AROUND THE UAW
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...
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...
