by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 21, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Ford, General Motors, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, UAWD in the News
Jarod Facundo wrote for The American Prospect about the Big Three’s transition to electric vehicles: On September 14, the UAW master agreement with the “Big Three” of Ford, GM, and Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler), representing some 150,000 workers, will...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 18, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Auto News, Autoworkers, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Paige Hodder writes for Automotive News: Scott Houldieson, a member of UAW Local 551 in Chicago and founding member of the union’s Unite All Workers For Democracy reform caucus, said communication from previous leadership was “atrocious.” That...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Jacobin, UAW Local 22, UAWD in the News
UAWD member Chris Viola (UAW Local 22) wrote for Jacobin: Negotiations between my union, the United Auto Workers (UAW), and the Big Three automakers (Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis) are now underway. UAW president Shawn Fain has already made headlines by...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Dan DiMaggio, Labor Notes, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Dan DiMaggio and Keith Brower Brown write for Labor Notes: [Shawn] Fain was elected in March on a slate backed by the reform movement Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), on a platform of “No corruption, no concessions, no tiers,” ending 70 years of one-party rule...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 16, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, New York Times, Organizing Committee, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Noam Scheiber wrote for the New York Times: [Shawn] Fain, who won his position in March, is the first president in the union’s history, dating back nearly 90 years, to be elected directly by its members. The change took place after a major corruption scandal engulfed...
