by Justin | Jul 29, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit News, UAWD in the News
The Detroit News writes: The United Auto Workers’ 38th Constitutional Convention ended on a dramatic note Thursday, reflecting internal fissures — as well as some signs of progress — in a union attempting to move beyond a years-long corruption scandal and...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 28, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit Bureau, UAWD in the News
Joseph Szczesny writes for the Detroit Bureau: …the Administrative Caucus, which has controlled the union’s internal politics for decades, had to scramble to fight off a large block of reform minded delegates. The biggest clash revolved around strike pay, which...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 28, 2022 | Constitutional Convention 2022
Yesterday, delegates voted to amend our Constitution to begin accruing strike pay on day 1 of a strike and raise weekly strike pay—one of UAWD’s priorities for this year’s Convention. Today, we need to vote to keep the interest earned on the strike fund WITHIN...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 27, 2022 | Constitutional Convention 2022, UAWD Statements & Press Releases, Video
This morning, delegates at the 38th UAW Constitutional Convention voted to amend our Constitution to start strike pay on day 1—one of UAWD’s priorities for this year’s Convention. UAWD member, John Deere worker, and Local 281 delegate Nolan Tabb made a...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 27, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Autoworkers, Constitutional Convention 2022, Mexico, Support the Struggle
UAWD has supported international solidarity since our founding in 2018. Right now, our union siblings in Mexico at SINTTIA, La Liga, and SNITIS—independent, democratic unions organizing in the auto sector in Mexico—need our support. Last year, Mexican workers at...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 27, 2022 | Constitutional Convention 2022
Welcome to the third day of the 2022 Constitutional Convention! Yesterday, for the first time in many years, delegates cleared the 15% threshold of votes needed to bring two constitutional amendments out of committee for debate: Reject Tiers and Retiree Eligibility...
