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Spring 2023 Solidarity Magazine is online!

The Big 3 Special Issue of Solidarity Magazine is now online!

UAW-Ford Locals Tentative Agreement Voting Results are starting to come in

So far, members of UAW Local 900 (Michigan ISA, Michigan Assembly), UAW Local 898 (Rawsonville), UAW Local 3036(Memphis HVC) , UAW Local 3519 (Washington HVC) and UAW Local 2280 (Van Dyke) have voted in favor of ratifying the Tentative Agreement with Ford.

A message from UAW acting President Rory Gamble

Brothers and Sisters, This will be the first of many messages to you my Brothers and Sisters. I would like to start this message by saying that I am so humbled to be appointed Acting President of this union by the International Executive Board. And I want to stress how proud I am of you, our membership. I am honored to represent some of the hardest working, creative and caring workforces in this nation.

UAW Mack Truck Workers Ratify Contract

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Strike nets fair pay, benefits and job security protections

DETROIT – UAW Mack Truck members ratified a four-year collective bargaining agreement by over 79% on Sunday.

“Through the new four-year agreement, the UAW looks to further expand its long-term relationship with Mack Trucks. The members at Mack were able to hold the line on health care and add job security provisions and substantial raises during a difficult economic time in the industry,” said UAW Secretary-Treasurer and director of the UAW Heavy Truck Department, Ray Curry.

UAW Aramark Members Ratify Contract

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Detroit  ̶  UAW Aramark members ratified the 2019 Collective Bargaining Agreement this evening.

With ratification of the contract, the UAW members will begin to report to work as instructed by Aramark. Aramark workers had suspended their strike pending ratification.

The Aramark ratified contract includes significant gains in job security, wages, and health care benefits.

SJR -Bernard Schoenburg: Retired UAW national organizing director taking on LaHood in 18th

MARK HAASIS, 66, a Springfield native now of Peoria and a retired national organizing director for the United Auto Workers, is circulating petitions to run as a Democrat for the U.S. House in the 18th Congressional District.

The incumbent in the district, U.S. Rep. DARIN LaHOOD, R-Peoria, first won the seat in a 2015 special election, and will be seeking his third full two-year term in the 2020 election.

UAW reached tentative agreement with General Dynamics

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DETROIT – UAW members at General Dynamics Corporation have announced that they have reached tentative agreement today. “The bargaining committees at General Dynamics have worked hard to reach a fair agreement for our members that protects job security, wages and benefits,” said UAW Secretary-Treasurer Ray Curry, director of the UAW General Dynamics Department.

UAW Mack Truck Members Strike - Update

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UAW Mack Truck workers sacrifice for fair pay, benefits and job security protections Detroit – Approaching a week, UAW Mack Truck workers continue to strike for fair pay, benefits and job security protections.

UAW GM National Council Votes to Send Tentative Agreement to Members for Ratification

UAW GM NATIONAL COUNCIL VOTES TO SEND TENTATIVE AGREEMENT TO MEMBERS FOR RATIFICATION UAW Members to Stay on Strike until Ratification Local General Motors UAW leaders from around the country today announced that the UAW GM National Council voted to accept the Tentative Agreement with General Motors. UAW workers will remain on strike until ratification.