AROUND THE UAW
The Electric Vehicle Transition Needs a Worker-Led Strategy
UAWD's Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee responds to the UAW's statement about the new Ford battery plant in Marshall, Michigan: As the transition toward electric vehicles accelerates, we are seeing more and more how corporations are using it to divide workers and...
Join UAWD at the 2023 Bargaining Convention!
Join UAWD at the Bargaining Convention in Detroit, March 27-29! Read the call letter here. Delegates will be debating priorities for bargaining across all sectors, from the Big Three and beyond. UAWD will be holding meetings and special events throughout Convention...
We’re launching a UAWD Organizing Committee!
We’re launching a UAWD Organizing committee to prepare for a Big 3 contract campaign! The dedication of rank-and-file workers like you has been crucial to electing 6 of the 7 Members United candidates so far. As we wait on the final results of the Presidential...
UAWD in The Detroit News: UAW count of challenged ballots delayed with Fain narrowly leading Curry
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 eligibility...
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...
