AROUND THE UAW
UAWD in the Detroit News: UAW presidential candidates to face off in election forum tonight
Jordyn Grzelewski writes for The Detroit News: Candidates for president of the United Auto Workers on Thursday fielded questions from members about their plans to grow the union's membership base, position the union for the auto industry's transition to electric...
Summary of UAWD’s 2022 Annual Meeting
Below is a summary of UAWD's 2022 Annual Meeting on September 18. Financial Secretary Eric Truss (Local 600) shared a financial report, and Trustees Martha Grevatt (Local 869) and Andrew Bergman (Local 5118) shared a Trustee Report. Resolutions on amending our bylaws...
2022 Steering Committee Nominations
In order to conduct our meeting safely, with COVID-19 safety measures in mind, and conveniently, the 2022 Annual National Meeting will be conducted via Zoom. Therefore, we are soliciting UAWD Steering Committee nominations in advance.
UAWD in the News: UAW Convention/Militants open struggle against business unionism
UAWD Steering Committee member Martha Grevatt writes for Workers World: The recent 38th UAW Constitutional Convention demonstrated that the struggle over the union’s direction is still very much alive. As has been the case for decades, rank-and-file militants have...
UAWD on the Air with WDET: Historic moments, a little controversy mark UAW convention
Sascha Raiyn covered the UAW Convention for WDET, Detroit's NPR Station, spotlighting UAWD and two of our members: Margaret Mock announced her candidacy for secretary treasurer at the convention. She is a member of Local 140 and works in the Warren Truck Assembly...
UAWD in Labor Notes: Auto Workers Turn a Corner for Strike Pay and Democracy
Jane Slaughter and Keith Brower Brown write for Labor Notes: Reformers in the Auto Workers won day one strike pay at the union’s constitutional convention in Detroit last week. They also forced open debate on the top concession that has weakened the union in the last...
UAWD in the New York Times: United Auto Workers Seek to Shed a Legacy of Corruption
Neal E. Boudette writes about this year's UAW Constitutional Convention for the New York Times, quoting UAWD Steering Committee member Bill Parker: Now U.A.W. members have a chance to determine how much of a break from that past they want to make. In one of the...
UAWD in the Detroit Free Press: UAW delegates vote to kill strike pay increase in closing hours of convention
In a dramatic reversal shortly before the close of the UAW’s 38th constitutional convention in Detroit, delegates on Thursday voted to undo a $100-per-week strike pay increase approved earlier. That means the strike pay will go back to the $400 per week that had been in place at the start of the convention rather than the $500 per week delegates approved on Wednesday. However, a change that allows the strike pay accrual to start on the first day of a strike rather than the eighth day was allowed to stand.
UAWD in the Detroit News: UAW convention ends on dramatic note, even as some hail ‘democratic’ progress
The Detroit News writes: The United Auto Workers' 38th Constitutional Convention ended on a dramatic note Thursday, reflecting internal fissures — as well as some signs of progress — in a union attempting to move beyond a years-long corruption scandal and position...
UAWD in the Detroit Bureau: UAW Convention Produces Nominees for First-Ever Election
Joseph Szczesny writes for the Detroit Bureau: ...the Administrative Caucus, which has controlled the union’s internal politics for decades, had to scramble to fight off a large block of reform minded delegates. The biggest clash revolved around strike pay, which was...
