Blog

2024 New Member Issue of Solidarity Magazine Is Now Online!

If you’re a new member of the UAW, the New Member issue of Solidarity magazine will help give you a better understanding of how our organization f

Spring 2023 Solidarity Magazine is online!

The Big 3 Special Issue of Solidarity Magazine is now online!

UAW Reg 1 & 1A Wayne County/Detroit Endorsements

UAW Region 1 Oakland County Endorsements

UAW Region 1 Macomb County Endorsements

CALL TO ACTION - J.G. Kern Rally, Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Support Rally for Workers at American Axle (Punchcraft) Plant, July 26th, 2018

Greetings:

Workers at American Axle (Punchcraft) plant will be voting to join the UAW on Thursday, July 26, 2018.

To show solidarity and strength, we are requesting that all UAW Region 1 local unions send volunteers to support this organizing rally.  UAW Region 1 will be demonstrating on the day of the election at the following times:

 Times:                July 26, 2018:                3-6 p.m.

Location:           American Axle (Punchcraft) Plant, 30500 Ryan Road Warren, MI 48092

Video Contest: Four $5000 cash prizes for videos about the future you want!

Care about jobs and the future of your community? Angry about sweatshops and the exploitation of children? Resolute that looking for the union label is as important today as it was 40 years ago? Think our country does best when we invest in ourselves?

How Do Union's Work?

When a majority of employees that do the same task for the same employer, band together for better working conditions or benefits, they are a union.  A labor or trade union is dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.  They are skilled in all areas of employment.

No matter what you do for a living, there's a union with members who do the same thing. 

Union front: White Shirt Day

Celebrate the Victories of the Past, the Promise of the Future The hours are brutally long; overtime pay doesn’t exist. Workplace safety is unheard of. Limbs are lost, and yet the machines grind on, indifferent to your suffering. Do you want to keep your job and feed your family? Your boss wants his roof repaired and a gift of his favorite liquor, too