by Justin | Jun 23, 2020 | Auto News, General Motors, Social Issues, UAW Local 1853
Racially charged graffiti was posted inside a men’s restroom at General Motors Spring Hill Manufacturing Facility on Monday, the company and union told The Daily Herald on Tuesday. The unspecified messages were written on walls in a bathroom near the General Assembly...
by Justin | Jun 21, 2020 | Auto News, Ford, Social Issues, UAW Local 1219
LIMA — Allegations of systemic racism against the Ford Lima Engine Plant were on display again as protesters gathered on the lawn outside the plant Friday afternoon. The complaints were many: a lack of diversity, particularly within management and human resources;...
by Justin | Jun 17, 2020 | Social Issues
The United Auto Workers union is asking its roughly 399,000 members, including those at the Detroit automakers, to pause Friday, on Juneteenth, in a moment of reflection and support for protests to end racism and hate. UAW President Rory Gamble sent a note to members...
by Justin | Jun 15, 2020 | Social Issues, UAWD Statements & Press Releases
Unite All Workers for Democracy stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and condemns the brutalization, victimization, and killing of black men and women at the hands of law enforcement and white supremacists. George Floyd’s murder by four Minneapolis...
by Justin | Jun 12, 2020 | Social Issues, UAW Local 4121
Thousands of faculty and students have signed a petition that calls on the University of Washington to sever ties with the Seattle Police Department, saying the university has a duty to protect people on campus from police violence. But the university says it does not...
by Justin | Jun 8, 2020 | Opinion, Social Issues
Statement of UAW Region 9A Director Beverley Brakeman on the killing of George Floyd: On behalf of UAW Region 9A members living and working in New York, New England and Puerto Rico, we condemn the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by four police...
