There’s a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.
–Walter Reuther, UAW Constitutional Convention 1970
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Working People Over PACs: UAW Ground Game Helps Power Primary Victories Statewide
After months of organizing on shop floors and in communities across Michigan, UAW members helped deliver a rebuke to billionaire-funded politics on Tuesday, powering victories for working-class champions across the state. Leading the ticket, UAW-endorsed Abdul El-Sayed defeated an obscene flood of outside spending to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate through a grassroots […] -
Joint Statement from President Shawn Fain and Vice President Rich Boyer: Fatality of UAW Stellantis Member at Center Line National Parts Depot
This morning, at Stellantis’ Mopar Division, Center Line National Parts facility in Center Line, MI, our UAW family lost longtime member James Brasher. Brasher was a thirty-plus-year UAW member and laborer working on a renovation project at the PDC when the incident occurred. A member of our union went to work today expecting to complete […] -
Statement on John Deere Contract Extension Offer by UAW Vice President Laura Dickerson, Director of the Agricultural Implement Department
John Deere cannot ask workers to surrender the benefit of a signed agreement while treating the request as anything less than bargaining. John Deere is asking to change a collective bargaining agreement that both sides already negotiated and signed. When a company comes back to rewrite the deal, it is asking for something. That is […] -
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UAW Statement on Markup of the Connected Vehicle Security Act
Our national and economic security depends on a strong U.S. auto industry. For generations, the American Dream has been built on good union auto jobs that enabled working families to buy a home, raise children, retire with dignity, and create a better future for the working class. If we are serious about rebuilding American manufacturing […]
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UAW Local 1853 is an Amalgamated Local. We are made up of a diverse workforce covering different companies. UAW Local 1853 in Spring Hill Tennessee consists of General Motors, Adient, American Food & Vending, Comprehensive Logistics, Leadec, Magna, Ryder, Ultium, & MPS.