by Vail Kohnert-Yount | Jul 6, 2022 | Economy, LGBTQ+, Social Issues, UAWD Statements & Press Releases
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) joins our union and the thousands upon thousands of workers who have taken to the streets to protest in denouncing the June 24 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade.
by Justin | Feb 4, 2021 | Labor History, Social Issues, UAW History, Walter Reuther
The United States now honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of remembrance each January. However, while he was alive, his public disapproval ratings were as high as 75%. Many Americans disliked him for a variety of his stances, from...
by Justin | Nov 24, 2020 | Graduate Workers, Postdoctoral Researchers, Social Issues, UAW Local 4121
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a new immigration rule in September that gives a fixed expiration date to the visas of international students and scholars. This dismissed the previous duration of status policy that allowed them to stay until the...
by Justin | Sep 6, 2020 | Labor History, Social Issues, UAW History
Since the near-lynching of Jacob Blake by police, the city of Kenosha, Wis., population 100,000, has become a focus of the Black Lives Matter upsurge. Up to that point, Kenosha was just a dot on the map to most people. However, the city’s United Auto Workers (UAW)...
by Justin | Aug 28, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History, Social Issues
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis on Lawyers, Guns, & Money Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: August 28, 1963. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom takes place in Washington. Let’s talk about the forgotten...
by Justin | Aug 27, 2020 | Organizing, Social Issues
The power of a nuclear bomb is not so much generated as it is unleashed. Atoms carry that mighty power at all times — it just takes an action to let it out. Working people have the same kind of power. It’s leverage. Many of us walk around carrying it for...
