by UAWD Steering Committee | Apr 26, 2024 | American Prospect, Labor Notes, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Nelson Lichtenstein writes for The American Prospect about the 2024 Labor Notes conference: Members of organizations with a left-wing pedigree or internal reform movements, including the United Electrical Workers, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, plus...
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 | Nov 2, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, President Joseph Biden, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, UAW Local 1268, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Lee Harris writes for the American Prospect: One of the more notable outcomes of the tentative contract agreement between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers, which earned workers 25 percent wage increases over four years, is the fate of a 5 million...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Oct 27, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Shawn Fain
Robert Kuttner writes for the American Prospect: The UAW’s stunning victory with Ford, which will soon translate into similar terms as the other two large automakers settle, is not only a win for the union’s audacious new leader Shawn Fain. It’s a win for union...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 21, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Ford, General Motors, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, UAWD in the News
Jarod Facundo wrote for The American Prospect about the Big Three’s transition to electric vehicles: On September 14, the UAW master agreement with the “Big Three” of Ford, GM, and Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler), representing some 150,000 workers, will...
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...
