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United Auto Workers and GM reach tentative contract deal
October 16, 2019If the local leaders agree, the union’s 48,000 GM members, whom the firm forced to strike precisely a month before, would vote on the pact over the following two weeks.
Read moreTrumka predicts election wins, replacing broken Trump promises
June 14, 2018“Let’s fight for those who fight for us, since the corporate right-wing is going all out for our blood,” Trumka declared.
Read moreRetiring UAW President Williams: Union stronger than four years ago
June 12, 2018With growing membership, a budget back in the black and a strike fund that is rising by the year, the Auto Workers are much stronger than they were four years ago.
Read moreUAW on organizing roll among college teachers and researchers
April 25, 2018The Harvard vote April 19 was 1,931 to 1,523 in favor of the union. It was a bigger margin with a much larger turnout, in a rerun election the National Labor Relations Board had ordered after...
Read moreThe UAW 212 CIO Flying Squad comes back to life one afternoon
May 11, 2017“Ten bucks for the cap,” the young lad answered. With nary a shake or a nod I gave him the ten-spot and scurried away from his booth. That feller had no idea what he just sold.
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