UAW Acting President Leads 5th Annual Sleeping Bag Drive to Help Detroit Homeless
UAW Acting President Rory Gamble will lead a community effort to deliver sleeping bags and winter necessities to homeless residents in the Detroit area.On Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, the Bed in a Bag Radiothon will be broadcast live from 8 to 10 a.m. on the Mildred Gaddis rad...
Labor Voices – Opinion: Collective bargaining creates equality
Collective bargaining is the process in which a group of workers comes together and negotiates the terms of their contracts with one voice. Making their demands, together. Making a promise that whatever is offered to one will be rejected unless it is offered to all.Read...
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.
Support Rally for VALEO Highland Park, Tuesday August 13, 2019
Greetings:Workers at the VALEO Highland Park plant will be voting to join the UAW on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, and Wednesday, August 14, 2019. To show our solidarity and strength, I am requesting that all UAW Region 1 local unions send volunteers to support this organiz...
Statement of UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada, Director of the UAW FCA Department, on the Merger of Peugeot and FCA
“There are many challenges in the auto industry today and we hope that this will bring opportunities for growth that will benefit UAW members and our communities,” said UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada, Director of the UAW FCA Department.“We know that FCA North America...
Ford’s Reckless Post-Secondary Education Scheme Will Ensure Only the Rich Can Afford an Education, says OFL
January 17, 2019(TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour condemns the Ford government for rendering post-secondary education less accessible to low-income students and opposes the direct assault on student democracy.
Celebrating friends in our communities on National Friendship Day
National Friendship day encourages people from across the globe to connect with friends. This is the day to make a new friend or connect with an old friend.For UAW members and their families, the community is as much of a friend as any other. And that is reflected by th...
Here is a list of the Ford government health care cuts to date:
April 22, 2019Here is a list of the Ford government health care cuts to date:● Cut OHIP+ so families with sick children will have to seek private coverage first and pay deductibles and co-payments. (June 2018)● Cut planned mental health funding by more than $330 million...
Mounting Health Care Cuts
April 22, 2019Here is a list of the Ford government health care cuts to date:● Cut OHIP+ so families with sick children will have to seek private coverage first and pay deductibles and co-payments. (June 2018)● Cut planned mental health funding by more than $330 million...
The political ground in Ontario is shifting
How is labour going to fight Ford?Posted on April 10, 2019 in Ford, OFL, Ontario, teachers
Three Scary Things In Ontario’s 2019 Budget
Less money for social assistance, education, health and student support
How Union Women celebrate National Sisters Day
The first Sunday in August is National Sisters Day, and your opportunity to show your appreciation for that unique bond only sisters can understand. What better way to celebrate than joining with your fellow union sisters in the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)?On...
Sign the petition to honor Walter Reuther with a commemorative stamp
Walter Reuther can be said to have done more for more American workers than any other leader in the labor movement. He spent his life ensuring American workers have a voice at the table with management, a voice still exercised today by workers in contract negotiations t...
Re: Negotiations Update
Greetings:
Since our Brothers and Sisters at Ford ratified their National Agreement, your National Negotiating Team has intensified our discussions with FCA. While we have had a few outside distractions since then, your negotiators have remained focused on resolving al...
Doug Ford — a premier ‘For the (Rich) People’
For all his blustery talk about understanding “the little guy,” the truth is Doug Ford has lived a privileged life, one that few people other than the rich in Toronto get to enjoy.His father owned Deco Labels and Tags, a successful business that meant the Ford family li...
Register for the 2019 Financial Officers' Conference
The UAW Financial Officers’ Conference will be held Sunday, March 24 through Friday, March 29, 2019, at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando, Florida.
This conference is for local union presidents, financial secretaries/treasurers, trustees and recording secretaries...
UAW members helping youth across the nation
International Youth Day was first coined by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, and now the 12th day of August serves as an annual celebration of the role of young women and men as essential partners in change, and an opportunity to raise awareness of challenge...
Will the “new” NAFTA work for US?
The UAW has one goal: support the U.S. worker in all aspects of their professions. That includes involvement in U.S. trade policy decisions where our overarching focus is creating good paying U.S. jobs — now and in the future.
UAW International Executive Board Appoints Rory Gamble President
DETROIT - The UAW International Executive Board met Thursday and named Acting President Rory Gamble to fill the vacancy of President until the June 2022 Convention.“This is an honor to complete my career and serve the members of this great union in this capacity,” said...
Ontario Federation of Labour announces boycott of Canadian Niagara Hotels
(TORONTO, ON) – The Ontario Federation of Labour, which represents 54 unions and one million workers in Ontario has issued an official boycott declaration of Canadian Niagara Hotels Inc. (CNH), effective immediately.The boycott is in support of the workers at the Rainfo...