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Vote to organize Volkswagen plant in Tennessee begins; UAW seeks big win in the South

Russ McNamara April 17, 2024

Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. are deciding whether to join the United Auto Workers union. The start...

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Michigan state Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet has won the influential UAW endorsement in the race to fill Michigan’s toss-up 8th Congressional District seat.
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UAW endorses McDonald Rivet in 8th Congressional District race

Rick Pluta March 18, 2024

State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet has won the influential United Auto Workers endorsement in the Democratic primary to fill Michigan’s...

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President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. Standing at left is Vice President Kamala Harris and seated at right is House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
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President Joe Biden shouts out labor, defends immigration policy during spirited State of the Union

Russ McNamara March 8, 2024

President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union address on Thursday, speaking on wide range of themes, from the economy,...

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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain meets with the media at a Mopar Parts Distribution Center in Center Line, Mich.
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UAW endorsement of Biden comes amid massive organizing campaign

Russ McNamara February 5, 2024

President Joe Biden was in metro Detroit for a campaign stop last week to meet with voters and union leaders....

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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain holds up a sign at a union rally held near a Stellantis factory Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Detroit.
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UAW continues organizing efforts at non-union factories in the South

Russ McNamara January 19, 2024

Amid resistance from politicians and car companies, the United Auto Workers union continues its effort to organize in the South....

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A person holds up a sign that says "Detroit is a union town" on Sept. 15, 2023, in Wayne, Mich.
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Looking back at the automotive labor movement in 2023

Alex McLenon December 27, 2023

One of the major events of 2023 was the United Auto Workers' strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers — Ford,...

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Protestors calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war block traffic on New York Avenue NW in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.
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UAW leader Shawn Fain joins calls for ceasefire in Gaza

Russ McNamara December 15, 2023

With the conflict between Israel and Hamas now in its second month, the calls for a ceasefire are growing louder....

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FILE - United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019.
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UAW targeting 13 non-union automakers in latest organization efforts

Russ McNamara November 29, 2023

Fresh off the contract ratification with Detroit’s Big Three automakers, the United Auto Workers union is taking aim at organizing...

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UAW workers picket Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on Oct. 2, 2023 in Detroit.
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UAW reaches tentative agreement with Blue Cross, potentially ending strike

Jenny Sherman November 29, 2023

After 11 weeks on strike, the United Auto Workers union announced Tuesday it has reached a tentative "verbal agreement" with...

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In this Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, photograph, the company logo shines off the grille of an unsold 2019 F-250 pickup truck at a Ford dealership in Littleton, Colo.
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Ford to resume building Michigan electric vehicle battery plant delayed by strike, but scale it back

Associated Press November 21, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is resuming construction on a Michigan electric vehicle battery plant that the company postponed...

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FILE - United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019.
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Tensions rise during Senate hearing with union leaders as UAW voting continues

Russ McNamara November 15, 2023

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and other labor leaders were invited to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and...

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United Auto Workers members hold picket signs and a flag near a General Motors Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Mich., Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
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Union contracts with Detroit’s Big Three now in hands of UAW members

Alex McLenon November 10, 2023

UPDATE: Union members at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis have voted to ratify the tentative contracts described in this story....

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