UAW family and allies — A few minutes ago, thousands of UAW members at Ford, GM, and Stellantis walked out, marking the beginning of the Stand Up Strike. UAW members at GM Wentzville Assembly, Local 2250 in Region 4 are ON STRIKE. UAW members at Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex, Local 12 in Region 2B are ON STRIKE. UAW members at Ford Michigan Assembly Plant – Final Assembly and Paint, Local 900 in Region 1A are ON STRIKE. This fight is our generation’s defining moment. Not just at the Big Three, but across the entire working class. We will stand up for ourselves. We will stand up for our families. We will stand up for our communities. Join us.
On Sept. 8, Stellantis finally came back with a counterproposal to our core economics demands. It’s a deeply unfair offer. The wage proposal doesn’t make up for inflation, let alone make up for past losses. Click here to see a side-by-side comparison of our demands and their unfair offer.
Click here for the document above comparing our economic demands with Ford’s unacceptable counterproposal. This is the full document that was shown on yesterday’s Facebook Live with UAW President Shawn Fain. In our “Facts About Ford” section, we’ve also posted slides from that Facebook Live showing Ford’s surging profit for the second quarter of 2023 and the billions of dollars in dividends the company is shoveling to shareholders instead of workers. Down below you can also take a closer look at: Ford’s proposal to have unlimited numbers of temps stuck at wages less than 60 percent of our top rate; and ...
Read more
LORDSTOWN, Ohio – UAW workers at Ultium Cells voted 895 to 22 over the weekend to ratify an interim agreement that immediately raises wages $3 to $4 an hour and provides thousands of dollars in back pay for hundreds of workers. The interim deal came after months of negotiations and an ongoing UAW campaign to win justice for electric vehicle workers at Ultium and across the country. Negotiations for a complete first contract will continue between the union’s elected bargaining committee and Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution. “UAW members at Ultium are proving that ...
Read more
The campaign for a strong contract at the Big Three is taking off. UAW members and allies have started spontaneously organizing grassroots actions around the country and UAW President Shawn Fain is strongly encouraging them. Today, while in Louisville, Kentucky, to join two practice pickets, he sent an email to tens of thousands of union activists encouraging them to keep intensifying their grassroots organizing. Here is the text of the letter, along with materials he circulated to use in their actions: UAW family, I’m writing to you from Louisville, Kentucky, where I’m joining UAW Local 862 members at two ...
Read more
State of Michigan employees have been represented by a union since 1980 and have negotiated pay increases almost every year, thanks to members making their voices heard on the issues that matter most in our workplaces. These wins are only possible when we stand together to collectively bargain for the wages, benefits, and working conditions that allow us to do our jobs and serve our communities. To Reauthorize, call HR Self Service at (877) 766-6447 or visit MI.GOV/SELFSERVE. You can even use the QR code below. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A WALKTHROUGH OF THE REAUTHORIZATION PROCESS, GO HERE.
This year’s Labor Day Parade, hosted by the Metro-Detroit AFL-CIO, will take place Monday, September 4, 2023. The theme is “Labor United Stronger than Ever!” The march will begin promptly at 9 a.m. EST and will end with a program at Roosevelt Park. DOWNLOAD THE STAGING MAP AND MARCHING ORDERS, HERE, INCLUDING MEETUP TIMES/LOCATIONS PRIOR TO 9 AM EST. WHO: UAW Members, VARIOUS UAW Activists and Union Supporters WHAT: 2023 Michigan Labor Day Parade WHEN: Monday, September 4, 2023 – Staging @ 8 a.m. – Parade bEGIns @ 9 a.m. WHERE: UAW STAGING Trumbull; ABBOTt TO Bagley Ave. Detroit, MI ...
Read more
On Facebook Live Today, UAW President Shawn Fain called out Stellantis for breaking their promise in bargaining. Stellantis told the media they “are not seeking a concessionary agreement.” But their proposals include all sorts of concessions. They want to: Add additional tiers Threaten profit-sharing even as the CEO’s pay has jumped 72% Cuts to our existing medical coverage No new product on the table for Belvidere, holding the rest of our jobs and communities hostage to possible plant closures. AND MORE… Download the leaflet we’re passing out at plants to push back against Stellantis’ propaganda.
Your National Negotiators have moved into the Ford World Headquarters building and we began the process of bargaining on July 14th. Every one of the demands that were submitted from our UAW-Ford members were presented in writing and read to the company. The negotiators are now bargaining in our established sub-committees for each specific category of the contract. We have presented your demands in their appropriate application and proposals are now being exchanged in the sub-committees to achieve resolution in order to then bargain the language. Take comfort in knowing that this entire UAW National Negotiating Committee is honored and ...
Read more
The UAW has officially kicked off contract talks with all the Big Three automakers. This year’s negotiations had a very different tone even before our bargaining teams got to the table. In the past, bargaining began with a staged ceremony where UAW leaders shook hands with company CEOs. This year, our union’s top officers headed to the front gates of Stellantis’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP), GM’s Factory ZERO, and Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant during shift changes last Wednesday to shake hands with members and listen to their concerns. At the three plants, members signed more than a thousand Support ...
Read more