AROUND THE UAW
Register for the 2024 UAWD Convention — September 27-29 in Southfield, MI
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the first-ever UAWD Convention! Join activists, organizers, and leaders from across the UAW for a weekend of education, strategic discussion, and inspiration. Attend educational workshops on “How to Win Your...
Statement on the IEB Vote to Remove Departments from Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock
The UAWD Steering Committee issues the following statement on the IEB Vote to Remove Departments from Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock. UAWD was founded on the principles of transparency and fighting the abuse of power. We hold all members of our union to this...
UAWD in the News: No Union Democracy, No Union Revitalization
Chris Bohner writes for Jacobin: Are labor unions democratic, and does it even matter? The recent transformation of the United Auto Workers (UAW), led by newly elected president Shawn Fain and the rank-and-file caucus Unite All Workers for Democracy, has provoked new...
UAWD Commemorates the Sit Down Strike of 1937 on White Shirt Day 2024
UAWD hosted a special event over Zoom on White Shirt Day in remembrance of the UAW Flint sit-down strike of 1936 and 1937. On Saturday, February 10, members joined to learn about how organizing builds worker power, from the Sit Down Strike of 1937 to the Stand Up...
UAWD in the News: Union Reformers Made Labor History in 2023. They’re Just Getting Started.
Barry Eidlin writes for In These Times: None of what Fain’s administration has accomplished in its few short months in office would have been possible without the organizing that UAWD did first to win the right to vote, then to get the Members United slate elected....
UAWD in the News: “Solidarity Is the Most Powerful Word in Labor, and You’re Seeing It This Year”
Alex Press interviewed Anthony Rosario, an organizer with Teamsters Local 804 and Teamsters for a Democratic Union, for Jacobin. Rosario said: Corporations need to take a look at what’s happening. I know that they don’t care, but they have to know that the...
Summary of UAWD’s 2023 December Membership Meeting
Below is a summary of UAWD’s Membership Meeting on December 10, 2023. Deneen Brewer (Local 7) was elected by acclamation as Member at Large as the only nominee to the Steering Committee. A resolution for UAWD to educate and organize for Palestinian liberation was also...
UAWD in the News: Direct Elections for Labor Leaders Make for More Militant Unions
Chris Bohner writes for Jacobin about how this year’s biggest contract victories have been won by unions in which members directly elect their leaders: "A robust democratic process certainly played a major role in the United Auto Workers (UAW) contract fight with the...
UAWD in the News: The UAW Has Had a Big Year. They’re Preparing for an Even Bigger One.
Alex Press writes for Jacobin about how the UAW launched a historic strike at the Big Three in 2023—and how 2024 might be an even bigger year: The United Auto Workers (UAW) has had a historic year. Coming into 2023, the union had held its first-ever direct elections...
Big Three Tentative Agreement Ratification Results
As of November 20, UAW members at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis voted to ratify their new contracts, locking in record gains at the Big Three automakers. According to the UAW website, 64% of voting members across the three companies voted in favor of the...
