New York City, NY – American unions will join the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee in Manhattan tomorrow to protest commemoration of the judge who investigated, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced popular former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula. Lula is appealing the conviction and 12-year jail sentence. Despite his imprisonment, he is
On Tuesday, January 26, UAW Members from Region 2B gathered for breakfast in Washington, D.C., in the the aftermath of Winter Storm Jonas. Dozens of members from Ohio and Indiana had been fortunate enough to make it into the capital before the worst of the storm hit and the conference was officially canceled. With many
Kensington, MD – Today the Maryland State United Auto Workers (UAW) Community Action Program announced they are endorsing Chris Van Hollen for U.S. Senate. The group represents over 15,000 active and retired members and their families in Maryland. In announcing their endorsement of Van Hollen for U.S. Senate, Ray Curry, director of UAW Region 8
Read the call letter to the 2016 Financial Officers’ Conference Register now for the 2016 Financial Officers’ Conference Greetings: The UAW Financial Officers’ Conference will be held Sunday, March 13 through Friday, March 18, 2016, at the Doubletree at the Entrance to Universal – in Orlando, Florida. This conference is for local union presidents, financial
DETROIT — The UAW commends the Senate for reaching a bipartisan agreement and passing legislation to extend Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits. As our economy continues to recover, the EUC program provides critical support to job seekers and their families. It is now Speaker Boehner’s turn to take action immediately in the House of Representatives.
Working People in the South Will Continue to Unite CHATTANOOGA, TN – “I am so proud of the workers at the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant for sticking together and trying to make their voices heard,” Henry said. “They are an inspiration to a growing movement of working people across the nation who are uniting for good
600 volunteers from UAW-Ford and local high schools to assemble food boxes containing uncooked items for a complete holiday meal as food giveaway part of national program providing 17,000 meals across the country DETROIT – The UAW-Ford National Program Center (NPC) will again help local families in need this holiday season. The NPC will be
DETROIT – The UAW will join the Alliance for Retired Americans during the weeks of July 29 and August 12 in celebrating Medicaid’s 48th anniversary (July 30) and Social Security’s 78th anniversary (Aug. 14) by fighting to defend and strengthen these programs and the protections they provide to all Americans. They have dramatically expanded access