08It’s Never Been Easier to Find Union-Made Products We all live on our smartphones these days to check the weather, post to social media, send texts, play games and even order from our favorite restaurants. It is also a way we connect with family, friends …
What is Ammo? Ammo — More than Words — Facts! Your Tool to Discuss the Issues with Co-Workers, Family, Friends Back in the day, before electronic communication changed the world, UAW members normally found out about issues that affect working people by …
One Voice It was clear that the 20 choir students waiting for their visitors to arrive at the front entrance of Inland Lakes School in northern Michigan had no idea what to expect. It was the same for the six students from Detroit’s Martin Luther King Jr. …
Any member can pitch an idea to the Local 2209 Conservation and Recreation Committee, but they should be prepared to see their idea through. Respecting our Planet and Having a Little Fun Along the Way On a Saturday in June, members of Local 2209 in Fort …
What is Ammo? Ammo — More than Words — Facts! Your Tool to Discuss the Issues with Co-Workers, Family, Friends Back in the day, before electronic communication changed the world, UAW members normally found out about issues that affect working people by …
As demand for his Model T skyrocketed, Henry Ford embarked on an ambitious project to build the world’s largest industrial complex. The Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, housed everything needed for automobile production in one massive complex – from …
Ammo — More than Words — Facts! Your Tool to Discuss the Issues with Co-Workers, Family, Friends Back in the day, before electronic communication changed the world, UAW members normally found out about issues that affect working people by word of mouth in …
Today is Father’s Day in the U.S., a special day we reserve to honor our fathers and all they do for their families and for society. Father’s Day is celebrated at different times around the world and didn’t become a national holiday here until 1972. It …
It is Critical to Maintain Them in Difficult Times The UAW’s core values affect everything we are and do: how we bargain, how we endorse candidates, how we conduct ourselves and how we treat each other. These values come from our history and are written in …
Every June 14, Americans celebrate Flag Day, a day set aside to commemorate the adoption of the American flag by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, the year after the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The flag has …
It’s said that life’s no picnic, but on June 18 International Picnic Day it is! Lay out a blanket on a warm day this weekend in the park, fire up the grill or pack your picnic basket with quality, union-made drinks and eats. Now there’s an easy way to make …
Pitch a tent, kick back and relax with new limited-time pricing for camp sites in Black Lake’s finest, untouched wilderness with a limited time offer. Camp sites now available for $28 per day Pets allowed for a fee of $5 per day Open May 6 through late …
By 1941, Ford remained the last major auto company that refused to recognize unions. When eight Ford workers were fired at the Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan, most of the 85,000 workers walked out on strike. Henry Ford agreed to recognize the UAW …
Recently, the Trump administration notified Congress that it plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement — better known as NAFTA — with powerful corporations and some in the president’s administration saying it simply needs to be “ …
Jeremiah Lane, Parking Enforcement Officer in Lansing, MI Since 2015, Jeremiah Lane has been a parking enforcement officer in Lansing, Michigan. He’s also a UAW member who, like workers everywhere, needs protection in the workplace. “You get used to the …
On June 7, 1968, 187 women sewing machinists in the Ford Dagenham plant in England took a stand for equal pay in a strike that stopped production for three weeks. Their battle for respect and fair pay helped bring about the Equal Pay Act of 1970 in the …
21 years before Walter Reuther unveiled his education center for UAW members in Black Lake, Michigan, Pat Greathouse delivered on his vision in 1949 for uniting UAW members in the Illinois and Iowa area with the Ottawa Union Center. Not only did the center …
Navigate to “Auto Bargaining Resources” in the UAW App menu and find the contract you’re looking for. When UAW President Dennis Williams took over as president at the 2014 convention, he made it clear that one of the things he wanted his administration to …
Our UAW members perform some of the most fascinating jobs, but sometimes it surprises us to learn that our members do that!? At the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan, members from UAW Region 1D, Local 2256 are zookeepers working with some of the world’s …
(Jackson, Mississippi) – Citing his commitment to worker safety and labor rights, the Mississippi UAW CAP Council has endorsed Chokwe A. Lumumba for mayor of Jackson. “The citizens of Jackson have an opportunity to elect a mayor in Chokwe A. Lumumba who …
