AROUND THE UAW
UAWD in the News: The UAW Is Taking Action on Shop Floors Not Yet on Strike
Keith Brower Brown writes for Labor Notes: The eighteen thousand United Auto Workers (UAW) on strike have lit up the labor movement. But the strike is only the most visible side of autoworkers’ leverage. The less visible side is on the shop floor, where organized...
UAWD on the Air: On the UAW Picket Lines with The Upsurge
Teddy Ostrow reports for The Upsurge, a podcast about the future of the American labor movement: Eric Truss: So what’s different about this time is, the member had a chance to get engaged in what’s called One Member, One Vote, where they were able to do a direct...
UAWD in the News: The UAW Strike Just Got Even Bigger
Luis Feliz Leon writes for In These Times: Yesterday afternoon, UAW Local 551 member Marcelina Pedraza said her coworkers at the Chicago Assembly plant were anxiously awaiting the news of the next targets. “Everybody’s on edge,” said Pedraza, who is also a member of...
As Big 3 Contracts Expire, UAW Members Know the Stakes and are Ready to Strike
By the UAWD Communications Committee There is just one day left before the UAW’s contracts with the Big Three automakers expire and tensions are higher between the two parties than they have been in years. UAWD members across the country are doing everything we can to...
UAWD in Labor Notes: Big 3 Focus on Auto Parts Centers in Strike Prep
Lisa Xu (formerly Local 5118) writes for Labor Notes: [Bill] Bagwell, who was previously the chairman of Local 174 and is also an elected convention delegate, says he’s as excited as he’s ever been about the direction of the union. He was a member of the reform...
UAWD in the News: ‘The Cost of Doing Nothing Is Much Higher’: Big Three Auto Workers Prepare to Strike
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes: Two days before their contract expires at midnight Thursday, the Auto Workers (UAW) are poised to strike the Big 3 automakers—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis—to recoup concessions made over the past two decades, end tiers,...
Summary of UAWD’s 2023 Annual Meeting
Below is a summary of UAWD’s 2023 Annual Meeting on September 10. 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. An UAW Big 3 contract campaign...
UAWD in the News: Autoworkers may wage a historic strike against the Detroit 3
Marick Masters writes for the Michigan Advance: The UAW’s newly elected president, Shawn Fain, frequently denounces corporate greed and has proclaimed the union’s willingness to go on strike. In the past, the union has held strikes against one automaker at a time,...
UAWD in Labor Notes: How to Make Ten-Minute Meetings Happen
Lisa Xu writes for Labor Notes: Chris Budnick has been holding 10-minute meetings at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville to get his co-workers talking to each other about the Big 3 contracts. Like many activists, Budnick says he has long struggled to get his...
UAWD in The American Prospect: The United Auto Workers Meet Electrification
Jarod Facundo wrote for The American Prospect about the Big Three's transition to electric vehicles: On September 14, the UAW master agreement with the “Big Three” of Ford, GM, and Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler), representing some 150,000 workers, will expire. In...
