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The UAW expanded its scope to include workers in other major industries such as the aerospace and agricultural-implement industries. The UAW disaffiliated from the AFL–CIO on July 1, 1968, after Reuther and AFL–CIO President George Meany could not come to agreement on a wide range of policy issues or reforms to AFL–CIO governance. [33]
The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday endorsed President Joe Biden, a long-awaited announcement that is an important pickup for the president.
U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris clinched the United Auto Workers' endorsement last week, but a tough task still lies ahead: earning the support of its nearly 400,000 members. Democrats ...
The labor union United Auto Workers (UAW) represents approximately 145,000 automobile workers employed at Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis. [14] To achieve its goals, UAW has engaged in strike action; from November 1945 to March 1946, UAW went on strike against General Motors.
Shawn Fain (born October 30, 1968) is an American labor unionist who has served as president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) since March 2023. An electrician by trade, he worked at a Stellantis automotive parts plant in Kokomo, Indiana. He has been a UAW member for 29 years, and is a member of the reform caucus, Unite All Workers for Democracy ...
The GOP under Donald Trump has moved away from automatically backing big business and made modest gains among blue collar workers.
Roy Reuther was born on August 29, 1909, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He was the third of four sons of Valentine and Anna (Stocker) Reuther. His father, Valentine, had been president of the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly, and was a dedicated socialist.
A United Auto Workers strike against the big U.S. automakers would pose tangible and political problems for the president's push for electric vehicles.