UAWD in the Detroit Free Press: UAW delegates vote to kill strike pay increase in closing hours of convention
In a dramatic reversal shortly before the close of the UAW’s 38th constitutional convention in Detroit, delegates on Thursday voted to undo a $100-per-week strike pay increase approved earlier. That means the strike pay will go back to the $400 per week that had been in place at the start of the convention rather than the $500 per week delegates approved on Wednesday. However, a change that allows the strike pay accrual to start on the first day of a strike rather than the eighth day was allowed to stand.
GM’s UAW workforce profit-sharing check will top $10,000
In what may be a surprise for many UAW-represented workers at General Motors, the profit-sharing checks this year will top those they got last year despite a year plagued with production disruption due to the global shortage of semiconductor chips. On Tuesday,...
Judge OKs direct elections for UAW president, other top leaders
United Auto Workers members will get the chance to have a direct say in who leads the union going forward. A federal judge signed off Monday on the results of the referendum election held last year as a result of the deal with the government resulting from the...
UAW, AFL-CIO push GM, Mexican government to safeguard workers ahead of union vote
The UAW and AFL-CIO are calling on General Motors and the Mexico government to ensure upcoming union elections at a plant producing the profitable Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are fair and free of intimidation. The UAW is asking specifically that labor...