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✊Workers in GM's plant in San Luis Potosí will vote on joining SINTTIA, a new union free of government and management influence. Alejandro Silva, Sec. of Organizing: “We have some of the highest pay rates in the area...even with that, we have people below the poverty line." ow.ly/pO1q50WghYu

Congratulations to Sean Ryan on a big victory in last night's Buffalo Democratic mayoral primary and thank you to the many dedicated members and staff of UAW Region 9 who worked tirelessly to help elect a pro-labor candidate who will fight for the working class of Buffalo.

"With just days to go before contracts covering almost 2,500 attorneys, legal advocates and support staff expire, the threat of a strike that would shut down significant segments of New York City’s legal system is fast approaching." @uawregion9a.bsky.social thechiefleader.com/detail.html?...

📢 More than 91,000 Ohio jobs are on the line. Ohio labor leaders spoke out against the Big Ugly Bill and what it means for #cleanenergy and manufacturing jobs. 🎥 Watch here: https://loom.ly/PrtDOKE @uaw.org, @ibewinternational.bsky.social, @oftunion.bsky.social, @poweracleanfuture.bsky.social

Labor rights and civil rights are inextricably intertwined. Register for the UAW Civil and Human Rights Conference at the UAW Education Center in Onaway, MI. Talk with your local union leadership and request to attend. Registration is open until August 1st.

In a huge win for workers, our unions, and our communities, a federal court in California has issued a preliminary injunction to halt a Trump executive order aimed at stripping nearly a million federal employees of their union contracts and their rights. 1/3 www.reuters.com/business/wor...

The working class is done with business as usual. Congratulations to the working class of NYC for electing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as the Democratic nominee for the NYC mayoral election and showing the world that when we unite and stand up, no one can stand in our way!

🧵 UAW Statement on New York Mayoral Primary Race @shawnfainuaw.bsky.social: "The working class is done with business as usual. We were proud to be the first union to endorse Zohran because it’s time for a political movement that puts the working class first.

Join UAW Region 1 and our Local 653 family this Saturday as we rally for a fair contract at Challenge Manufacturing in Pontiac, MI!

Over the weekend, over 200 UAW members from across the country gathered for the first-ever UAW Higher Ed Council meeting to strategize building power sector-wide — through new organizing, fending off Trump’s attacks on international workers, defending research & education funding, and more.

Today, the UAW released a new video narrated by @shawnfainuaw.bsky.social in an enthusiastic endorsement of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. uaw.org/uaw-presiden...

"Even though most of its staff are still employed... in practice, the NLRB has been largely neutered and investigations against malfeasant employers are on hold." @sashaabramsky.bsky.social via @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Today's the day, NYC. UAW members say: Rank Zohran #1. Zohran is fighting for our present and our future: affordability, healthcare, free buses, and free childcare. Find your poll site: vote.nyc/page/find-yo.... #DontRankCuomo #UAWRegion9A

“There are no kings in America. Not Donald Trump. Not Andrew Cuomo.” — @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

"As the U.S. Senate debates Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' the people of Lordstown have a simple message: don’t shut us down again. I am the proud leader for UAW Region 2B, and I hope the U.S. Senators representing our states will hear that message." ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/23/t...

On June 23, 1963, at the conclusion of the Detroit Walk to Freedom civil rights march, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the first iteration of his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech at Cobo Hall. 🔊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHP0...

🧵 On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the Walk to Freedom through Detroit, the largest civil rights demonstration in the U.S. up to that time. UAW President Walter Reuther was one of many who walked arm in arm with King and other civil rights activists during the event.

ICYMI: UAW members celebrate GM's $4 billion investment in U.S. auto plants youtu.be/BsqyM5GK3xk?...

Wisconsin Democratic legislators issue statement to Cummins in support of union amid strike www.yahoo.com/news/wiscons...

Congratulations to workers at the Martin Luther King Community Center in Indianapolis - the newest members of UAW Region 2B!

AAPT, in partnership with @aacu.org, (AERA), @aaup.bsky.social, (WEPAN), and @uaw.org, has filed a lawsuit challenging DOGE’s unlawful mass terminations of grants at NSF, and the consequent harms to AAPT, many of our members, and America’s scientific research enterprise. ow.ly/mbjA50WegLi

On June 20, 1941, @uaw.org signed one of the most important contracts in American union history—the first contract at the Ford Motor Company. After FDR signed the National Labor Relations Act in 1935, workers across the economy began to organize unions and win contracts. 🧵

Congratulations to the workers of Avancez Assembly in Hazel Park, MI on voting union yes! Welcome to our UAW Region 1 family!

"International postdocs comprise over three quarters of our workforce, and many of us are being forced to seriously consider leaving WCM and the US in general as further career opportunities in science seem increasingly uncertain." @uawregion9a.bsky.social medium.com/@alt_spliced...

ICYMI: UAW Hails Decision of Federal Judge to Restore Terminated NIH Grants uaw.org/uaw-hails-de...

UAW members say: Rock with Kinloch for Detroit Mayor! Rev. Kinloch knows that Detroit’s revival means nothing if it doesn’t benefit everyone. Rev. Kinloch doesn’t just talk about economic justice, he lives it. www.youtube.com/shorts/dp9Jh...

Andrew Cuomo is bought and paid for by the same Super PACs he once called "dangerous."

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant. This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is now here calling for the release of Lander (his fellow mayoral candidate)

“These politically motivated attacks jeopardized medical and scientific progress and threatened the jobs of researchers studying climate change, renewable energy, cancer, viral pandemics, heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s,” said Brandon Mancilla, Director of @uawregion9a.bsky.social

Steelworkers in solidarity with UAW Local 291 strike in Oshkosh, WI, say: "The workers made Cummins what it is today. It’s time for Cummins to show these people the respect they deserve by giving them a fair and honest contract.” ow.ly/9xgT50Waffz #UAWRegion4

New Yorkers: Rank Zohran #1 for Mayor. Zohran fights for the working class, not the billionaire class. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0xL...

"Workers in the US were deeply split in the 1930s, not least by race and ethnicity. To organize greater swaths of the working class, the Congress of Industrial Organizations had to turn division into solidarity." jacobin.com/2024/01/cong...

ICYMI: The UAW International Executive Board has elected Region 1A Director Laura Dickerson to serve as Vice President and Director of the Ford Department, succeeding Vice President Chuck Browning, who will retire at the end of this month. uaw.org/uaw-executiv...