AROUND THE UAW
UAWD celebrates RECORD GAINS! What comes next is up to YOU.
UAWD has fought hard for and celebrates the record gains in the tentative agreements with the Big Three! From pushing for One Member One Vote, to running reformers like Shawn Fain for the IEB, to supporting Big 3 members taking action throughout the contract fight,...
UAWD in the News: How Autoworkers’ Democratic Tactics Reversed a Humiliating Loss
Lee Harris writes for the American Prospect: One of the more notable outcomes of the tentative contract agreement between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers, which earned workers 25 percent wage increases over four years, is the fate of a 5 million...
Summary of UAWD’s Special Membership Meeting on the Ford Tentative Agreement
Below is a summary of UAWD’s Special Membership Meeting on the Tentative Agreement at Ford on November 1. A resolution for UAWD to "Let Democracy Prevail Once Again" was passed by a majority of Big Three workers and Ford workers present at the meeting. The resolution...
UAWD in the News: UAW’s “Life-Changing” Deal with Big 3 Automakers
Amy Goodman interviewed UAWD chair Scott Houldieson for Democracy Now: AMY GOODMAN: On Monday, Democracy Now! spoke to Scott Houldieson, a member of UAW Local 551, works at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, is on the steering committee, chair of Unite All Workers for...
UAWD in the News: The UAW’s Amazing Win
Robert Kuttner writes for the American Prospect: The UAW’s stunning victory with Ford, which will soon translate into similar terms as the other two large automakers settle, is not only a win for the union's audacious new leader Shawn Fain. It’s a win for union...
Update on the Tentative Agreement at Ford
On Wednesday, October 25, a tentative agreement was announced at Ford. The full text of the agreement has not yet been released, but we encourage you to watch the official UAW announcement, which includes an overview of the ratification process, and tune into the live...
UAWD in the News: Everything you need to know about the fight between autoworkers and the Big Three
Kim Kelly writes for Fast Company: Shawn Fain is the president of the United Auto Workers. Originally from Kokomo, Indiana, he’s been a member of the UAW since 1994 and joined the union while working as an electrician at Chrysler. After spending decades serving his...
Summary of UAWD’s Special Membership Meeting for Strike and Bargaining Strategy
Below is a summary of UAWD's Special Membership Meeting for Strike and Bargaining Strategy on October 5. Co-chair of our Organizing Committee, Nolan Tabb (Local 281), shared a report on UAWD's ongoing voluntary OT cancellation campaign and the successes of our UAWD...
UAWD in the News: “Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker
Sarah Lazare writes for The Nation: Chris Viola, 40, is one of Carpenter’s coworkers, and has been active in Unite All Workers for Democracy, a rank-and-file movement within UAW to improve internal democracy and accountability. UAWD backed the presidential campaign of...
UAWD in the News: UAW President Shawn Fain Is Showing How to Build Working-Class Struggle
Paul Prescod writes for Jacobin: [Shawn] Fain could not have risen to leadership without the backing of a rank-and-file reform caucus and a crisis that bred opportunity. In 2018 the Justice Department began investigating corruption in the UAW and eventually unearthed...
