AROUND THE UAW
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...
UAWD in the Detroit News: Approved UAW deals mark reshaped union
Breana Noble, Kalea Hall, and Hayley Harding write for The Detroit News: Chris Budnick, an 11-year employee at Ford working at the Kentucky Truck plant, voted yes on the deal, even though he would have liked to see a larger wage increase sooner and health care...
UAWD in the News: After a Long Defeat, Labor Is Rising from the Ashes
Stephen Franklin writes for In These Times: The recently elected heads of those two unions proclaimed unprecedented and seemingly risky contract demands because they had pitched themselves to their rank and file as new voices that would shake up their unions. This was...
UAWD in the News: The UAW Won Major Concessions from Each of the Big Three. Is it Enough?
Mindy Isser writes for In These Times: In 2008, amid the nation’s economic collapse, the UAW agreed to major concessions during contract negotiations, and it has struggled to fully recover. The union was also hampered by corruption, with more than a dozen officials...
UAWD in the News: GM workers at multiple plants are rejecting a new ‘record’ deal. Here’s why
Kalea Hall and Breana Noble write for the Detroit News: Workers at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant this week rejected the agreement, with 54.5% voting no. Chris Budnick, 38, of La Grange, Kentucky, a stamping quality inspector at the plant, originally planned to vote no....
UAWD in the News: The UAW’s Deals With the Big Three Automakers Are Being Debated on the Shop Floor
Keith Brower Brown writes for Jacobin: The UAWD caucus organized “speak out” Zoom meetings for Big Three workers, which brought hundreds together. At a follow-up meeting, autoworkers in the caucus passed a resolution to “celebrate the record gains” while remaining...
UAWD in the News: The UAW Has Won a Historic Victory. So What Comes Next?
John Nichols writes for The Nation: When the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement on October 30 with General Motors, the last of the Big Three automakers targeted by this fall’s 46-day strike, the union’s president, Shawn Fain, declared, “The result is...
UAWD in the News: Fain promises more gains for UAW in 2028 as ratification nears
Michael Martinez writes for Automotive News: While the union's tentative contract with Ford appeared easily headed for ratification, early voting was more mixed among workers at GM and Stellantis. Hourly employees at Flint Assembly in Michigan, one of GM's largest...
UAWD in Labor Notes: IATSE Members Launch Reform Caucus as Hollywood Strikes Wrap
Lisa Xu writes for Labor Notes: Dissatisfied with their union’s leadership and direction, a group of members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is launching a reform caucus called CREW, or the Caucus of Rank-and-File Entertainment...
