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 Justin | Jul 20, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit Bureau, Direct Elections, Joe Szczesny, One Member One Vote, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Monitor Neil Barofsky
From the Detroit Bureau: With a potentially close race for the presidency looming this fall, United Auto Workers President Ray Curry signed a memorandum boosting the pensions of members of the Staff Council, the UAW in-house union for UAW representatives responsible...
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. ...
