AROUND THE UAW
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...
We made history—we won five positions on the IEB! Now, onto the runoffs
The UAW's first-ever direct election of International Executive Board Officers has now concluded, and the will of our membership has been made clear! Members from across our union have demanded a new and positive direction, with leaders who are committed to building a...
UAWD in Automotive News: UAW members send presidential race to runoff, oust 4 incumbent leaders
Michael Martinez writes for Automotive News: UAW members have voted out at least four high-ranking leaders in the wake of the union's corruption scandal and sent the race for president to a runoff next month, according to unofficial results. [...] [Shawn] Fain, in a...
UAWD in the Detroit News: UAW vote results: Change coming to top leadership ranks
Jordyn Grzelewski writes for The Detroit News: Change is coming to the top ranks of the United Auto Workers' leadership. That was one of the takeaways as vote tabulation in the historic first-ever direct election of the Detroit-based union's International Executive...
UAWD in the New York Times: United Auto Workers Appear to Rebuke Leaders in First Vote by Members
Neal E. Boudette writes for the New York Times: The first United Auto Workers election open to all members appears to have produced a wave of opposition to the established leadership, signaling the prospect of sweeping changes for a union tarnished by a series of...
UAWD in In These Times: UAW Reformers Win a Historic Victory. What Comes Next?
Jane Slaughter writes for In These Times: United Auto Workers (UAW) reformers seem set to make a historic change in the top leadership of their union, ending 70 years of one-party top-down rule. As mail-ballot votes were counted this week, it appeared very possible...
UAWD in the Toledo Blade: In UAW election, northwest Ohio gets new regional leader as other posts undecided
Luke Ramseth writes for the Toledo Blade: United Auto Workers members in northwest Ohio will have a new regional leader while several other prominent international leadership posts for the powerful union remain undecided, early unofficial election results showed...
UAWD in the American Prospect: Revolution at the UAW
Harold Meyerson writes for the American Prospect: Three incumbent regional directors have been ousted, one in the historic UAW bastion of Detroit, and another in New England (where the new regional director will be the former head of the UAW’s Harvard grad student...
UAWD in the Detroit News: Challengers notch wins over incumbents in UAW election of top leaders
Jordyn Grzelewski writes for The Detroit News: Candidates who challenged incumbent United Auto Workers leaders in the union's first-ever direct election of top officials scored some significant victories as vote tabulation continued Thursday. [...] Challenger...
