UAW Local 31 Benefits YOU!
UAW Local 31 proudly represents over 7000 active and retired workers, producing the award-winning Chevrolet Bolt EV at the General Motors Kansas City Fairfax Assembly Plant. We at Local 31 are dedicated to the UAW’s guiding principles that promote union activism for the purpose of rebuilding the American class by raising living standards for all American workers.
Local 31 recently celebrated it's 80th anniversary. It became a chartered Local of the UAW on March 4, 1942. Sign up for text message and email updates. Get all the latest news!
Upcoming Events
Standing Committees Meeting
2026 Health and Safety Conference
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2026 Standing Committees
UAW's Fellowship Program: An Opportunity to Become a Local Union Discussion Leader (LUDL)
Building Skills, Building Power at Local 2325
New Dates Announced for 2026 UAW Health & Safety Conference
Summer 2026 Issue of Solidarity Magazine is Now Online!
Application Deadline for the 2026 Family Scholarship Program is Fast Approaching
A New Detroit Art Residency to Elevate Labor Artists
We're Fighting For You
UAW Blog
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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 […] -
RECAP: 2026 UAW Family Scholarship Program
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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 […] -
Information on Wildfire and Smoke Air Quality Concerns
Wildland fire smoke presents a major hazard to workers and the public. Right now, parts of the United States and Canada have extremely high levels of ozone and particulate matter in the air due to the ongoing wildland fires.