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UAW wins tentative contract deal with final Big Three holdout General Motors
The tentative agreement reportedly includes a general wage increase of 25% over four years and cost-of-living adjustments.
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Here’s what UAW workers won in a “historic” TA after striking at Ford
After more than a month on the picket line, autoworkers have reached a tentative agreement with Ford including massive wage increases, cost of living adjustments and the right to strike over plant closures. Now the deal goes to the membership, while strikes continue at GM and Stellantis.
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Auto Workers escalate: Surprise strike at massive Kentucky Ford truck plant
Every Friday for the past four weeks, Big 3 CEOs have waited fearfully for Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain to announce which plants will strike next.
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Scolding striking auto workers in advance for wrecking economy
The first person quoted in the New York Times’ rundown (9/19/23) on the United Auto Workers strike was a lawyer representing management from Littler Mendelson, the go-to firm for big corporations’ union avoidance.
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“This fight is Global”: Workers around the World are standing with striking U.S. autoworkers
From Brazil and Mexico to South Africa and Malaysia, international labor solidarity is aiding the UAW’s fight to reverse the global race to the bottom.
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Fired-up auto workers are ready to battle the Big 3
Sunday afternoon at the Auto Workers (UAW) Region 1 Pavilion in Warren, Michigan, felt a lot like church. Auto workers came together in sweltering heat to rally each other with fiery speeches, cheers, and songs in the first Big 3 contract rally anyone can remember.
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Auto Workers convention lurches towards reversing concessions
At the union’s Detroit convention this week, hundreds of delegates–often local leaders–signaled they were less ready than the members to welcome the reform leadership. But there was unanimity that it’s time to finally recoup the divisive contract concessions granted in the 2007-2009 recession.