UAW Rips ‘Corporate Greed’ of John Deere as Mass Layoffs Follow $43 Billion in Stock Buybacks
"John Deere's reckless layoffs and job cuts are an insult to the working class people of Iowa and Illinois," said the United Auto Workers.
United Auto Workers Join Mobilization Against Netanyahu Congressional Visit
One of the largest labor unions in the country has taken a major step in uniting labor and Palestine solidarity movements
University of California Workers on Strike for the Right to Protest for Palestine
The President of UAW 4811, Rafael Jaime, speaks about the ongoing strike of University of California student workers
Southern Autoworkers Can Reverse Decades of Job Quality Decline
Automakers rely on non-union plants in the South to drive down wages across the country. A UAW victory in Tennessee and an upcoming vote in Alabama could change that.
After Historic Strike, UAW Bureaucrats Sit By As Stellantis Lays Off Hundreds of Workers
Only a few months after a historic contract struggle and strike, Stellantis announced job cuts in early December that have begun and will continue to take effect this month. A…
UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire
"From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for justice across the globe," said United Auto Workers president…
‘A Historic Agreement’: UAW Reaches Tentative Deal With Stellantis
"We not only secured a record contract, we have begun to turn the tide on the war on the American working class," UAW President Shawn Fain said.
Auto Workers Escalate: Surprise Strike at Massive Kentucky Ford Truck Plant
By Keith Brower Brown / Labor Notes Every Friday for the past four weeks, Big 3 CEOs have waited fearfully for Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain to announce which…
Labor Is Back and Standing Tall
The rise in organizing efforts around the country have demonstrated Americans’ strong desire to be fairly compensated as workers and humans.
Washington Post Columnist Charles Lane Wants Auto Workers to Lose Their Jobs
By Dean Baker / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) The Washington Post has a long history of hating on powerful unions, like the United Auto Workers (UAW), or…
‘No Justice, No Jeeps!’ Scenes From the Auto Workers Strike
By Keith Brower Brown, Luis Feliz Leon and Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes The strike is on. Last night the Auto Workers (UAW) shut down three major assembly plants at…
America’s Auto Workers: On Strike Against Inequality. Again
UAW activists years ago helped usher in a vastly more equal society. Can history repeat?
UAW Strike Puts Massive CEO-Worker Pay Gap in the Spotlight
"The CEOs gave themselves 40% pay increases in the last four years alone," United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said from the picket line. "And they want to call us…
In Heat and Smoke, Workers Fight Negligent Bosses
By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes On June 29, the air quality in Detroit was among the worst in the world. “Outside it smelled like burnt plastic, almost like trash,”…
UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections
By Jonah Furman / Labor Notes Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers (“one member, one vote”) in a membership referendum. Now delegates…