UAWD in the New York Times: United Auto Workers Seek to Shed a Legacy of Corruption
Neal E. Boudette writes about this year’s UAW Constitutional Convention for the New York Times, quoting UAWD Steering Committee member Bill Parker: Now U.A.W. members have a chance to determine how much of a break from that past they want to make. In one of the...
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.
UAWD in the Detroit News: UAW convention ends on dramatic note, even as some hail ‘democratic’ progress
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...
UAWD in the Detroit Bureau: UAW Convention Produces Nominees for First-Ever Election
Joseph Szczesny writes for the Detroit Bureau: …the Administrative Caucus, which has controlled the union’s internal politics for decades, had to scramble to fight off a large block of reform minded delegates. The biggest clash revolved around strike pay, which...