by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 25, 2023 | Labor Notes, Luis Feliz Leon, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes about Shawn Fain’s victory, quoting UAWD members Shana Shaw, Tim Thomas, and Scott Houldieson: Reform challenger Shawn Fain has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers, the federal monitor announced today. Fain will...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 18, 2023 | Jacobin, UAW Local 22, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
UAWD member Chris Viola (UAW Local 22) writes for Jacobin: Since joining UAWD, I have met workers from other plants, companies, and sectors of our union, from aerospace, agriculture implement, and other manufacturing, along with many higher education and legal service...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 17, 2023 | Administration Caucus, In These Times, Shawn Fain, Steven Greenhouse, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Steven Greenhouse interviewed Shawn Fain, candidate for UAW President, for In These Times: Challenger Shawn Fain is set to win a historic runoff election for the presidency of the United Auto Workers (UAW), likely defeating incumbent Ray Curry in a nail-biting finish....
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 17, 2023 | Jacobin, Jane Slaughter, Luis Feliz Leon, Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jane Slaughter and Luis Feliz Leon write for Jacobin: “Shawn Fain ran a campaign on the promise of true reform in the UAW,” said Justin Mayhugh, a General Motors worker at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City and a member of Unite All Workers for Democracy...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 17, 2023 | Shawn Fain, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Rod Meloni and Cassidy Johncox covered the UAW election for WDIV Local 4: [Shawn] Fain is from a group known as UAW Members United, which challenged sitting President Curry in the first direct UAW election in 87 years. On Friday, March 17, Fain’s UAW Members United...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 8, 2023 | Administration Caucus, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Breana Noble writes for The Detroit News: The counting of remaining votes in the United Auto Workers election to determine its president for the next four years has been delayed until March 16 as the court-appointed monitor’s office finishes resolving the...