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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...
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,...
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...
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...
Press Releases
UAWD Files Motion To Intervene In Federal Case Between UAW and the United States
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) issues the following statement regarding our request to intervene in the federal case and implementation of the Consent Decree: Chicago, Illinois – In an effort to bring a voice for the rank and file into the processes laid out...
Former UAW Region 5 CAP President Edward Nick Robinson Sentenced To Prison For Stealing UAW Funds
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) issues the following statement regarding the sentencing of Edward N. Robinson, former President of the UAW Region 5 Community Action Program PAC, to prison for corruption: Chicago, Illinois – In another example of corruption in...
Press Release: UAWD Statement on Joe Ashton Sentencing
In yet another example of corruption in the hierarchy of the United Auto Workers International Union, Joe Ashton, — former Vice President of the UAW — was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison today. Ashton is the second former member of the UAW International Executive Board (IEB) to be sentenced to prison for crimes against the membership of the union.
PRESS RELEASE: UAWD to UAW International Union: Release All Information on Union Funds Stolen and Corruption Related Spending
UAWD To UAW International Union: Release All Information All Union Funds Stolen and Corruption Related Spending Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) issues the following statement regarding its request for financial data to reveal the extent of corruption in the...
FORMER UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION PRESIDENT DENNIS WILLIAMS – GUILTY OF CORRUPTION CHARGES
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) issues the following statement in response to the guilty plea, entered into Court, by Dennis Williams, former President of the UAW International Union, on September 30, 2020: Chicago, Illinois - In a union riddled by corruption...
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO DISCIPLINE FORMER UNION PRESIDENT
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO DISCIPLINE FORMER UNION PRESIDENT UAW’s International Executive Board did not protect the interests of the union and its membership, according to the Union’s Public Review Board Unite All Workers for Democracy...
UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION MEMBERS FORM NEW REFORM CAUCUS IN THE UAW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Houldieson, Chair, UAWD Phone: 219.801.2002 Email: [email protected] UNITED AUTO WORKERS...
UAWD Statement Regarding Upcoming Meeting Between President Rory Gamble and US Attorney Matthew Schneider
UAWD STATEMENT REGARDING UPCOMING MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT RORY GAMBLE AND US ATTORNEY MATTHEW SCHNEIDER On June 15th the IUAW announced that President Rory Gamble and US Attorney Matthew Schneider will have a meeting June 30, 2020 in Detroit to discuss reforms in...
UAWD Statement on George Floyd and Black Lives Matter
Unite All Workers for Democracy stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and condemns the brutalization, victimization, and killing of black men and women at the hands of law enforcement and white supremacists. George Floyd's murder by four Minneapolis police...
UAWD Remembers Victor G. Reuther
Justin Mayhugh, UAW Local 31 -- "Today, on the 16th anniversary of his passing, we celebrate the life and leadership of the great UAW icon, and solidarity unionist, Victor G. Reuther. Although widely known for playing a pivotal role in organizing the Big Three...
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