AUTOWORKERS ACROSS THE U.S. ARE JOINING THE UAW. ARE YOU READY TO STAND UP AND WIN YOUR FAIR SHARE?

Volkswagen workers just made history and voted UAW YES! It’s time for autoworkers to win a better life at Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Tesla, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Mazda, Rivian, Lucid, Volvo and beyond.

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02 Aug, 2023

Region 1 visits Ventra Assembly Windsor

On July 20, 2023, Region Director LaShawn English and Assistant Director Ray Pecoraro, visited Ventra Assembly in Windsor...

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02 Aug, 2023

Ventra Assembly Windsor

Ventra Assembly Windsor Ontario showing their Solidarity on Red Shirt Wednesday!!

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22 Apr, 2020

COVID-19 Resource Centre

Canada’s unions are standing with workers and their families during this unprecedented pandemic. It’s time to support one another and join together to...

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01 Aug, 2019

Government inaction on auto industry

July 22, 2019The government is failing Ontario’s auto industry by once again sitting on its hands after the Ford Motor Company announcement of a serie...

Blog | 16 May, 2019

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 cove...

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16 May, 2019

Open letter to workers on the anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike

May 14, 2019...

Blog | 25 Apr, 2019

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...

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

Workers won significant changes to the Labour Relations Act and the Employment Standards Act.We must now make sure workers know their rights under the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act.

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Tell Congress: Support the Tax Credit for Union-Made Electric Vehicles made in the U.S.

The tax credit of an additional $4,500 for union-made electric vehicles made in the U.S. is a win for UAW members, unorganized autoworkers, and the entire labor movement. The provision:

Supports the high standards in wages, benefits, and safety that UAW members have bargained for in the auto industry
Incentivizes nonunion companies to stop spending millions on union busters and to allow their workers to form their unions freely
Encourages U.S. auto manufacturers to bring back jobs they offshored

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28 May

Join UAW Women on Facebook Live for "Talk About it Wednesdays" which is an educational series focused on women's issues.

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UAW Blog

Statement from UAW President Shawn Fain on Attacks on Federal Workers

Mar 28

Yesterday, President Trump signed an order that tramples on the union rights of more than a million federal workers, stripping them of their ability to negotiate over their working conditions. The 1 million members of the UAW stand with federal workers and their union, AFGE, against the attacks from the Trump administration. When I was […]

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In a Victory for Autoworkers, Auto Tariffs Mark the Beginning of the End of NAFTA and the “Free Trade” Disaster

Mar 26

Days after Volkswagen, the #2 automaker in the world, announced making $20.6 billion in profit in 2024, a new UAW survey of VW workers in Chattanooga reveals the devastating financial toll of VW’s substandard U.S. health care offerings.

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Volkswagen Chattanooga Workers Slammed with Crippling Health Care Costs—One in Three Struggles to Afford Auto Giant’s Subpar Insurance

Mar 25

Days after Volkswagen, the #2 automaker in the world, announced making $20.6 billion in profit in 2024, a new UAW survey of VW workers in Chattanooga reveals the devastating financial toll of VW’s substandard U.S. health care offerings.

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“NAFTA Sucks”: In New Video, UAW President Shawn Fain Calls for an End to Broken Trade Deals

Mar 25

In a new video, UAW President Shawn Fain shares his experience as a young electrician in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1992 and how trade policy won his vote in that presidential election.

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UAW Local 291 Members at Cummins Walk Out on Strike in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Mar 19

More than 90 members of UAW Local 291 who proudly make essential components for military and heavy construction equipment at Cummins Inc. in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, walked out on strike after the company failed to offer a fair contract agreement that respects workers and their families.

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