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 17, 2023 | Administration Caucus, In These Times, Shawn Fain, Steven Greenhouse, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Steven Greenhouse interviewed Shawn Fain, candidate for UAW President, for In These Times: Challenger Shawn Fain is set to win a historic runoff election for the presidency of the United Auto Workers (UAW), likely defeating incumbent Ray Curry in a nail-biting finish....
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 17, 2023 | Jacobin, Jane Slaughter, Luis Feliz Leon, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jane Slaughter and Luis Feliz Leon write for Jacobin: “Shawn Fain ran a campaign on the promise of true reform in the UAW,” said Justin Mayhugh, a General Motors worker at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City and a member of Unite All Workers for Democracy...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 17, 2023 | Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Rod Meloni and Cassidy Johncox covered the UAW election for WDIV Local 4: [Shawn] Fain is from a group known as UAW Members United, which challenged sitting President Curry in the first direct UAW election in 87 years. On Friday, March 17, Fain’s UAW Members United...
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...