UAW

On strike: Alabama coal miners ratchet up pressure

Union coal miners in Brookwood, Alabama, on strike since April 1, 2021, are stepping up plans for resistance. The job…

November 22, 2022

Members United slate forms to revive UAW’s fighting tradition

“Change is coming to the UAW.”  This is the promise made to the rank and file of the United Auto…

August 16, 2022

UAW Convention
Militants open struggle against business unionism

Detroit February 11, 1937, marks the victory of the 44-day Flint Sit-down Strike that forced General Motors to recognize the…

August 4, 2022

On the picket line

Stanford nurses win big contract gains following week-long strike The 5,000 nurses at Stanford Health Care and Packard Children’s Hospitals…

May 13, 2022

UAW must challenge bosses’ profit formula

Negotiations between the Big Three auto companies and the United Auto Workers have been underway since the last half of…

August 15, 2015

Auto contract talks begin – time to dump two-tier!

On July 12, contract talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers began with the traditional, much-photographed handshake between…

July 24, 2015

Then and now: The UAW vs. the bosses

This past May marked the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Automobile Workers in Detroit in 1935. Less…

June 2, 2015

Detroit auto parts workers say ‘Union yes’

When we think of low-wage workers, it’s often service workers who come to mind — fast food and retail workers…

May 14, 2015

At UAW convention, autoworkers show they want equal pay for equal work

This year, the United Auto Workers union will negotiate new contracts with auto and truck manufacturers General Motors, Ford and…

March 30, 2015

UAW and VW: Workers need a fighting union

Just over a year ago the National Labor Relations Board conducted a union representation election at the Volkswagen plant in…

March 9, 2015