United Auto Workers Archives

Union Organizing

Elon Musk baiting union again

Mar 17, 2022

Tesla workers held their first-ever workplace representation vote Feb. 28 … in Germany. But in the US, Tesla has so far resisted unionizing.

John Deere battle ends with historic gains for strikers

Dec 1, 2021

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

Oct 30, 2019

After 40 days on the picket line, the longest nationwide strike against General Motors in nearly 50 years ended Oct. 25.

No more ‘American Idle’?

Mar 13, 2018

UAW is calling on Americans to buy American. And sing about it.

Union Organizing

Workers say no to union at Mississippi Nissan plant

Aug 7, 2017

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.

Machinists at Bodycote battle for first contract

Jun 16, 2015

Camas Bodycote workers voted last June to unionize, but are still trying to get a first contract

A quest to find Union Beer

Jul 29, 2014

It’s not easy to ID union-made beer. There’s no union label, and little accurate, up-to-date info.

Ralph Rigdon, 1928-2014

Jul 1, 2014

The longtime UAW member was active in union and Democratic politics

1963 March on Washington — time to march again

Aug 13, 2013

Conventional narratives of the March downplay its economic demands — and labor’s central role

Hunger for justice

Dec 5, 2012

Hunger strikers demand GM take responsibility for injured workers in Colombia.