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United Auto Workers
Collective bargaining
UAW strike: The trolls were wrong
A year after the big strike wins for workers, the data is in. New car prices actually dropped 1.06% on average. And GM's market share is up.
National
Trump to Elon: Fire strikers
In an online interview with Elon Musk, former president Donald Trump chortled at the idea of firing striking workers.
Union Organizing
Union victory at Chattanooga
It's the first foreign-owned auto plant in the United States to unionize, and dozens of others may be coming.
Collective bargaining
United Auto Workers wins big at Daimler Trucks North America
A new four-year contract will raise wages more than 25% and end an unfair “two-tier” wage system that pays new hires less than senior workers.
Collective bargaining
Strike Stories
2023 was the biggest strike year in decades. We asked readers who struck last year to tell what it was like.
National
Biden goes to Belvidere
Wearing a red UAW Local 1268 T-shirt, Joe Biden celebrated UAW's massive strike victory Nov. 9 with a crowd of UAW members in Illinois.
Collective bargaining
UAW wins ‘stunning’ victory at Big Three
One by one, the three auto companies settled record-setting contracts with United Auto Workers, ending a 46-day strike that began Sept. 15.
Comment
UAW back to the head of the class
If the union movement is having a “moment,” the re-emergence of the United Auto Workers (UAW) is a big part of it.
Collective bargaining
UAW strikes the Big Three automakers all at once
With automakers making record profits, the union says it’s time that the workers who make their vehicles got their fair share.
Collective bargaining
Countdown to the UAW strike
As of Friday, United Auto Workers will either have a tentative agreement or be striking around the country at GM, Ford, and Stellantis.
Collective bargaining
UAW gearing up for historic auto industry strike
With all new leadership and an $825 million strike fund, the union is determined to reverse past concessions.
Collective bargaining
UAW may go on the offense to end two-tier contracts
Under new leadership, UAW may be more assertive this year when union contracts expire Sept. 14 with the three big U.S. automakers.
Collective bargaining
UC grad workers end historic strike with big wins
The strike won pay increases of over 25% for teaching assistants, tutors and researchers, and that’s inspiring grad workers elsewhere.
Collective bargaining
Massive graduate worker strike shuts down UC system
The University of California work stoppage is the biggest U.S. strike of 2022, and also the biggest higher education strike in U.S. history.
Union Organizing
Elon Musk baiting union again
Tesla workers held their first-ever workplace representation vote Feb. 28 ... in Germany. But in the US, Tesla has so far resisted unionizing.
Collective bargaining
John Deere battle ends with historic gains for strikers
Workers stood solid for five weeks and won big, doubling their raises and rejecting a plan to cut pensions for new hires.
Collective bargaining
GM strikers win big gains
After 40 days on the picket line, the longest nationwide strike against General Motors in nearly 50 years ended Oct. 25.
Buying Union
No more ‘American Idle’?
UAW is calling on Americans to buy American. And sing about it.
Union Organizing
Workers say no to union at Mississippi Nissan plant
After a decade-long campaign by United Auto Workers, workers at a Nissan auto plant in Canton, Mississippi rejected unionization in a 2,244 to 1,307 vote Aug. 3-4.
Collective bargaining
Machinists at Bodycote battle for first contract
Camas Bodycote workers voted last June to unionize, but are still trying to get a first contract
