by UAWD | May 29, 2024 | UAW Local 4811, UAWD Statements & Press Releases, University of California
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), the rank-and-file caucus in the United Auto Workers (UAW), is in solidarity with striking University of California (UC) workers at UAW Local 4811. Voting in support of strike action in overwhelming numbers, Local 4811 members…
by UAWD Steering Committee | May 3, 2024 | Student Workers of Columbia, UAW Local 7902, UAWD Statements & Press Releases
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) issues the following statement regarding the repression of university student encampments and protests across the U.S. in support of the Palestinian people: Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), the rank-and-file caucus in the…
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 16, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, In These Times, Shawn Fain, UAW Local 600, UAWD in the News
Mindy Isser writes for In These Times: In 2008, amid the nation’s economic collapse, the UAW agreed to major concessions during contract negotiations, and it has struggled to fully recover. The union was also hampered by corruption, with more than a dozen officials…
by UAWD Steering Committee | Nov 2, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, American Prospect, Autoworkers, President Joseph Biden, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, UAW Local 1268, UAW Members UNITED, UAWD in the News
Lee Harris writes for the American Prospect: One of the more notable outcomes of the tentative contract agreement between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers, which earned workers 25 percent wage increases over four years, is the fate of a 5 million…
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 24, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Labor Notes, Lisa Xu, Organizing, Organizing Committee, UAW Local 862, UAWD in the News
Lisa Xu writes for Labor Notes: Chris Budnick has been holding 10-minute meetings at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville to get his co-workers talking to each other about the Big 3 contracts. Like many activists, Budnick says he has long struggled to get his…
by UAWD Steering Committee | Aug 17, 2023 | 2023 Big 3 Contract Fight, Autoworkers, Electric Vehicle Organizing Committee, Electric Vehicles, Jacobin, UAW Local 22, UAWD in the News
UAWD member Chris Viola (UAW Local 22) wrote for Jacobin: Negotiations between my union, the United Auto Workers (UAW), and the Big Three automakers (Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis) are now underway. UAW president Shawn Fain has already made headlines by…
