by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 30, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Jacobin, Paul Prescod, UAWD in the News
Paul Prescod writes for Jacobin: [Shawn] Fain could not have risen to leadership without the backing of a rank-and-file reform caucus and a crisis that bred opportunity. In 2018 the Justice Department began investigating corruption in the UAW and eventually unearthed...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 30, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Keith Brower Brown, Labor Notes, UAWD in the News
Keith Brower Brown writes for Labor Notes: The eighteen thousand United Auto Workers (UAW) on strike have lit up the labor movement. But the strike is only the most visible side of autoworkers’ leverage. The less visible side is on the shop floor, where organized...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Teddy Ostrow, The Upsurge, UAWD in the News, Video
Teddy Ostrow reports for The Upsurge, a podcast about the future of the American labor movement: Eric Truss: So what’s different about this time is, the member had a chance to get engaged in what’s called One Member, One Vote, where they were able to do a direct...
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 | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, New Directions Movement, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu (formerly Local 5118) writes for Labor Notes: [Bill] Bagwell, who was previously the chairman of Local 174 and is also an elected convention delegate, says he’s as excited as he’s ever been about the direction of the union. He was a member of the reform...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, Shawn Fain, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes: Two days before their contract expires at midnight Thursday, the Auto Workers (UAW) are poised to strike the Big 3 automakers—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis—to recoup concessions made over the past two decades, end tiers,...
