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 Vail Kohnert-Yount | Apr 25, 2023 | Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Labor Notes, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Keith Brower Brown writes for Labor Notes: New reform leaders in the United Auto Workers, the largest manufacturing union in the country, are organizing for a national strike this fall—in part to unionize electric car-making, batteries and all. Beyond the workplace,...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Apr 20, 2023 | Autoworkers, Economy, Ford, General Motors, Labor Notes, Stellantis, UAW Local 31, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Local 31 trustee and UAWD member Nick Livick writes for Labor Notes: The UAW just wrapped up a historic election where members got to vote directly for their top leaders for the first time in the union’s history. The rank and file voted for change and a more militant...
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 25, 2023 | Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes about Shawn Fain’s victory, quoting UAWD members Shana Shaw, Tim Thomas, and Scott Houldieson: Reform challenger Shawn Fain has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers, the federal monitor announced today. Fain will...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 25, 2023 | Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes about Shawn Fain’s victory, quoting UAWD members Shana Shaw, Tim Thomas, and Scott Houldieson: Reform challenger Shawn Fain has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers, the federal monitor announced today. Fain will...
