by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 15, 2022 | In These Times, Labor History, UAW History, UAWD in the News, United Mine Workers (UMWA)
Steve Early writes for In These Times: Today, at a time when labor militants are again embracing a “rank-and-file strategy” to revitalize unions and change their leadership, the MFD’s unprecedented victory — and its turbulent aftermath — remains relevant and...
by Justin | Feb 11, 2022 | Autoworkers, General Motors, Labor History, Organizing, UAW History
White Shirt Day was started in 1948 by Sit-Down Striker Bert Christensen, as a way to remind the younger workers just what the veterans had gone through to win them health care, job security, paid vacations, and pensions. During the strike, GM cut off the heat in the...
by Justin | Feb 8, 2022 | Autoworkers, Detroit Bureau, Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), General Gordon Baker, Joe Szczesny, Labor History, UAW History
Back in the 1960s, as the Civil Rights movement spread through American cities large and small and discussions of the use of Black Power multiplied, Detroit’s auto factories — and within the UAW — became the focus of protests by the Black working class. ...
by Justin | Jan 28, 2022 | Esteban Torres, Labor History, UAW History, Yahoo
Former Rep. Esteban Torres, a California Democrat who served eight terms in the House and built a legacy of public service focused on advancing Latino representation, died on Tuesday. He was 91. Before his political career, Torres served as an activist in his United...
by Justin | Jan 18, 2022 | Education, Labor History, Martin Luther King Jr., UAW History, Walter Reuther
Strassel says both King and Reuther saw connections between the civil rights and labor movements, including shared priorities on issues like right to work and fair wages. Reuther’s support for King started at an early point in his career. “Reuther put the...
by Justin | Dec 31, 2021 | Autoworkers, General Motors, Labor History, MLive, UAW History, Victor Reuther, Walter Reuther
Eighty-five years ago today, Flint autoworkers seized control of the General Motors body plant where they worked, refusing to leave for 44 days and forcing the company to recognize the United Auto Workers, a critical moment in the history of the organized labor...
