UAW

People rally and march during the “ICE Out” general strike and day of protest on Jan. 23, 2026, in Minneapolis
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Referendum to authorize a General Strike: UAW Local 12

April 19, 2026 fwstaff
  Whereas the UAW was supported by 75% of the American Public during the 2023 Stand Up Strike and the UAW needs to keep that support for future contract fights….and…. Whereas millions of Americans have […]
Auto workers battle the Big 3 auto companies across the U.S.
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Capitalist Politics and the Auto Workers’ Strike

October 5, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The rush to Detroit by President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump just two weeks into the United Auto Workers strike exposes deep problems in the political arena of the capitalist […]
Detroit UAW strike solidarity rally, Fri. Sept. 15, 2023
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Detroit UAW March in Solidarity with “Stand Up Strike”

September 17, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff On Fri. September 15, 2023, thousands of UAW members and their supporters marched through downtown Detroit outside the Annual International Auto Show in solidarity with the recently called strike against Stellantis, […]
UAW picket day 1
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The Class Struggle of the Auto Workers

September 16, 2023 fwstaff
By David Sole The author worked for 17 years at the (now closed) GM Fleetwood Plant and later served as president of UAW Local 2334. Every auto worker in the United States for the past […]
UAW President Shawn Fain
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New UAW President Holds Off Endorsing Biden Until Workers Get Decent Pay in EV transition

May 16, 2023 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On May 3, newly elected United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain posted a letter to the union’s 400,000 members that the union will not give its usual endorsement to President Biden, […]