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 | Dec 5, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Direct Elections, Jacobin, One Member One Vote, UAWD in the News
Chris Bohner writes for Jacobin about how this year’s biggest contract victories have been won by unions in which members directly elect their leaders: “A robust democratic process certainly played a major role in the United Auto Workers (UAW) contract fight...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 4, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Alex Press, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Alex Press writes for Jacobin about how the UAW launched a historic strike at the Big Three in 2023—and how 2024 might be an even bigger year: The United Auto Workers (UAW) has had a historic year. Coming into 2023, the union had held its first-ever direct elections...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 20, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Ford, General Motors, Stellantis
As of November 20, UAW members at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis voted to ratify their new contracts, locking in record gains at the Big Three automakers. According to the UAW website, 64% of voting members across the three companies voted in favor of the...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 19, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Detroit News, Ford, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Breana Noble, Kalea Hall, and Hayley Harding write for The Detroit News: Chris Budnick, an 11-year employee at Ford working at the Kentucky Truck plant, voted yes on the deal, even though he would have liked to see a larger wage increase sooner and health care...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, In These Times, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Stephen Franklin writes for In These Times: The recently elected heads of those two unions proclaimed unprecedented and seemingly risky contract demands because they had pitched themselves to their rank and file as new voices that would shake up their unions. This was...
