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 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 | May 18, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, Dan DiMaggio, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Dan DiMaggio writes for Labor Notes: Contracts covering 150,000 auto workers at the Big 3 will expire on September 14, and the new leadership of the United Auto Workers is taking a more aggressive stance than in years past. “We’re going to launch our biggest contract...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Apr 25, 2023 | Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Labor Notes, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Keith Brower Brown writes for Labor Notes: New reform leaders in the United Auto Workers, the largest manufacturing union in the country, are organizing for a national strike this fall—in part to unionize electric car-making, batteries and all. Beyond the workplace,...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 28, 2023 | Bargaining Convention 2023, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles
This afternoon, UAWD delegates supported bringing one of our priority resolutions out of committee for debate: Resolution to Reject Electric Vehicle Tiers. As the transition toward electric vehicles accelerates, corporations are using it to weaken our union. The...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 12, 2023 | Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Ford, UAWD Statements & Press Releases
UAWD’s Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee responds to the UAW’s statement about the new Ford battery plant in Marshall, Michigan: As the transition toward electric vehicles accelerates, we are seeing more and more how corporations are using it to divide...
