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DETROIT The Auto Workers’ bargaining convention in Detroit last month opened in uncertainty –who would lead it–and ended in setting tough priorities for upcoming talks with the Detroit 3.
In the first-ever elections where members voted directly for the top leadership, UAW reformers on the Members United slate just won every race they entered.
Detroit The Special Bargaining Convention of the United Auto Workers met March 27-29 in Detroit. These conventions are held quadrennially, typically in the same year that the union’s contracts with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) expire. Delegates from every UAW local discuss and vote on an “omnibus” resolution…
Convention delegates overwhelmingly rejected or prevented votes on resolutions calling for cost-of-living increases, opposition to tiers in electric vehicle plants and the rights of academic workers.