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 campaign ever in our history,” UAW President Shawn Fain told members in a Facebook live video.
Fain took office in March after winning the union’s first one member, one vote election. Running on the slogan, “No Corruption, No Concessions, No Tiers,” he and the Members United slate swept all the positions they ran for, giving reformers a majority on the international executive board.
While the union has vowed to take on tiered wages and benefits, job security, and plant closures, the transition to electric vehicles (EV) looms especially large. […]
The union is still planning its contract campaign. Meanwhile the caucus Unite All Workers for Democracy, which backed the Members United slate, is holding a series of contract action workshops to build for a potential strike.
Read more in Labor Notes.