by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 16, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, In These Times, Shawn Fain, UAW Local 600, UAWD in the News
Mindy Isser writes for In These Times: In 2008, amid the nation’s economic collapse, the UAW agreed to major concessions during contract negotiations, and it has struggled to fully recover. The union was also hampered by corruption, with more than a dozen officials...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Harold Meyerson, Shawn Fain, UAW History, UAWD in the News, Walter Reuther
Harold Meyerson writes for the American Prospect: Like the Reutherites, Fain and his cohorts had to wrest control of the UAW from an incumbent regime, though the lines of this conflict did not, at first glance, seem to be drawn around political concerns. After a...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 2, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, President Joseph Biden, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, UAW Local 1268, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Lee Harris writes for the American Prospect: One of the more notable outcomes of the tentative contract agreement between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers, which earned workers 25 percent wage increases over four years, is the fate of a 5 million...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Oct 31, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Democracy Now, Jane Slaughter, Shawn Fain, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Amy Goodman interviewed UAWD chair Scott Houldieson for Democracy Now: AMY GOODMAN: On Monday, Democracy Now! spoke to Scott Houldieson, a member of UAW Local 551, works at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, is on the steering committee, chair of Unite All Workers for...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Oct 27, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Shawn Fain
Robert Kuttner writes for the American Prospect: The UAW’s stunning victory with Ford, which will soon translate into similar terms as the other two large automakers settle, is not only a win for the union’s audacious new leader Shawn Fain. It’s a win for union...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, New Directions Movement, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu (formerly Local 5118) writes for Labor Notes: [Bill] Bagwell, who was previously the chairman of Local 174 and is also an elected convention delegate, says he’s as excited as he’s ever been about the direction of the union. He was a member of the reform...
