AROUND THE UAW
UAWD in Automotive News: New Leaders Add More Transparency to Talks
Paige Hodder writes for Automotive News: Scott Houldieson, a member of UAW Local 551 in Chicago and founding member of the union's Unite All Workers For Democracy reform caucus, said communication from previous leadership was "atrocious." That disconnect was felt...
UAWD in Jacobin: In UAW’s Negotiations With the Big Three Automakers, Ending Tiers Is a Central Demand
UAWD member Chris Viola (UAW Local 22) wrote for Jacobin: Negotiations between my union, the United Auto Workers (UAW), and the Big Three automakers (Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis) are now underway. UAW president Shawn Fain has already made headlines by...
UAWD in Labor Notes: Auto Workers Have Big Demands for the Big 3
Dan DiMaggio and Keith Brower Brown write for Labor Notes: [Shawn] Fain was elected in March on a slate backed by the reform movement Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), on a platform of “No corruption, no concessions, no tiers,” ending 70 years of one-party rule...
UAWD in the New York Times: From Detroit to Hollywood, New Union Leaders Take a Harder Line
Noam Scheiber wrote for the New York Times: [Shawn] Fain, who won his position in March, is the first president in the union’s history, dating back nearly 90 years, to be elected directly by its members. The change took place after a major corruption scandal engulfed...
UAWD in the News: The New UAW Is Ready to Fight the Big 3 Automakers
Alex Press writes for Jacobin: In years past, the negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Big Three auto manufacturers — Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) — began with the union’s president shaking hands with the auto...
Summary of UAWD’s 2023 July Membership Meeting
Below is a summary of UAWD’s Membership Meeting on July 9, 2023. Members discussed the upcoming Big Three contract fight, including what we're already doing to prepare Big Three workers and what we can do going forward to coordinate support from other sectors and the...
UAWD in the News: Why Unions Need More Democracy
Ege Yumuşak (former member of Local 5118) wrote for the Boston Review: From the Chicago Teachers’ Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators and the Union Power caucus of the United Teachers Union Los Angeles to the Teamsters for a Democratic Union and UAW’s own Unite All...
UAWD in the News: Battery Jobs Must Be Good-Paying Union Jobs, Says New UAW President
Dan DiMaggio writes for Labor Notes: Contracts covering 150,000 auto workers at the Big 3 will expire on September 14, and the new leadership of the United Auto Workers is taking a more aggressive stance than in years past. “We’re going to launch our biggest contract...
Summary of UAWD’s May 2023 Special Membership Meeting
Below is a summary of UAWD’s Special Membership Meeting on May 7, 2023. This meeting was called for by a resolution at our March UAWD Membership Meeting, which set its purpose: “To establish UAWD strategic and organizational priorities, in order to provide direction...
Building a Fighting Labor Movement: A conversation with UAWD and TDU activists
In this Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) panel discussion, hear from members of UAWD and Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) about our upcoming contract fights! The Teamsters’ UPS contract, expiring July 31, is...
