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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...
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...
UAWD in Labor Notes: Whose Green Transition? Ours!
Keith Brower Brown writes for Labor Notes: New reform leaders in the United Auto Workers, the largest manufacturing union in the country, are organizing for a national strike this fall—in part to unionize electric car-making, batteries and all. Beyond the workplace,...
UAWD in the News: As Big 3 Negotiations Loom, Belvidere Closure Shows Automakers Still Using Same Playbook
Local 31 trustee and UAWD member Nick Livick writes for Labor Notes: The UAW just wrapped up a historic election where members got to vote directly for their top leaders for the first time in the union’s history. The rank and file voted for change and a more militant...
UAWD in the News: Can the UAW Rise Again?
Alex Press reported for Jacobin from the 2023 Bargaining Convention: Shawn Fain, a local UAW official from Kokomo, Indiana, ran for president on a slate called UAW Members United. The slate was backed by Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), an internal caucus that...
UAWD in the News: Auto Workers Convention Lurches Towards Reversing Concessions
Keith Brower Brown (Local 2865) and Jane Slaughter write for Labor Notes about the 2023 Bargaining Convention: The UAW's Bargaining Conventions are held every four years as the "Big 3" automaker contracts near expiration. They are intended for locally elected...
UAWD in the News: UAW Ready to Play Hardball, New President Tells Detroit 3
Joseph Szczesny writes for Wards Auto: On his first day in office, the UAW’s new president, Shawn Fain, vowed the union will change direction on his watch. [...] Younger workers, who have become part of the UAWD (Unite All Workers for Democracy) caucus, which...
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