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UAWD in the News: No Union Democracy, No Union Revitalization
Chris Bohner writes for Jacobin: Are labor unions democratic, and does it even matter? The recent transformation of the United Auto Workers (UAW), led by newly elected president Shawn Fain and the rank-and-file caucus Unite All Workers for Democracy, has provoked new...
UAWD in the News: Union Reformers Made Labor History in 2023. They’re Just Getting Started.
Barry Eidlin writes for In These Times: None of what Fain’s administration has accomplished in its few short months in office would have been possible without the organizing that UAWD did first to win the right to vote, then to get the Members United slate elected....
UAWD in the News: “Solidarity Is the Most Powerful Word in Labor, and You’re Seeing It This Year”
Alex Press interviewed Anthony Rosario, an organizer with Teamsters Local 804 and Teamsters for a Democratic Union, for Jacobin. Rosario said: Corporations need to take a look at what’s happening. I know that they don’t care, but they have to know that the...
UAWD in the News: Direct Elections for Labor Leaders Make for More Militant Unions
Chris Bohner writes for Jacobin about how this year’s biggest contract victories have been won by unions in which members directly elect their leaders: "A robust democratic process certainly played a major role in the United Auto Workers (UAW) contract fight with the...
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...
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...
Press Releases
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...
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...
UAWD Celebrates Election of Three Reform Candidates as UAW Regional Directors
UAW Members United and Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) jointly issue the following statement regarding the upcoming election of the UAW International Executive Board: DAYTON, OH – The second day of ballot counting for the UAW’s first-ever direct elections of...
Vote Count Begins Today in Historic Direct Elections of Top UAW Officers
UAW Members United and Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) jointly issue the following statement regarding the upcoming election of the UAW International Executive Board: DAYTON, OHIO - The tabulation of ballots in the 2022 UAW International Executive Board...
NOLSW United Slate Endorsed by UAWD in This Year’s Local 2320 Election
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), the national reform caucus of the United Auto Workers (UAW), has injected new momentum to the leadership race for the UAW’s national legal services local: the UAWD steering committee voted to endorse the NOLSW United slate...
Press Release: Ballots Mailed Today to UAW Members in First-Ever Direct Elections for Top Leaders and the Direction of the Union
National Slate of Reformers to Face Off Against Corrupt 70-Year Incumbent Leadership UAW Members United and Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) issues the following joint statement regarding the upcoming election of the UAW International Executive Board: Detroit,...
BREAKING: UAWD Passes Day 1 Strike Pay at Convention!
This morning, delegates at the 38th UAW Constitutional Convention voted to amend our Constitution to start strike pay on day 1—one of UAWD's priorities for this year's Convention. UAWD member, John Deere worker, and Local 281 delegate Nolan Tabb made a point of order...
Reformers in the UAW Descend on Detroit for Historic UAW Convention
Detroit, Michigan – Approximately nine hundred UAW delegates, elected by the membership of their respective local unions, are arriving in Detroit to attend the historic UAW 38th Constitutional Convention. For the first time ever, candidates nominated at the Convention...
UAWD Stands with Union Members for Reproductive Justice
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) joins our union and the thousands upon thousands of workers who have taken to the streets to protest in denouncing the June 24 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade.
UAWD Predicts Victory For 1M1V in UAW Referendum
UAWD issues the following statement regarding the December 1, 2021 referendum results
Videos and Podcasts
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...
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...
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...
BREAKING: UAWD Passes Day 1 Strike Pay at Convention!
This morning, delegates at the 38th UAW Constitutional Convention voted to amend our Constitution to start strike pay on day 1—one of UAWD's priorities for this year's Convention. UAWD member, John Deere worker, and Local 281 delegate Nolan Tabb made a point of order...
Video: Call to Convention is Out! What You Need to Know
UAWD's Jamonty Washington (Local 7) and Chris Budnick (Local 862) explain what we need to know about delegates ahead of this year's Constitutional Convention in Detroit from July 25-28. Learn more at our delegate trainings in February! Register here.
Video: UAWD Interview with UAW Icon Paul Schrade
UAW Icon Paul Schrade talks about the importance of democracy in the union.
Video: Inside the Columbia University Strike
Student Workers of Columbia - UAW Local 2110 have been on strike since November 3rd. It's their second strike this calendar year. Organizers give an inside look into the picket line and the state of negotiations. Watch the video here.
Video: Student Workers Take On Columbia University’s Greed
The biggest strike in America right now is happening at Columbia University, where 3,000 student workers are fighting for a livable wage, health benefits, and more.
Video: The Fight to Democratize the UAW
Watch the new More Perfect Union video: The Fight to Democratize the UAW
Video: “Why Union Members Should Study Labor History”
On September 3, The Teamster Rebel co-hosted an online presentation by labor activist and historian Toni Gilpin. You can watch her presentation in the video below: https://youtu.be/pObqZbUOyg4
