The members of the United Auto Workers appear to have voted overwhelmingly to move to a direct voting system for choosing their union leadership—“one member, one vote.” As of this afternoon, with more than two-thirds of the votes counted, direct elections had the…
Direct voting has prevailed in a historic referendum on how the United Auto Workers union chooses its international leaders, according to preliminary results released Wednesday night. Read the article here.
UAWD released the following statement regarding the December 1, 2021 unofficial referendum results, which saw direct elections surpass the vote threshold needed to win. The UAW Monitor’s website has since verified that direct election votes have met the…
With more than half the votes counted, a proposal to give UAW members a direct role in choosing their leadership is passing by a sizable margin. More than 60 percent of the ballots counted as of late Tuesday were cast in favor of adopting the “one member, one…
The results so far show that members are “rejecting the behavior and practices of the entrenched political caucus and welcoming a new, unchartered territory to reshape the UAW into a viable union that we so desperately need,” said Frank Hammer, former president of UAW…
The election vendor concluded the first day of referendum vote tabulation at midnight on November 30, 2021. With roughly 18% of the total ballots counted, 69.6% of voters supported a move to the direct election method of electing UAW International Executive Board…
