Welcome to UAW Local 74
UAW Local 74 proudly represents the men and women of John Deere Ottumwa Works. Chartered on April 29, 1942, our local has spent more than eight decades protecting fair wages, strong benefits, safe working conditions, job security, and dignity for working people. Sign up for email and text message updates from your union here!
2026 International Officer Election Issue of Solidarity Magazine is Now Online!
UAW's Fellowship Program: An Opportunity to Become a Local Union Discussion Leader (LUDL)
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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
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Tick, Tock: UAW Puts Lorain County Commissioners on Notice in Statement on Six Months Milestone for Job and Family Services Strike
UAW Local 2192 members at Jobs and Family Services will hold a rally next week to announce their next steps in the longest public-sector strike in Ohio's history. -
2026 International Officer Election Issue of Solidarity Magazine is Now Online!
In this issue: International Officer Election Candidates and slates. Get informed and get ready to cast your vote! -
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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 […]
AUTOWORKERS ACROSS THE U.S. ARE JOINING THE UAW. ARE YOU READY TO STAND UP AND WIN YOUR FAIR SHARE?
Volkswagen workers just made history and voted UAW YES! It’s time for autoworkers to win a better life at Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Tesla, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Mazda, Rivian, Lucid, Volvo and beyond.