Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to ratify their first union contract Thursday, securing pay bumps, job protections and a rare win for the United Auto Workers union in the South.

After working to organize in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for more than a decade, the United Auto Workers may finally have its first labor contract. On Thursday, the international union announced that it ...

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is celebrating the union’s new collective-bargaining agreement at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., as he tries to build momentum to organize foreign ...

The United Auto Workers’ (UAW) 2023 “stand-up strike” against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis delivered historic gains for our members. But just as significant is what came next. Before the ...

If the labor movement hopes to survive, it must find ways to organize in the private sector at scale. The UAW’s national push to organize higher ed, and its recent union drives at Volkswagen and ...

UAW’s higher education organizers have developed an organizing model that is so effective and efficient that over the twenty-four-month period of 2022 to 2024 they successfully ran twenty-four ...

Will Lehman, a 38-year-old Mack Trucks worker in Macungie, Pennsylvania, today announced his candidacy for president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) in the 2026 elections. In his campaign ...

Three unions representing about 40,000 UC academic and research employees began an unfair labor practice strike authorization vote Thursday. The voting period for the three unions – United Auto ...

Shawn Fain is prioritizing organizing at foreign automakers in the South, aiming to add 25,000 members as a cornerstone of the union’s long-term strategy. Fain’s push for pensions and expanded health ...

Eligible Ford UAW workers will receive profit-sharing checks of up to $6,780 for 2025, a decrease from the previous year. The lower payout is attributed to factors including tariffs and a fire at a ...