by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 4, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Administration Caucus, Autoworkers, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Alex Press writes for Jacobin: In years past, the negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Big Three auto manufacturers — Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) — began with the union’s president shaking hands with the auto...
by UAWD Steering Committee | May 18, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, Dan DiMaggio, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Dan DiMaggio writes for Labor Notes: Contracts covering 150,000 auto workers at the Big 3 will expire on September 14, and the new leadership of the United Auto Workers is taking a more aggressive stance than in years past. “We’re going to launch our biggest contract...
by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Apr 25, 2023 | Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Labor Notes, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Keith Brower Brown writes for Labor Notes: New reform leaders in the United Auto Workers, the largest manufacturing union in the country, are organizing for a national strike this fall—in part to unionize electric car-making, batteries and all. Beyond the workplace,...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 31, 2023 | Administration Caucus, Alex Press, Bargaining Convention 2023, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Alex Press reported for Jacobin from the 2023 Bargaining Convention: Shawn Fain, a local UAW official from Kokomo, Indiana, ran for president on a slate called UAW Members United. The slate was backed by Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), an internal caucus that...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 29, 2023 | Joe Szczesny, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News, WardsAuto
Joseph Szczesny writes for Wards Auto: On his first day in office, the UAW’s new president, Shawn Fain, vowed the union will change direction on his watch. […] Younger workers, who have become part of the UAWD (Unite All Workers for Democracy) caucus, which...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 29, 2023 | Administration Caucus, Detroit Free Press, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jamie L. LaReau and Eric D. Lawrence write for the Detroit Free Press: For the first time, the UAW has a leader elected by the rank-and-file. On Saturday, Shawn Fain was declared the winner over incumbent President Ray Curry in a runoff election. On Sunday, Fain was...