by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 10, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Auto News, UAWD in the News
Michael Martinez writes for Automotive News: While the union’s tentative contract with Ford appeared easily headed for ratification, early voting was more mixed among workers at GM and Stellantis. Hourly employees at Flint Assembly in Michigan, one of GM’s...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 9, 2023 | IATSE, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu writes for Labor Notes: Dissatisfied with their union’s leadership and direction, a group of members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is launching a reform caucus called CREW, or the Caucus of Rank-and-File Entertainment...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Harold Meyerson, Shawn Fain, UAW History, UAWD in the News, Walter Reuther
Harold Meyerson writes for the American Prospect: Like the Reutherites, Fain and his cohorts had to wrest control of the UAW from an incumbent regime, though the lines of this conflict did not, at first glance, seem to be drawn around political concerns. After a...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 2, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, President Joseph Biden, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, UAW Local 1268, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Lee Harris writes for the American Prospect: One of the more notable outcomes of the tentative contract agreement between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers, which earned workers 25 percent wage increases over four years, is the fate of a 5 million...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Oct 31, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Democracy Now, Jane Slaughter, Shawn Fain, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Amy Goodman interviewed UAWD chair Scott Houldieson for Democracy Now: AMY GOODMAN: On Monday, Democracy Now! spoke to Scott Houldieson, a member of UAW Local 551, works at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, is on the steering committee, chair of Unite All Workers for...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Oct 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, UAWD in the News
Kim Kelly writes for Fast Company: Shawn Fain is the president of the United Auto Workers. Originally from Kokomo, Indiana, he’s been a member of the UAW since 1994 and joined the union while working as an electrician at Chrysler. After spending decades serving his...
