How Union Women celebrate National Sisters Day
The first Sunday in August is National Sisters Day, and your opportunity to show your appreciation for that unique bond only sisters can understand. What better way to celebrate than joining with your fellow union sisters in the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)?On...
Sign the petition to honor Walter Reuther with a commemorative stamp
Walter Reuther can be said to have done more for more American workers than any other leader in the labor movement. He spent his life ensuring American workers have a voice at the table with management, a voice still exercised today by workers in contract negotiations t...
Re: Negotiations Update
Greetings:
Since our Brothers and Sisters at Ford ratified their National Agreement, your National Negotiating Team has intensified our discussions with FCA. While we have had a few outside distractions since then, your negotiators have remained focused on resolving al...
UAW President Rory L. Gamble’s Statement on FCA Restart Date Announcement
“The UAW has and continues to have dialogue with all of our employers and employment sectors about the safety and security surrounding reopening worksites.
In the case of the Big 3, through the Task Force we have had an ongoing dialogue and we have supported a number o...
Union Plus Mortgage Benefits Union Members During Tough Times Like Layoff
The Union Plus Mortgage Assistance Program is a solid resource for union members during difficult times, especially during a layoff.
The program, administered through the AFL-CIO Mutual Benefit Plan, provides interest-free loans and grants to help make mortgage payment...
PRO Member: Battered by a Hurricane, But Still Helping Others
Local 1921 Bargaining Chairman Paul Herrin, left, and President Dennis Fauver kept their local together after Hurricane Katrina.‘It’s Who We Are’
Cover Story: Weathering the Storm Pt. 1 - The UAW Mission Helps Out Our Fellow Americans in Puerto Rico
Jorge Rodriguez, an international representative from Region 5, led a group of UAW volunteers who worked tirelessly in six cities on the island for two weeks:
As one of the first volunteer groups to arrive in Puerto Rico, we witnessed firsthand the ravages of Hurricane...
Register for the 2019 Financial Officers' Conference
The UAW Financial Officers’ Conference will be held Sunday, March 24 through Friday, March 29, 2019, at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, Florida.
This conference is for local union presidents, financial secretaries/treasurers, trustees and recording secretaries...
UAW members helping youth across the nation
International Youth Day was first coined by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, and now the 12th day of August serves as an annual celebration of the role of young women and men as essential partners in change, and an opportunity to raise awareness of challenge...
Will the “new” NAFTA work for US?
The UAW has one goal: support the U.S. worker in all aspects of their professions. That includes involvement in U.S. trade policy decisions where our overarching focus is creating good paying U.S. jobs — now and in the future.
CV3 signed into law. Here's what it means.
Last Night (March 25, 2020), the U.S. Senate unanimously passed CV3, a $2-trillion stimulus package to lessen the effects of COVID-19 on our economy and citizen’s health. This package is the largest in U.S. history. It is expected to pass in the House by Friday, March 2...
Democratic National Convention Day One: Michele Obama, Whitmer, among those who stress importance of healing the nation
The Democratic National Convention’s first day focused on three major issues -- the pandemic, the resulting economic crisis and the racial justice crisis. A diverse lineup of speakers and guests including former First Lady Michele Obama, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mi...
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...
On Wednesdays We Wear Red
Union members across the country wear red shirts on Wednesday to show solidarity and to make their voices heard by management in a small way. The practice was started by the Communication Workers of America who wear red on Thursdays in order to honor Gerry Hogan, a memb...
UAW International Executive Board Appoints Rory Gamble President
DETROIT - The UAW International Executive Board met Thursday and named Acting President Rory Gamble to fill the vacancy of President until the June 2022 Convention.“This is an honor to complete my career and serve the members of this great union in this capacity,” said...
UAW Merges Additional States into Region 8 and Region 4
The UAW International Executive Board (IEB) voted on December 5 to merge the states represented by UAW Region 5 between UAW Regions 4 and 8. This merger became effective today, February 28, 2020.States have been apportioned between Region 4 and 8 in the following way:UA...
Heroes on the Front Lines: Sandy Welch
UAW Local 95 member Sandy Welch is a five-year cancer survivor. She has high blood pressure, too.
That means her immune system is not 100%. But, while others in Wisconsin are told to stay home, she heads to work every day as a medical transcriptionist at a medical clini...
Heroes on the Front Line: David Gordon
David Gordon, Associate Researcher and transitioning to Associate Professor
Krogan Lab, University of California, San Francisco,
UAW Local 5810
“I was wrapping up a genetic interaction mapping project on HIV in January when we became aware of the new coronavirus. Since...
Front Line Heroes | Ronald Clayton, Astin Gray and Tianyuan “Kimmy” Huang-Walsh
“I would like to recognize and commend everyone who plays an integral part as essential workers across the UAW, with a special emphasis on my brothers and sisters who perform cleanup duties. We have always known our value and worth with the jobs we perform, from the roo...
The Spring 2020 Edition of Solidarity Magazine is now online!
The Spring 2020 edition of Solidarity magazine is now online!
The latest edition of Solidarity magazine salutes our own heroes who are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in a variety of ways, from courageously going back to the plants to make PPE and ventilators to volunte...
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...
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell Applauds the Work and Fortitude of UAW Women
The last day of the UAW Community Action Program Conference kicked off with a 7 a.m. Women’s Breakfast that drew about 500 UAW members to hear from Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada and UAW Region 9A Director Beverley Brakeman.
Heroes on the Front Lines: Penni Cox
On March 13, Penni Cox was laid off from her job at the General Motors plant in Kokomo, Indiana.
“Business wasn’t good, and the company was downsizing. We prayed for more work. We were willing to build anything. We just wanted to work,” says Cox. “And now, here we are...
COVID-19 Update 4/22/2020
My Sisters and Brothers,
In my message today, I’d like to talk a little more personally about this extraordinary time in our history and the resilience of my UAW family.
I have been with this union for more than 40 years, starting out in the plant as a young man. Like...