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...
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...
Civil and Human Rights Committee
PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEEThe Civil and Human Rights Committee is an essential guardian of the “No Discrimination” policy of our union. Members of this committee fulfill the local union’s commitment to assure members full rights regardless of religion, race, creed, color,...
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...
Courage Against COVID-19: Members Face Down a Deadly Virus
Everyone has a role to play in the battle against COVID-19. Whether they are an academic researcher looking for a drug to fight the deadly virus, an autoworker making a quick pivot to manufacture ventilators and masks or shields, a maintenance worker disinfecting the pl...
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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