by UAWD Steering Committee | Oct 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, UAWD in the News
Kim Kelly writes for Fast Company: Shawn Fain is the president of the United Auto Workers. Originally from Kokomo, Indiana, he’s been a member of the UAW since 1994 and joined the union while working as an electrician at Chrysler. After spending decades serving his...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Oct 5, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, UAWD Membership Meetings, UAWD Membership Resolutions
Below is a summary of UAWD’s Special Membership Meeting for Strike and Bargaining Strategy on October 5. Co-chair of our Organizing Committee, Nolan Tabb (Local 281), shared a report on UAWD’s ongoing voluntary OT cancellation campaign and the successes of...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Oct 2, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, The Nation, UAWD in the News
Sarah Lazare writes for The Nation: Chris Viola, 40, is one of Carpenter’s coworkers, and has been active in Unite All Workers for Democracy, a rank-and-file movement within UAW to improve internal democracy and accountability. UAWD backed the presidential campaign of...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 30, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Jacobin, Paul Prescod, UAWD in the News
Paul Prescod writes for Jacobin: [Shawn] Fain could not have risen to leadership without the backing of a rank-and-file reform caucus and a crisis that bred opportunity. In 2018 the Justice Department began investigating corruption in the UAW and eventually unearthed...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 30, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Keith Brower Brown, Labor Notes, UAWD in the News
Keith Brower Brown writes for Labor Notes: The eighteen thousand United Auto Workers (UAW) on strike have lit up the labor movement. But the strike is only the most visible side of autoworkers’ leverage. The less visible side is on the shop floor, where organized...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Teddy Ostrow, The Upsurge, UAWD in the News, Video
Teddy Ostrow reports for The Upsurge, a podcast about the future of the American labor movement: Eric Truss: So what’s different about this time is, the member had a chance to get engaged in what’s called One Member, One Vote, where they were able to do a direct...
