Abolish ICE and Fight State Attacks on Workers
UAWD Priority Amendment for
the 2026 UAW Constitutional Convention
Abolish ICE and Fight State Attacks on Workers
Amendments to Articles 19, 23, 27 and 50
The state repression of ICE/DHS is aimed at immigrants and workers alike, and is to be resisted through organized labor actions within all of UAW. The working class has the unique ability to confront this repression and we must organize and educate our workers and abolish ICE.
Amendment Summary
Be it resolved that Articles 19, 23, 27 and 50 shall be amended by adding new sections:
- Article 19 shall be amended to include the following new section: “UAW bargaining committees are urged to bargain for contract provisions barring management from allowing law enforcement, including ICE, into our workplaces and from voluntarily cooperating in information sharing without a judicial warrant”
- Article 23 shall be amended by adding a new section: “The UAW withhold any endorsement or complicity with current office holders or candidates who do not support the abolishment of ICE”
- Article 27 shall be amended by adding a new section: “The UAW Education Department shall develop and distribute educational materials about the historical use of general strikes and political strikes”
- Article 50 shall be amended by adding a new section: “In the event of a violent attack on the working class in their community by the government or by management, such as a murder by ICE or attacks on picket lines, UAW locals shall hold a general membership meeting to discuss and vote on labor action including striking to demand an end to such violence. A local shall hold a membership-wide strike authorization vote if called for by a majority vote at the general membership meeting.
Background
- ICE’s core function is to discipline and divide the working class by enforcing an immigration regime that maintains immigrant workers as an exploited underclass
- The UAW rank-and-file membership throughout the US is made up of a significant percentage of immigrant workers, who are a valued and vital part of the working class that needs and deserves UAW solidarity
- UAW has issued a statement of solidarity with workers in Minnesota acknowledging the role of the working class and its unique ability to shut down society if need be through organized worker actions, but there’s been no commitment to organized actions to protect its workers and communities from the crimes and occupation by federal ICE/DHS agents
- Residents of Minneapolis organized mass “days of action” (January 23 and 30, 2026) demanding that ICE be kicked out of their city, which was supported by UAW Region 9A and many other locals throughout the US in solidarity with Minnesota
A CLASS STRUGGLE APPROACH
- UAW rank and file membership is made up of immigrants that need actionable solidarity and support from UAW leadership. As the rank and file are a union’s highest authority, we must stand with all workers who are being detained, deported, injured or killed, and show unconditional solidarity with their struggle.
- The continued funding and support of ICE/DHS has bipartisan support from the current ruling political parties. Workers must do everything we can to undermine their legitimacy by standing firm on a demand that any political candidate endorsed by UAW support the abolition of ICE. Almost no candidates of the current 2-party system would even verbally agree to this position, let alone work on abolition through political action. Making that clear is a valuable tool of a workers’ organization focused on building political independence.
OPPOSITION FROM UAW BUREAUCRATS
- We cannot rely on 2-party capitalist politicians, nor IEB “statements” to end these attacks on the working class. We must demand material support for action, education and organization to build labor actions aimed at abolishing ICE.
