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...
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...
Harvard Student Workers Win Their Union, Join UAW
HARVARD STUDENT WORKERS WIN THEIR UNION, JOIN UAWSuccessful vote is latest victory in growing grad worker union movement Boston, MA – Graduate workers at Harvard have voted 56%, 1,931 to 1,523, in favor of joining the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers...
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...
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...
UAW Regions 9 & 9A Statement on AG James' Independent Investigation into Alleged Sexual Harassment by Governor Cuomo
For Immediate Release: March 19, 2021Contact: Beverley Brakeman, [email protected] REGIONS 9 AND 9A APPLAUD ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES’ INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS ALLEGED AGAINST GOVERNOR CUOMO
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...
Workers Memorial Day: Painful Year of Loss Reminds Us to Remain Vigilant About Workplace Safety
For UAW members and workers everywhere, there is never a time when workplace safety should take a backseat to any workplace issue. Never has that been more true than it is today, as the world is dealing with the COVID-19 crisis.
During this heartbreaking season of loss...
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...
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