No Corruption.
No Tiers.
No Concessions!
UAWD stands for: Democracy. Integrity.
Accountability. Militancy. Solidarity.
UAWD Delegate Platform
This platform was drafted with input from the UAWD Delegate Campaign Committee and the hundreds of UAW members who answered our UAWD poll.
Many UAWD members are serving as delegates to the UAW Constitutional Convention from July 25-28, 2022, in Detroit. Follow updates from UAWD at the Convention.
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1. No more corruption, no more coverups.
We must restore integrity, accountability, and transparency to the UAW. With One Member, One Vote, we can elect leadership who will represent our interests, not the interests of a corrupt caucus or the corporations. It is time for the seventy-year domination of the Administration Caucus to end.
2. End ALL tiers in the UAW.
The UAW has fought to establish equality and respect for ALL workers. No more long-term temporary or part-time workers; no more tiers. Parity of pensions and post-employment healthcare! Equal pay and equal benefits for equal work, whether within a plant, university, or any other UAW shop.
3. Reverse past concessions and fight for strong contracts.
Forty years of trading concessions for job security has left us with fewer plants and jobs. We can reestablish COLA, regular pay increases, and local control over local issues, but we will need to FIGHT. A new leadership can prepare all UAW workers to fight back, and empower rank-and-file members to vote down concessionary contracts, as strikers at John Deere, Volvo, and Columbia University did in 2021.
4. Win justice for retirees and restore pensions.
Many of the 600,000 UAW retirees have seen their pensions dwindle to poverty levels. We will unite the membership by fighting for retiree pension increases and by bringing back pensions for current workers.
5. Build solidarity in our diverse union.
We need a united membership to win strong contracts. Racism, sexism, and all forms of bigotry and oppression weaken our union and need to be eradicated from our workplaces. We also need solidarity with all workers’ struggles, from Starbucks to Amazon to workers around the globe.
6. New organizing to win strong contracts.
To maintain our strength and ensure a just transition for autoworkers, the UAW must successfully organize new workplaces in the electric vehicles, battery, and related industries. The UAW’s failure to organize foreign-owned auto plants has weakened us and must be reversed.
7. Build a more democratic, member-run union.
Reverse the obscene salary increase for officers approved in 2018; restore dues to two hours per month; and raise funds by organizing new members and raising pay. One Member, One Vote was only the beginning. We must further empower the membership and local unions.
About UAWD
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) is a grassroots movement of UAW members united in the common goal of creating a more democratic and accountable union.
We believe the rank-and-file must be the highest authority in the UAW — whether at our Conventions, the bargaining table, or on the shop floors of our workplaces across the country.
