by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 4, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Administration Caucus, Autoworkers, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Alex Press writes for Jacobin: In years past, the negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Big Three auto manufacturers — Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) — began with the union’s president shaking hands with the auto...
by UAWD Steering Committee | May 18, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, Dan DiMaggio, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Dan DiMaggio writes for Labor Notes: Contracts covering 150,000 auto workers at the Big 3 will expire on September 14, and the new leadership of the United Auto Workers is taking a more aggressive stance than in years past. “We’re going to launch our biggest contract...
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 31, 2023 | Administration Caucus, Alex Press, Bargaining Convention 2023, Jacobin, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Alex Press reported for Jacobin from the 2023 Bargaining Convention: Shawn Fain, a local UAW official from Kokomo, Indiana, ran for president on a slate called UAW Members United. The slate was backed by Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), an internal caucus that...
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...
