Entries by Michaela Good

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Statement from UAW Vice President and Director of National Stellantis Department Rich Boyer on 2022 Profit Sharing Announcement

Detroit – Our union was successful in negotiating an enhanced profit-sharing formula with Stellantis in 2019.  The new formula more accurately reflects the contributions of UAW members to the success of Stellantis. Today’s announcement that eligible UAW-Stellantis members will receive a record average profit-sharing amount of $14,760 confirms that the skill, dedication, and hard work […]

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UAW Statement on Increasing Strike Pay to $500 Per Week

Today, the UAW International Executive Board unanimously approved increasing strike pay from $400 to $500 per week.  This increase reflects the effects of continuing inflation as well as the need for our union to prepare for an important bargaining year affecting multiple sectors and employers. “This increase will immediately help members who are on strike,” […]

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USC GRAD WORKERS WIN THEIR UNION, JOIN UAW

Successful vote is latest victory in growing grad worker union movement Los Angeles, CA – By a 93% margin, graduate workers at the University of Southern California have voted 1,599 to 122 in favor of joining the Graduate Student Workers Organizing Committee-United Auto Workers (GSWOC-UAW), according to ballots tallied today by the National Labor Relations […]

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HarperCollins Union UAW Local 2110 Members Ratify New Contract, Win Improved and New Benefits

New York, NY — HarperCollins Union members have ratified their tentative agreement after a three-month strike against HarperCollins Publishers, a subsidiary of News Corp. Members will be returning to work on February 21. “We are very proud of this agreement. Our members fought tooth and nail for every letter of it and the result goes beyond […]

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UAW Statement on Ford Motor Company Announcement for New LFP Battery Plant in Marshall, Michigan

Today, Ford Motor Company announced that they would be building a new LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, which will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. “Ford got it right by building this plant right here in Michigan,” says UAW President Ray Curry.  “We supported the public investment into this […]

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UAW Statement on Killing of Tyre Nichols

Our union shares the outrage over the violent and senseless murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police in Memphis, Tennessee. We mourn with Tyre’s mother, son, his loved ones as well as the entire Memphis community which includes many active and retired UAW members. As a union strongly rooted in the fight for […]

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UNION PLUS SCHOLARSHIPS

Since 1991, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $5 million to students of working families who want to begin or continue their post-secondary education. Applications are due by January 31, 2023! Get started here: https://unionplus.click/6xx