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Spring 2023 Solidarity Magazine is online!

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

Support from Brazil for Striking John Deere Workers

Hear from Carlos Albino from Catalão, Goiàs Brazil show solidarity for UAW-John Deere workers on strike.

UAW Calls on Congress to Pass Infrastructure and Build Back Better with Kildee/Stabenow Provision

"It’s Time to Focus on Jobs and Our Future, Not Discord ….. Act Now ! “

Detroit - The United Auto Workers today announced a broad campaign to have Congress move forward on passing the Build Back Better and bi-partisan Infrastructure bills and Kildee/Stabenow Provision to protect good paying American jobs.

UAW REGION 1A ELECTED DELEGATES PICK LAURA DICKERSON AS REGIONAL DIRECTOR

History Made As First African American Women Elected UAW Regional Director

DETROIT – Standing before elected delegates from Region 1A local unions, Laura Dickerson made history Friday when she was elected UAW Region 1A Regional Director, the first African American woman to serve as head of a UAW Region.

Gina Downs

It is with great sadness to inform you that Gina Downs passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2021 after a long bout with cancer. Gina was a great advocate and supporter for the Veterans. She served on the Veterans Committee at the Rawsonville Plant U.A.W. Local 898, then transferred to Livonia Transmission Plant U.A.W. Local 182. She will be greatly missed and we send our condolences to Dan, her family and all who loved her.

 Funeral arrangements are as follows:

Stark Funeral Home

101 South Washington Street

Ypsilanti, MI

 

Statement by UAW President Ray Curry on the Death of Former U.S. Senator Carl Levin

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“For 36 years, UAW members didn’t have just a Senator, they had a friend in Carl Levin. He was a strong, caring, deeply committed individual who never forgot the working families of Michigan and this country.

Carl Levin stood for honor and dignity and fairness for all Americans. As Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he steered our nation through the turbulent period after the terror attacks of 9-11 with quiet dignity and a resolve to modernize our military.

The Spring 2021 Edition of Solidarity Magazine is now online!

UAW International Executive Board Elects Ray Curry to Serve as President of the UAW International Union

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Focus on Building, Growing and Strengthening Membership

Detroit - With a focus on building, growing, and strengthening membership, the UAW International Executive Board (IEB), on Monday June 28, unanimously elected Secretary-Treasurer Ray Curry to serve as UAW President upon the retirement of Rory L. Gamble for the remainder of the current term, which ends in June 2022 at the 38th Constitutional Convention.

Chuck Browning Elected by IEB to UAW Vice President

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With the vacancy created by the retirement of UAW Vice President and Director of the Ford Department Gerald Kariem, the UAW International Executive Board has unanimously elected UAW Region 1A Director Chuck Browning, 57, to fill the remainder of Kariem’s term, which ends in June 2022. Browning will officially assume his new role on July 1, 2021.