions. The UAW's Community Action Program (CAP) fights to ensure those elected to represent the People actually follow through with that charge. We pay this country's taxes, fight its wars and lift up the community with the spending of our wages. We demand a voice at the table!

04/04/2021

55 Corporations Paid $0 in Federal Taxes on 2020 Profits

not acceptable

At least 55 of the largest corporations in America paid no federal corporate income taxes in their most recent fiscal year despite enjoying substantial pretax profits in the United States. This continues a decades-long trend of corporate tax avoidance by the biggest U.S. corporations, and it appears...

03/24/2021

03/11/2021

Why $4-a-Gallon Gas May Be Coming Your Way This Summer

OF COURSE, President Biden will get the blame for rising gas prices but only by those who truly believe in the benevolence of the Oil/Gas Corporations...

The oil industry, known for boom-bust cycles, is resisting the temptation to pump more oil — for now.

02/23/2021

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

- James Baldwin

02/20/2021

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02/18/2021

Democrats try again on pro-union bill, now with majorities

It is PAST time for the PRO Act to pass! Let's get it done!

Lawmakers are pushing a bill that would dramatically change labor rights in the U.S. It faces an uphill climb in the narrowly-divided Senate

02/11/2021

February 11th is White Shirt Day. On this day, we in the Labor Movement and in the UAW specifically, celebrate the end of the 1936-37 Sit-Down Strike through which the UAW was recognized as the bargaining agent for the GM hourly workforce. The Middle Class was born of this event and I am proud to have been able to carry on the legacy of those who took on the largest corporation in the world, at that time, to ensure dignity and democracy in the workplace. Wear a WHITE SHIRT as a show of solidarity to those who fought so that all could benefit...

02/09/2021

Thank you Genesee District Library & Matt Franklin ABC 12 News for continuing this excellent program and for bringing into our homes, our phones and computers! Tune in on ABC12: First In-Depth Everywhere WJRT-TV, Facebook or YouTube...

Thank you Genesee District Library & Matt Franklin ABC 12 News for continuing this excellent program and for bringing into our homes, our phones and computers! Tune in on ABC12: First In-Depth Everywhere WJRT-TV, Facebook or YouTube...

01/21/2021

We ALL share this planet!

01/19/2021

New: Michigan GOP Senate leader advised militias on messaging, says they’ve gotten ‘a bad rap’ ⋆ Michigan Advance

Unacceptable!

Just a month before 13 men were charged by state and federal law enforcement for a far-right plot to allegedly kidnap and execute Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) had a sitdown conversation with leaders of three Michigan-based militias. “I was in ...

01/15/2021

“The time is always right to do the right thing.”

“The time is always right to do the right thing.”

01/09/2021

Timeline Photos

IN MEMORY -- This is the U.S. Capitol Police officer killed during Wednesday's riots.

01/07/2021

The 147 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn Election Results

THESE elected representatives of the People in the end betrayed their oath of office, the Constitution and our nation. There is no excuse for standing with insurrectionists!

Republican lawmakers raised objections to the official certification of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress that went into the wee hours of Thursday morning, in a futile effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. See who supported the objections.

12/11/2020

MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court of the United States has REJECTED the Texas lawsuit that sought to delay the electoral college vote in four battleground states won by Joe Biden -- Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

10/22/2020

Gary Peters

Senator Peters is on the side of Working Michiganders!

I was proud to fight with Barack Obama when he was in the White House, and I’m so grateful to have him in the fight with us now.

10/18/2020

A Regulatory Rush by Federal Agencies to Secure Trump’s Legacy

Elections have consequences. These changes don't help working Americans stay safe on the job, provide better living conditions for their loved ones, or do anything but improve the profit margins of companies which continue to exploit workers and communities at every turn...

With the president’s re-election in doubt, cabinet departments are scrambling to finish dozens of new rules affecting millions of Americans.

10/17/2020

Truth

10/08/2020

Vote for those who support our right to bargain and support our fight to keep that for which we win at the bargaining table!