UAWD in the News: UAW Retiree Eligibility for Office to Create Convention Friction
Ian Kullgren writes for Bloomberg Law: When the United Auto Workers convention in Detroit starts next week, the two most recent elected presidents won’t be there. They’ll remain in federal prison. And for the first time, the union will select its next leader through a...
From the Headlines: UAW Boosts Staff Pensions, Monitor Flags Spending as Election Campaigns Begin
From the Detroit Bureau: With a potentially close race for the presidency looming this fall, United Auto Workers President Ray Curry signed a memorandum boosting the pensions of members of the Staff Council, the UAW in-house union for UAW representatives responsible...
UAWD in Labor Notes: UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections
Jonah Furman writes for Labor Notes: Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers (“one member, one vote”) in a membership referendum. Now delegates are headed to a Constitutional Convention where candidates...
UAWD in the Detroit News: UAW’s future at stake at historic convention in Detroit
Nearly 1,000 United Auto Workers members will descend upon downtown next week for the union’s quadrennial constitutional convention — an event with major implications at a pivotal time for one of the country’s largest and most influential unions.
Calling All Reformers at Convention!
The 2022 UAW Constitutional Convention will be a historic opportunity to change our union for the better. All reformers–delegates, alternates, and guests–are invited to join us at Convention.