AROUND THE UAW
UAWD in The Intercept: United Auto Workers on Brink of Unprecedented Leadership Upset
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...
New IEB Members Featured in Solidarity Magazine
The winter 2022 edition of Solidarity Magazine is now online! The magazine features profiles of newly elected IEB members, including UAW Members United candidates Margaret Mock, Mike Booth, Rich Boyer, LaShawn English, and Brandon Mancilla.
UAWD is hiring!
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) Staff Organizer - Remote Position UAWD is seeking one full-time organizer to begin work in April 2023. UAWD has played a leading role in recent reform efforts in the UAW, campaigning successfully for One Member, One Vote...
UAWD in the Detroit News: UAW presidential challenger Fain promises sweeping change to union culture, strategies
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 he...
UAWD in the News: We Need a Pro-Worker Transition to Electric Vehicles
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...
UAWD in Labor Notes: 2022 in Review, Harsh Conditions, Good Surprises
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...
UAWD in In These Times: What Today’s Labor Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Coal Miners’ Victory 50 Years Ago
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...
UAW Monitor Releases Rules for the 2023 Runoff
On December 14, 2022, the UAW Monitor released the official rules for the UAW international officer runoff elections in 2023. After the general election results, UAW Members United candidates Shawn Fain will advance to the runoff election for President and Daniel...
Summary of UAWD’s December Membership Meeting
Below is a summary of UAWD’s Quarterly Membership Meeting on December 11, 2023. UAW Members United candidates—including candidate for UAW President Shawn Fain, UAW Secretary-Treasurer Elect Margaret Mock, Vice Presidents Elect Mike Booth and Rich Boyer, and Region 9A...
UAWD in the Detroit News: These UAW dissidents got elected to top leadership jobs. Here’s how they did it
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 traced...