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 | Mar 25, 2023 | Direct Elections, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, Video
The UAW Monitor has called the election for Shawn Fain! Shawn will be the next President of the UAW, and reformers will gain majority control of the UAW International Executive Board for the first time in history. A new day is dawning for our union. The unofficial...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 7, 2023 | Direct Elections, General Motors, Shawn Fain, The Intercept, UAWD in the News
Daniel Boguslaw writes for The Intercept: In a historic election that could dramatically reshape the 400,000-member United Auto Workers union, insurgent challenger Shawn Fain currently leads incumbent Ray Curry by a margin of 645 votes for the union’s top leadership...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 14, 2022 | Direct Elections, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
On December 14, 2022, the UAW Monitor released the official rules for the UAW international officer runoff elections in 2023. After the general election results, UAW Members United candidates Shawn Fain will advance to the runoff election for President and Daniel...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 7, 2022 | Detroit News, Direct Elections, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jordyn Grzelewski, Kalea Hall, and Breana Noble write for The Detroit News: So how did an upstart faction within one of the country’s oldest and most powerful industrial unions pull off such an upset? The path of the UAW Members United slate can in some ways be...
