Both candidates are reaching out to union leaders and rank-and-file members. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images and Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
by Robert Forrant, UMass Lowell
Democratic...
Volkswagen automobile plant employee Kiara Hughes celebrates the union’s win on April 19, 2024. AP Photo/George Walker IV
by Bob Bussel, University of Oregon
A decisive...
by Paul Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn
The intersection of Fort Street and Oakwood Boulevard in southwest Detroit today functions mostly as a thoroughfare for trucks...
Detroit’s narrative took a historic turn this summer, as President Joe Biden became the first sitting president to stand shoulder to shoulder with workers...
by Marick Masters, Wayne State University
The United Auto Workers has endorsed President Joe Biden’s bid for reelection in 2024. “Joe Biden has earned it,”...
SAG-AFTRA captain Mary M. Flynn rallies fellow striking actors on a picket line outside Netflix studios in November 2023.
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
by Judith Stepan-Norris, University...
Will Tesla’s workers be the next to approve a UAW contract?
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Marick Masters, Wayne State University and Raymond Gibney Jr., Penn State
Having...
UAW President Shawn Fain, supported by a backdrop of UAW negotiators, announced via Facebook Live on Sunday, “I wholeheartedly endorse the tentative agreement we...
by Marick Masters, Wayne State University
The United Auto Workers union isn’t backing down as it bargains for more compensation and better benefits in its...
