UAWD Bargaining Convention Tuesday Bulletin: March 28, 2023
Welcome to the 2023 Bargaining Convention! Read Tuesday’s daily update from UAWD.
UAWD Supports Stronger Resolution for COLA
This afternoon, Bargaining Convention delegates cleared the 15% threshold of votes needed to bring a resolution out of committee for debate: Resolution to Renew COLA Wage Adjustments Across All Sectors, one of UAWD’s priority resolutions. With inflation projected to...
Convention Rules Passed Without Amendment
The Rules Committee Report passed without amendment at the 2023 Bargaining Convention. The number of delegates referenced in rules 9, 10, and 11 were updated as follows: 9. Resolutions Resolutions submitted by local unions shall be reported out of committee as the...
Autoworkers and Academics: To Quote Maya Angelou, “We Are More Alike, My Friends, Than Unalike.”
Nomadic employees. Expanding ranks of “permanent temps.” Different tiers of pay for the same work. Standard operating procedures for Big Three? Yes—and also for Big Academics, including many of the nation’s largest universities.