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UAWD in the News: How UAW’s transforming itself ahead of contract talks with automakers
Jamie L. LaReau and Eric D. Lawrence write for the Detroit Free Press: For the first time, the UAW has a leader elected by the rank-and-file. On Saturday, Shawn Fain was declared the winner over incumbent President Ray Curry in a runoff election. On Sunday, Fain was...
UAWD in the News: 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...
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...
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...
UAWD in The Detroit News: UAW count of challenged ballots delayed with Fain narrowly leading Curry
Breana Noble writes for The Detroit News: The counting of remaining votes in the United Auto Workers election to determine its president for the next four years has been delayed until March 16 as the court-appointed monitor's office finishes resolving the eligibility...
UAWD in The Intercept: United Auto Workers on Brink of Unprecedented Leadership Upset
Daniel Boguslaw writes for The Intercept: In a historic election that could dramatically reshape the 400,000-member United Auto Workers union, insurgent challenger Shawn Fain currently leads incumbent Ray Curry by a margin of 645 votes for the union’s top leadership...
UAWD in the Detroit News: UAW presidential challenger Fain promises sweeping change to union culture, strategies
Jordyn Grzelewski writes for the Detroit News: [Shawn Fain] became active in UAW Local 1166, serving five terms as a skilled trades committee person and shop chair. During Chrysler's bankruptcy in 2009, Fain was elected to serve as a national negotiator, a role he...
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