Break Time with Brakeman 10/13/20
Bev talks with new members from UAW Local 2325, New York Legal Assistance Group, about their experience negotiating a first contract. In their jobs, they provide legal support to the poor.
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Statement from UAW Vice President Terry Dittes Director of the General Motors Department on Investments at GM Romulus GPS and GM Bedford Casting Operations
Detroit - Today’s investment by General Motors in the Romulus GPS and GM Bedford Casting Operations recognizes the world class production of engines and engine components by UAW members. By investing over $100 million dollars, GM has made a commitment to the work and jo...
Break Time with Brakeman 3/23/20
Region 9A Director Bev Brakeman shares a minute of her thoughts. March 23, 2020.
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Certifying Michigan's Election Results
Local 163 President Ralph Morris Jr. talks about the importance of certifying November's election results and making sure that every vote is counted.
Statement of UAW Vice President Terry Dittes, Director of the UAW GM Department, on General Motors Earnings Statement
Detroit - “In a challenging year, UAW members during this time of national crisis have pulled together to safely and productively make some of the finest quality vehicles and trucks in the world. This profit statement reflects our UAW members’ commitment to safety as th...
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UAW President Rory L. Gamble Statement on Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff Elections
“UAW members worked hard in Georgia during the runoff election. Today’s election results in Georgia signal that obstructionism in Washington, D.C will end. These results also clearly signal that the American people expect Congress to work with President Elect Joe Biden...
Indiana Local Digs Deep to Honor the Fallen
Local 2209 Sends $100k to Vietnam Wall Project with More to Come
Members of Local 2209 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, consider it part of their job to make sure the public fully appreciates the sacrifices made more than a half century ago in Vietnam.
Statement from UAW President Rory L. Gamble on Colorado Shooting
Detroit - On behalf of the UAW and all my sisters and brothers, I want to extend our sympathies and prayers on this tragic day to the families of the 10 victims in Boulder, Colorado, shot dead in yet another senseless and unimaginable act of gun violence. This horrific...
Statement From UAW President Rory L. Gamble on Weekend Shootings
Detroit — I watched in horror last week and this weekend, along with the rest of our nation, as the headlines rolled in once again with reports of bloodshed, terror, tragedy and senseless loss of lives. America woke up Friday morning to the news of a mass shooting in In...
21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge ©
The NOLSW National Executive Board and NOLSW National staff are proud to announce our participation in a 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge © beginning on Saturday, August 8, 2020. We invite our unit members to join us in this opportunity for growth to become...
How is Labor Faring?
The 2020 Presidential Election is just weeks away. Never has your vote been more important. Why? Because the progress unions have made over the last decades to build a strong middle class and enable working people to retire in dignity is systematically being whittled aw...
Statement of UAW President Rory L. Gamble on Passage of the American Recovery Program
Taking strong and decisive measures to end the pandemic and create a pathway for a speedy, equitable and sustained economic recovery, President Biden and Congress have made major strides toward protecting the health and safety of the American people.The new law provides...
Investigators and Interpreters at The Legal Aid Society Announce Formation of a Union with the UAW
(NEW YORK, NY) – Nearly 100 investigators and interpreters employed at The Legal Aid Society officially announced today that they would unionize with the the United Auto Workers (UAW), a labor organization which already represents thousands of legal services workers in...
Message from UAW President Rory L. Gamble on Democratic National Convention
Aug. 16, 2020
Sisters and Brothers:
For UAW members this year's election is about how we rise to the challenges of tremendous changes we can expect over the next four years. The notion of living through a pandemic was something that I doubt any of us ever thought we w...
Rising to the Moment: Jill Biden and the UAW know Joe Biden will lead
Leadership matters, especially when working families are struggling with the worst public health crisis in a century, which has spurred the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.For UAW members and their families, the 2020 election comes at a time of great un...
A Message from UAW President Rory L. Gamble on Workers Memorial Day
My Brothers and Sisters,We have all been through a year that none of us could have possibly imagined, and I want to begin this message with a note of thanks to my UAW family for their strength and Solidarity in facing a worldwide pandemic that has forever altered all of...
Sign the ten-point pledge for social, racial and economic justice: 57th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham
On Tuesday, September 15, we will mark the 57th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama with a candlelight vigil and ten-point pledge for social, racial and economic justice.
We call on all of us here in the United States of America...
Don’t stop at the Top: Your choices up and down the ballot make government work
Since its inception, since we got here as a nation, America has been about the right to allow its citizens to pick and choose our best and most qualified people for public office. We took a while to get here. We started out with some states allowing only white male adul...
President Rory L. Gamble: Thanks to Give, Good Work Done, and Good Work to Do
Every year, as I think about the Thanksgiving holiday, I always try to concentrate on the things that we as a union, and our sisters and brothers in solidarity everywhere, have to be thankful for. And, as always, there is much to be thankful for. But what to say about 2...