by UAWD Steering Committee | Jan 4, 2024 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Administration Caucus, Direct Elections, Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), Historical UAW Movements, In These Times, New Directions Movement, One Member One Vote, Shawn Fain, TDU, Teamsters, Teamsters, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW History, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Barry Eidlin writes for In These Times: None of what Fain’s administration has accomplished in its few short months in office would have been possible without the organizing that UAWD did first to win the right to vote, then to get the Members United slate elected....
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, In These Times, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Stephen Franklin writes for In These Times: The recently elected heads of those two unions proclaimed unprecedented and seemingly risky contract demands because they had pitched themselves to their rank and file as new voices that would shake up their unions. This was...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 16, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, In These Times, Shawn Fain, UAW Local 600, UAWD in the News
Mindy Isser writes for In These Times: In 2008, amid the nation’s economic collapse, the UAW agreed to major concessions during contract negotiations, and it has struggled to fully recover. The union was also hampered by corruption, with more than a dozen officials...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, In These Times, Luis Feliz Leon, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for In These Times: Yesterday afternoon, UAW Local 551 member Marcelina Pedraza said her coworkers at the Chicago Assembly plant were anxiously awaiting the news of the next targets. “Everybody’s on edge,” said Pedraza, who is also a member of...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 17, 2023 | Administration Caucus, In These Times, Shawn Fain, Steven Greenhouse, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Steven Greenhouse interviewed Shawn Fain, candidate for UAW President, for In These Times: Challenger Shawn Fain is set to win a historic runoff election for the presidency of the United Auto Workers (UAW), likely defeating incumbent Ray Curry in a nail-biting finish....
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 15, 2022 | In These Times, Labor History, UAW History, UAWD in the News, United Mine Workers (UMWA)
Steve Early writes for In These Times: Today, at a time when labor militants are again embracing a “rank-and-file strategy” to revitalize unions and change their leadership, the MFD’s unprecedented victory — and its turbulent aftermath — remains relevant and...
