by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 19, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Detroit News, Ford, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Breana Noble, Kalea Hall, and Hayley Harding write for The Detroit News: Chris Budnick, an 11-year employee at Ford working at the Kentucky Truck plant, voted yes on the deal, even though he would have liked to see a larger wage increase sooner and health care...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Detroit News, General Motors, UAWD in the News
Kalea Hall and Breana Noble write for the Detroit News: Workers at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant this week rejected the agreement, with 54.5% voting no. Chris Budnick, 38, of La Grange, Kentucky, a stamping quality inspector at the plant, originally planned to vote no....
by UAWD Steering Committee | Jan 26, 2023 | Detroit News, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jordyn Grzelewski writes for the Detroit News: [Shawn Fain] became active in UAW Local 1166, serving five terms as a skilled trades committee person and shop chair. During Chrysler’s bankruptcy in 2009, Fain was elected to serve as a national negotiator, a role...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 7, 2022 | Detroit News, Direct Elections, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jordyn Grzelewski, Kalea Hall, and Breana Noble write for The Detroit News: So how did an upstart faction within one of the country’s oldest and most powerful industrial unions pull off such an upset? The path of the UAW Members United slate can in some ways be...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 24, 2022 | Detroit News, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jordyn Grzelewski writes for The Detroit News: Candidates for president of the United Auto Workers on Thursday fielded questions from members about their plans to grow the union’s membership base, position the union for the auto industry’s transition to...
by Justin | Jul 29, 2022 | Administration Caucus, Constitutional Convention 2022, Detroit News, UAWD in the News
The Detroit News writes: The United Auto Workers’ 38th Constitutional Convention ended on a dramatic note Thursday, reflecting internal fissures — as well as some signs of progress — in a union attempting to move beyond a years-long corruption scandal and...
