Postdocs Reach Tentative Agreement with Mount Sinai
Postdoctoral Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reached a tentative agreement with the administration on Monday, December 18.
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Why The Renewable Energy Industry Needs Unionizing
Working in renewables could be a great job, but the industry needs a healthier balance of power between management and labor to make growth sustainable. These are the jobs of the future. They ought to pay a living wage, be safe, and be unionized.
Researchers at National Institutes of Health Vote to Unionize by Nearly 98%
In a historic outcome, early-career researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, have voted by nearly 98% to form a union, NIH Fellows United-UAW.
Volkswagen Workers, Faith Coalition, and UAW President Shawn Fain to Visit Chattanooga Plant to Demand VW Stop Union-Busting; Union Files New Federal Labor Charges Against Unlawful VW Policies
At noon on Monday, December 18th, UAW President Shawn Fain will accompany a delegation of Volkswagen workers and community and faith leaders to deliver a letter to Volkswagen management demanding the company end its union-busting and intimidation, as workers organize to join the UAW.
Sign the Petition: Ask the DOE to Ensure the Continued Use of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel
UAW Local 3033 and Cleveland Cliffs Butler Facility in Pennsylvania is the only United States manufacturer of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES), the metal found in electrical distribution transformers. The Department of Energy (DOE) is in the process of a proposed rulemaking concerning efficiency standards. Part of that standard will be the use of GOES vs. […]
Graduate Student Workers at USC Vote to Ratify First-Ever Contract with University
Over 80% of Graduate Student Workers at the University of Southern California (USC) have voted to ratify a first-ever contract. The Graduate Student Workers Organizing Committee, GSWOC-UAW, announced the results on their website and the social media platform X on December 7, after three days of voting had concluded. The agreement includes significant wage increases, lump sum bonuses for […]
From the Archives: Leonard Woodcock
In a new video, Gavin Strassel, UAW Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University, shares historical items that belonged to UAW President, Leonard Woodcock. Woodcock served as president from 1970 to 1977. He was elected by the International Executive Board after the untimely death of Walter Reuther in a plane crash […]
UAW President Shawn Fain Addresses Non-Union Autoworkers, Urges Them to Stand Up
UAW President Shawn Fain addressed non-union autoworkers via Facebook Live on Monday, December 11. The livestream can be viewed on the UAW’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Workers at Honda, Hyundai and VW Stand Up to Management Intimidation, File Unfair Labor Practice Charges
In the face of aggressive anti-union campaigns, workers organizing with the UAW at Honda in Indiana, Hyundai in Alabama, and Volkswagen in Tennessee, have filed charges against management for illegally union-busting as workers organize to join the UAW. “We are filing an unfair labor practice charge against Honda because of management illegally telling us to […]
Postdocs at Icahn Mount Sinai in NYC Walk Off the Job on Unfair Labor Practice Strike
More than 500 Postdoctoral Researchers at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine who are members of the Sinai Postdoc Organizing Committee-UAW (SPOC-UAW) walked off the job and onto the picket line for an Unfair Labor Practice strike on Wednesday, December 6.
UAW Statement on Mexico’s SINTTIA Organizing Drive at GM San Luis Potosí
UAW Applauds MI House Dems for “Putting Workers First” Bills, Urges Full Legislature to Pick a Side
UAW Members Strike at Lockheed Martin, as Company Announces $1.7 Billion in First Quarter Profits