by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 13, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Communications Committee, UAWD Statements & Press Releases
By the UAWD Communications Committee There is just one day left before the UAW’s contracts with the Big Three automakers expire and tensions are higher between the two parties than they have been in years. UAWD members across the country are doing everything we can to...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, New Directions Movement, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu (formerly Local 5118) writes for Labor Notes: [Bill] Bagwell, who was previously the chairman of Local 174 and is also an elected convention delegate, says he’s as excited as he’s ever been about the direction of the union. He was a member of the reform...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes: Two days before their contract expires at midnight Thursday, the Auto Workers (UAW) are poised to strike the Big 3 automakers—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis—to recoup concessions made over the past two decades, end tiers,...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 4, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Shawn Fain, Strike Fund, UAWD in the News
Marick Masters writes for the Michigan Advance: The UAW’s newly elected president, Shawn Fain, frequently denounces corporate greed and has proclaimed the union’s willingness to go on strike. In the past, the union has held strikes against one automaker at a time,...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 24, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, Organizing, Organizing Committee, UAW Local 862, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu writes for Labor Notes: Chris Budnick has been holding 10-minute meetings at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville to get his co-workers talking to each other about the Big 3 contracts. Like many activists, Budnick says he has long struggled to get his...
