DETROIT – UAW members are applauding the continued successes of Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC.
The companies are all in the news recently with reports that include higher than expected second-quarter earnings at Ford, a $74 billion payback for taxpayers from GM, Chrysler and Ally Financial (formerly GMAC Inc.), and a re-launched 2011 Ford Explorer with best-in-class fuel economy. Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:33:18 +0000
DETROIT – On Monday, July 12, at 2:30 p.m., UAW President Bob King and the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the founder and president of the Rainbow Push Coalition, and other community, religious and labor allies will announce a new campaign to refocus our national priorities on jobs, justice and peace.
DETROIT – Bob King, elected UAW president by delegates today at the UAW’s 35th Constitutional Convention, will lead members and other UAW officers along with community and labor supporters in a downtown Detroit march Thursday, June 17, at 2:30 p.m.
In a display of union democracy in action, delegates to the 35th UAW Constitutional Convention Wednesday overwhelmingly elected Bob King to succeed Ron Gettelfinger as president of the UAW.
King prevailed by 2,115.095 to 74.549 in a roll call vote against challenger Gary Walkowicz, 61, a Local 600 bargaining committee member at Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn Truck Plant.
Editor's note:The following letter to the editor was sent to various news outlets across the nation:
The recent announcement by upstart automaker Tesla Motors Inc. that it will manufacture an electric vehicle at the former New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.Publ.Date : Tue, 25 May 2010 20:00:02 +0000
UAW asks for comprehensive standard on metalworking fluids
The UAW has asked the federal government to set a comprehensive standard to protect workers against dangerous exposures to metalworking fluids (MWFs), the union announced today.
The petition, filed April 28 with the U.S.Publ.Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 15:48:50 +0000
NEW YORK — After giving officials at New York University a week to voluntarily recognize their union — GSOC/UAW Local 2110 — 1,800 graduate teaching and research assistants at the private university this morning filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) asking for a union representation election.Publ.Date : Wed, 05 May 2010 16:20:57 +0000
The UAW Indiana Community Action Program has unanimously endorsed U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth to succeed Evan Bayh in the U.S. Senate.
Indiana CAP, which is funded through voluntary contributions from UAW active and retired members, selected Ellsworth because he will bring more jobs to the Hoosier state, said UAW Region 3 Director Maurice “Mo” Davison.
