Katie Nixdorf

Mar 13, 2024 | substack.perfectunion.us | Katie Nixdorf

By Katie Nixdorf, More Perfect UnionResidents in Pearce, Arizona are facing a dystopian crisis: their wells are running dry while a neighboring industrial dairy operation continues to use unprecedented amounts of groundwater. Over the past 10 years, Riverview, a Minnesota-based dairy company, has spent more than $160 million buying up land in Cochise County, near the state’s southeastern border with New Mexico. This transformation has come at the cost of water for residents like Vance Williams.

Jan 29, 2024 | znetwork.org | Katie Nixdorf |Sydney Guthrie

The UAW has announced that over 10,000 non-union autoworkers have signed cards to join the union in just 60 days. They’ve already made massive headway at Mercedes, Volkswagen, Hyundai and more. We got an exclusive look inside the union drive at Toyota in Kentucky. Toyota used to host free car giveaways and give workers 12% bonuses.

Jan 24, 2024 | substack.perfectunion.us | Katie Nixdorf

By Katie Nixdorf, More Perfect UnionWhen Toyota came to Georgetown, Kentucky in 1986, it was hailed as an economic powerhouse that would provide thousands of good-paying jobs. For many years it did just that. “We was able to go out, purchase a house, actually drive a new car,” Jeff Allen, who started working at Toyota in 1994, told More Perfect Union when we visited Georgetown last month to talk to workers about why they’re organizing.

Nov 29, 2023 | substack.perfectunion.us | Katie Nixdorf

By Katie Nixdorf, More Perfect UnionThe United Auto Workers (UAW) announced Wednesday that it has embarked on an unprecedented campaign to organize roughly 150,000 workers at 13 non-union automakers. Included in the campaign are the German Three of Volkswagen, Mercedes, and BMW; the Japanese & Korean Six of Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Subaru, and Mazda; and American electric vehicle manufacturers Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid.

Oct 19, 2023 | substack.perfectunion.us | Katie Nixdorf

By Katie NixdorfStellantis, one of the Big Three automakers currently negotiating with the United Auto Workers over a new contract, sent private security guards from the strikebreaking firm Huffmaster to at least five of its Parts Distributions Centers (PDCs). These guards are the company’s attempt to undermine striking workers by ushering temporary or salaried workers across the picket line and ensuring delivery trucks can enter and exit the plant.