by UAWD Steering Committee | Mar 7, 2023 | Direct Elections, General Motors, Shawn Fain, The Intercept, UAWD in the News
Daniel Boguslaw writes for The Intercept: In a historic election that could dramatically reshape the 400,000-member United Auto Workers union, insurgent challenger Shawn Fain currently leads incumbent Ray Curry by a margin of 645 votes for the union’s top leadership...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Jan 26, 2023 | Detroit News, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jordyn Grzelewski writes for the Detroit News: [Shawn Fain] became active in UAW Local 1166, serving five terms as a skilled trades committee person and shop chair. During Chrysler’s bankruptcy in 2009, Fain was elected to serve as a national negotiator, a role...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 20, 2022 | Electric Vehicles, Jacobin, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Paul Prescod writes for Jacobin: The labor movement itself needs to be ready for the fight ahead. Huge shifts currently taking place in the United Auto Workers could put the union in a better position to take on the challenge of organizing eclectic vehicle assembly...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 19, 2022 | Labor Notes, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jenny Brown writes for Labor Notes: Democratic reformers within their unions floored everyone—not least the sleepwalking incumbents. In the Auto Workers, the Unite All Workers for Democracy caucus, formed in 2019, has notched amazing wins in its short existence. Last...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 15, 2022 | In These Times, Labor History, UAW History, UAWD in the News, United Mine Workers (UMWA)
Steve Early writes for In These Times: Today, at a time when labor militants are again embracing a “rank-and-file strategy” to revitalize unions and change their leadership, the MFD’s unprecedented victory — and its turbulent aftermath — remains relevant and...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Dec 7, 2022 | Detroit News, Direct Elections, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Jordyn Grzelewski, Kalea Hall, and Breana Noble write for The Detroit News: So how did an upstart faction within one of the country’s oldest and most powerful industrial unions pull off such an upset? The path of the UAW Members United slate can in some ways be...
