by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 16, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, In These Times, Shawn Fain, UAW Local 600, UAWD in the News
Mindy Isser writes for In These Times: In 2008, amid the nation’s economic collapse, the UAW agreed to major concessions during contract negotiations, and it has struggled to fully recover. The union was also hampered by corruption, with more than a dozen officials...
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 | Aug 24, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, Organizing, Organizing Committee, UAW Local 862, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu writes for Labor Notes: Chris Budnick has been holding 10-minute meetings at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville to get his co-workers talking to each other about the Big 3 contracts. Like many activists, Budnick says he has long struggled to get his...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Jacobin, UAW Local 22, UAWD in the News
UAWD member Chris Viola (UAW Local 22) wrote for Jacobin: Negotiations between my union, the United Auto Workers (UAW), and the Big Three automakers (Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis) are now underway. UAW president Shawn Fain has already made headlines by...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Apr 20, 2023 | Autoworkers, Economy, Ford, General Motors, Labor Notes, Stellantis, UAW Local 31, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Local 31 trustee and UAWD member Nick Livick writes for Labor Notes: The UAW just wrapped up a historic election where members got to vote directly for their top leaders for the first time in the union’s history. The rank and file voted for change and a more militant...
by UAWD Steering Committee | Apr 6, 2023 | Support the Struggle, UAW Local 2322
The staff of Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, are on strike! The Goddard College Staff Union is asking for support from fellow UAW members to keep the pressure on—here’s a message from them on how you can help. On behalf of the Goddard College Staff...
