AROUND THE UAW
UAW Monitor Calls Election for Shawn Fain—UAW Members United Sweeps IEB Elections!
The UAW Monitor has called the election for Shawn Fain! Shawn will be the next President of the UAW, and reformers will gain majority control of the UAW International Executive Board for the first time in history. A new day is dawning for our union. The unofficial...
UAWD in Labor Notes: UAW Reformers Clinch the Presidency
Luis Feliz Leon writes for Labor Notes about Shawn Fain's victory, quoting UAWD members Shana Shaw, Tim Thomas, and Scott Houldieson: Reform challenger Shawn Fain has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers, the federal monitor announced today. Fain will be...
Support the Struggle: Add Your Name In Support of UE Workers at MIT
UAW Region 9A Higher Education workers wrote a letter in solidarity with UE members against recent efforts by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to undermine their rights. Read the letter below, and add your...
UAWD in the News: UAW Reformers Just Won Control of the Union. They Want to Turn It Into a Fighting Union.
UAWD member Chris Viola (UAW Local 22) writes for Jacobin: Since joining UAWD, I have met workers from other plants, companies, and sectors of our union, from aerospace, agriculture implement, and other manufacturing, along with many higher education and legal service...
UAWD in In These Times: Challenger Shawn Fain Set to Win UAW Presidency
Steven Greenhouse interviewed Shawn Fain, candidate for UAW President, for In These Times: Challenger Shawn Fain is set to win a historic runoff election for the presidency of the United Auto Workers (UAW), likely defeating incumbent Ray Curry in a nail-biting finish....
UAWD in Jacobin: UAW Reform Candidate Shawn Fain Is Set to Win the Union’s Presidential Election
Jane Slaughter and Luis Feliz Leon write for Jacobin: “Shawn Fain ran a campaign on the promise of true reform in the UAW,” said Justin Mayhugh, a General Motors worker at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City and a member of Unite All Workers for Democracy...
UAWD on the Air: Vote count for UAW president nearing end with Fain holding slim lead
Rod Meloni and Cassidy Johncox covered the UAW election for WDIV Local 4: [Shawn] Fain is from a group known as UAW Members United, which challenged sitting President Curry in the first direct UAW election in 87 years. On Friday, March 17, Fain’s UAW Members United...
Summary of UAWD’s March 2023 Membership Meeting
Below is a summary of UAWD’s Quarterly Membership Meeting on March 12, 2023. Members began the meeting by celebrating our victories over the past year, including electing UAW Members United candidates to the UAW International Executive Board. Members then discussed...
The Electric Vehicle Transition Needs a Worker-Led Strategy
UAWD's Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee responds to the UAW's statement about the new Ford battery plant in Marshall, Michigan: As the transition toward electric vehicles accelerates, we are seeing more and more how corporations are using it to divide workers and...
Join UAWD at the 2023 Bargaining Convention!
Join UAWD at the Bargaining Convention in Detroit, March 27-29! Read the call letter here. Delegates will be debating priorities for bargaining across all sectors, from the Big Three and beyond. UAWD will be holding meetings and special events throughout Convention...
