by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 10, 2023 | Alex Press, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, TDU, Teamsters, Teamsters, UAWD in the News
Alex Press interviewed Anthony Rosario, an organizer with Teamsters Local 804 and Teamsters for a Democratic Union, for Jacobin. Rosario said: Corporations need to take a look at what’s happening. I know that they don’t care, but they have to know that the...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 4, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Alex Press, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Alex Press writes for Jacobin about how the UAW launched a historic strike at the Big Three in 2023—and how 2024 might be an even bigger year: The United Auto Workers (UAW) has had a historic year. Coming into 2023, the union had held its first-ever direct elections...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 13, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Jacobin, Keith Brower Brown, UAWD in the News
Keith Brower Brown writes for Jacobin: The UAWD caucus organized “speak out” Zoom meetings for Big Three workers, which brought hundreds together. At a follow-up meeting, autoworkers in the caucus passed a resolution to “celebrate the record gains” while remaining...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 9, 2023 | IATSE, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu writes for Labor Notes: Dissatisfied with their union’s leadership and direction, a group of members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is launching a reform caucus called CREW, or the Caucus of Rank-and-File Entertainment...
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 | 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...
