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UAWD in the News: UAW Retiree Eligibility for Office to Create Convention Friction
Ian Kullgren writes for Bloomberg Law: When the United Auto Workers convention in Detroit starts next week, the two most recent elected presidents won’t be there. They’ll remain in federal prison. And for the first time, the union will select its next leader through a...
UAWD in Labor Notes: UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections
Jonah Furman writes for Labor Notes: Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers (“one member, one vote”) in a membership referendum. Now delegates are headed to a Constitutional Convention where candidates...
UAWD in the Detroit News: UAW’s future at stake at historic convention in Detroit
Nearly 1,000 United Auto Workers members will descend upon downtown next week for the union’s quadrennial constitutional convention — an event with major implications at a pivotal time for one of the country’s largest and most influential unions.
UAWD in the News in 2021
From the Sioux City Journal to the Louisville Courier Journal, here are all the times UAWD made the news in 2021.
2021 Year In Review: The Only Way Out Is Through
For the first time in 25 years, a slate backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) won in a November landslide to lead the country’s largest private sector union. Teamsters United coalition leaders have pledged to organize militant contract campaigns, end...
Troublemakers Schooled in Detroit and Philly
On November 20, 210 union members and allies showed up for a Troublemakers School in Detroit, eager to learn how to build power in their workplaces. On December 11 similar numbers did the same in Philadelphia. In Detroit workers heard from special education teacher...
Video: The Fight to Democratize the UAW
Watch the new More Perfect Union video: The Fight to Democratize the UAW
Fed up with corruption and concessions, UAW members push for a more democratic union
Alot of important history is being made right now, and something potentially game-changing is unfolding among the American workforce. At this very moment, 10,000 UAW members at John Deere are on strike in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas; 35,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser...
UAWD on the Blue Collar Gospel Hour
Members from the UAWD Steering Committee recently spoke to Dan Denton and the Blue Collar Gospel Hour about the upcoming UAW referendum vote. Listen to the podcast here.
UAWD Chairperson speaks to The Hill about upcoming UAW referendum
UAWD Chairperson spoke to Ryan Grim and The Hill about the upcoming UAW referendum vote about how direct elections could change the union. Watch here.
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