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The United Auto Workers (UAW), fully named International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and southern Ontario, Canada.
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The 1945—1946 strike established a strategy, forged by then-UAW president Walter Reuther, to target efforts on a single company. Since the 1950s, UAW has faced declining union membership and a growing service sector, reducing the economic impact that a strike could have. [15] In 2019, UAW autoworkers went on strike against
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, left, answers questions after talking with Michigan workers from two Webasto parts plants at UAW Local 174 in Livonia on July 29.
About 18,300 workers are involved in the strike, which is 12.5% of the UAW's 146,000 force. The number of strikers may grow, the union warned, if significant progress isn’t made in negotiations ...
In 1997 the plant was closed by an 84-day UAW strike, the longest strike against GM since 1972. [3] The plant closed in September 2009 and ownership was transferred to the RACER Trust, an organization marking surplus GM properties, as part of the General Motors bankruptcy settlement. [4] In late 2011, demolition of the plant began.
In 1981, Ronald Reagan set back the cause of labor for a generation. Biden has the chance to reverse that.
The strike was observed by some 4,000 workers, lasted 2.5 days and prevented the production of 3,000 cars. In the subsequent Local 3 election, DRUM ran as an alternative slate. Although it did not win, the new organization drew notice for its militancy and willingness to challenge the UAW hierarchy.