by Justin | Jul 20, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit Bureau, Direct Elections, Joe Szczesny, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
From the Detroit Bureau: With a potentially close race for the presidency looming this fall, United Auto Workers President Ray Curry signed a memorandum boosting the pensions of members of the Staff Council, the UAW in-house union for UAW representatives responsible...
by Justin | Jul 20, 2022 | Dia Art Foundation, Organizing, The Art Newspaper, UAW Local 2110, Unionization
The Dia Art Foundation is the latest cultural institution to join the growing unionising movement. The United Auto Workers (UAW) released a press release today (18 July) further outlining the staff’s reasons for unionising, which includes low wages, job insecurity and...
by Justin | Jul 20, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Direct Elections, Jonah Furman, Labor Notes, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAWD in the News
Jonah Furman writes for Labor Notes: Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers (“one member, one vote”) in a membership referendum. Now delegates are headed to a Constitutional Convention where candidates...
by Justin | Jul 19, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Detroit News, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
Robert Snell and Breana Noble write for The Detroit News with an update on the UAW leadership corruption scandal: United Auto Workers officials are interfering with a government watchdog tasked with rooting out corruption in one of the nation’s most influential and...
by Justin | Feb 16, 2022 | COVID-19, UAW Local 2865, University of California
Ending the mask mandate while COVID-19 cases remain common raised concerns for student academic employee union UAW 2865 members, according to UAW 2865 Berkeley recording secretary Samuel Chan. Vulnerable student employees, he added, would be harmed by the end of the...
