by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 24, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, Organizing, Organizing Committee, UAW Local 862, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu writes for Labor Notes: Chris Budnick has been holding 10-minute meetings at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville to get his co-workers talking to each other about the Big 3 contracts. Like many activists, Budnick says he has long struggled to get his...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Dan DiMaggio, Labor Notes, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Dan DiMaggio and Keith Brower Brown write for Labor Notes: [Shawn] Fain was elected in March on a slate backed by the reform movement Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), on a platform of “No corruption, no concessions, no tiers,” ending 70 years of one-party rule...
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 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 30, 2023 | Bargaining Convention 2023, Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Keith Brower Brown (Local 2865) and Jane Slaughter write for Labor Notes about the 2023 Bargaining Convention: The UAW’s Bargaining Conventions are held every four years as the “Big 3” automaker contracts near expiration. They are intended for...
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...
