by UAWD Steering Committee | Jan 4, 2024 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Administration Caucus, Direct Elections, Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), Historical UAW Movements, In These Times, New Directions Movement, One Member One Vote, Shawn Fain, TDU, Teamsters, Teamsters, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW History, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Barry Eidlin writes for In These Times: None of what Fain’s administration has accomplished in its few short months in office would have been possible without the organizing that UAWD did first to win the right to vote, then to get the Members United slate elected....
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 4, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Administration Caucus, Autoworkers, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Alex Press writes for Jacobin: In years past, the negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Big Three auto manufacturers — Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) — began with the union’s president shaking hands with the auto...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 31, 2023 | Administration Caucus, Alex Press, Bargaining Convention 2023, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Alex Press reported for Jacobin from the 2023 Bargaining Convention: Shawn Fain, a local UAW official from Kokomo, Indiana, ran for president on a slate called UAW Members United. The slate was backed by Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), an internal caucus that...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 29, 2023 | Administration Caucus, Detroit Free Press, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jamie L. LaReau and Eric D. Lawrence write for the Detroit Free Press: For the first time, the UAW has a leader elected by the rank-and-file. On Saturday, Shawn Fain was declared the winner over incumbent President Ray Curry in a runoff election. On Sunday, Fain was...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 17, 2023 | Administration Caucus, In These Times, Shawn Fain, Steven Greenhouse, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Steven Greenhouse interviewed Shawn Fain, candidate for UAW President, for In These Times: Challenger Shawn Fain is set to win a historic runoff election for the presidency of the United Auto Workers (UAW), likely defeating incumbent Ray Curry in a nail-biting finish....
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 8, 2023 | Administration Caucus, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Breana Noble writes for The Detroit News: The counting of remaining votes in the United Auto Workers election to determine its president for the next four years has been delayed until March 16 as the court-appointed monitor’s office finishes resolving the...
