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UAW members are leading the fight for economic and social justice in the workplace and beyond. The UAW represents workers in virtually every economic sector.
Joined August 2008
“We need new elected leaders who are not afraid to pick a side — politicians who will put workers over corporate donors every single time. That’s why our union is proud to support @ZohranKMamdani and a ranked slate of pro-worker champions for Mayor.” – @ShawnFainUAW .Our NYC UAW
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.@realDonaldTrump is a scab and a billionaire and that's who he represents. We know which side we're on. Not his.
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I challenge you, @realDonaldTrump, to work one full 12-hour day in an auto assembly plant. I want to see you "assemble parts out of a box" for 12 hours.
Trump belittles auto workers, saying they just assemble parts “out of a box” and says children could do their jobs: “We could have our child do it”
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🧵UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Attempting to Intimidate and Threaten Workers.
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"Donald Trump is a billionaire who’s never worked a real job in his life. He doesn’t know the first thing about hard work, and he wouldn’t last a day in an auto plant. He isn’t fit to be an autoworker, and he certainly isn’t fit to be the President. Trump doesn’t understand us,.
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If we want the war in Gaza to end, we can’t put our heads in the sand or ignore the voices of the Palestinian Americans in the Democratic Party. If we want peace, if we want real democracy, and if we want to win this election, the Democratic Party must allow a Palestinian.
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"After 28 years on the line, I have no knees. They are absolutely destroyed. I need a hip replacement. I can barely walk, let alone every think about playing golf. @realDonaldTrump, come and try it."
Trump belittles auto workers, saying they just assemble parts “out of a box” and says children could do their jobs: “We could have our child do it”
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Donald Trump just insulted every American autoworker, saying that "a child could do it.". UAW autoworkers: Do you think Donald Trump could do your job? . Let us know by Thurs. 10/17 at 9 PM EST and you could be featured in a special video release:
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🧵IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH.
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Get real, @realDonaldTrump. You have no idea what it's like to do manual labor or a hard day's work.
Trump belittles auto workers, saying they just assemble parts “out of a box” and says children could do their jobs: “We could have our child do it”
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Tim Walz doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the walk. From delivering for working-class Americans to standing with the UAW on our picket line last year, we know which side he’s on. That’s why we’re going to send.@KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz to the White House this November.
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UAW Statement on President Biden's Candidacy. Today, the United Auto Workers thanks President Joe Biden for his incredible term of service, and the leadership he has shown in putting country before self, once again, in passing the torch to a new generation. Joe Biden made.
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.@POTUS meets with striking UAW members. This is the first time a sitting US President has visited a picket line in modern history. #StandUpUAW
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Under federal law, workers cannot be fired for going on strike, and threatening to do so is illegal under the National Labor Relations Act.
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The UAW has filed federal labor charges against disgraced billionaires Donald Trump and Elon Musk for their illegal attempts to threaten and intimidate workers who stand up for themselves by engaging in protected concerted activity, such as strikes.
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“When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump stands against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean,” said UAW President Shawn Fain.
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“Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, who is contributing $45 million a month to a Super PAC to get him elected. Both Trump and Musk want working-class people to sit down and shut up,.
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“I mean, I look at what you do,” Trump told Musk. “You walk in, you say, You want to quit? They go on strike, I won’t mention the name of the company, but they go on strike and you say, That’s OK, you’re all gone. You’re all gone. So, every one of you is gone.”.
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After significant technical delays on X, formerly known as Twitter, Trump and Musk had a rambling, disorganized conversation on Monday evening in front of over one million listeners in which they advocated for the illegal firing of striking workers.
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We can put a billionaire back in office who stands against everything our union stands for, or we can elect @KamalaHarris who will stand shoulder to shoulder with us in our war on corporate greed.
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🧵On Wednesday, July 31, the UAW International Executive Board voted to endorse @KamalaHarris for President of the United States.
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This man made $21 MILLION DOLLARS last year.
"There's no way we can be sustainable as a company," says @Ford CEO Jim Farley if they paid what the UAW is demanding . $F @Lebeaucarnews @UAW
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The UAW has filed federal labor charges against disgraced billionaires Donald Trump and Elon Musk for their illegal attempts to threaten and intimidate workers who stand up for themselves by engaging in protected concerted activity, such as strikes.
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BREAKING: The 8,700 UAW members at Ford’s iconic and extremely profitable Kentucky Truck Plant have joined the Stand Up Strike after Ford refuses to make further movement in bargaining. Workers are walking off the job right now. STAND UP!.
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Trump has no idea what he's doing. He does not support autoworkers. He wants to divide autoworkers, as well as this country. He couldn't survive. a day in our facility. @realDonaldTrump is a scab.
Trump belittles auto workers, saying they just assemble parts “out of a box” and says children could do their jobs: “We could have our child do it”
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Incredible. Right up to our contract deadline, Stellantis just can't help themselves, announcing they're executing ANOTHER $500 million on stock buybacks. If they've got money for Wall Street, they sure as hell have money for the workers who make this industry run. #StandUpUAW.
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"The threat we face at the border isn't from the migrants. It's from the billionaires and politicians getting working people to point the finger at one another when, in reality, we're all on the same side of the war." @ShawnFainUAW #StandUpUAW #Solidarity
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There is only one answer to the threat we face as a nation. The answer is solidarity. #StandUpUAW
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Rosie—a UAW member’s daughter—celebrates Halloween and women’s rights in her Rosie the Riveter look. #StandUpUAW #Halloween
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We invite unions around the country to align your contract expirations with our own so that together we can begin to flex our collective muscles.
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"People like @realDonaldTrump and @elonmusk sneer at labor law. they don't care about labor law because they don't care about working-class people. They believe in buying off the system, buying off politicians and being able to have their way with people.". — @ShawnFainUAW
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The UAW stands in solidarity with the tens of thousands of Israeli workers who withheld their labor today in support of an immediate hostage deal. It is long past time for an end to this war, and on this US Labor Day, we stand with workers in Israel who withheld their labor.
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"Destitute people trying to cross the border to find a better life are not our enemy. They are not taking your jobs. When I see these people, I see my grandparents. Our job as leaders is to eradicate poverty everywhere, that is our challenge.”.
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These hands build the cars. These hands make the profit. These hands will determine what happens next. #StandUpUAW
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Since December, the UAW has been calling for a ceasefire in Israel & Palestine, and for an end to the war on Gaza. This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to come to Congress to ask our government to keep supporting this war. We reject this insult to all those
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"Ohioans deserve a Senator who will fight to keep good-paying jobs in Ohio and who will stand with them when they take on corporate greed in their fight for justice on and off the job. That senator is @SherrodBrown." . — @ShawnFainUAW
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"We don't stop our fight for justice at the workplace. We don't stop our fight for justice because it's not the right time. When and where there's a war, whether it's in Vietnam or Gaza, we call for peace.".— #UAW President Shawn Fain.#StandUpUAW
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"It's an old trick the billionaires play. Time and time again the wealthy divide the masses over single issues, and the rich walk away with all the loot." — #UAW President Shawn Fain .#StandUpUAW #Solidarity
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"There's no way we can be sustainable as a company," says @Ford CEO Jim Farley if they paid what the UAW is demanding . $F @Lebeaucarnews @UAW
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🧵UAW members at Cornell University have secured a historic tentative agreement, which includes record wage increases of up to 25.4%, a cost-of-living adjustment, and the elimination of the two-tier wage system.
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UAW PRESIDENT SHAWN FAIN STATEMENT ON FORD’S ANNOUNCEMENT TO PAUSE CONSTRUCTION ON MARSHALL EV BATTERY PLANT:. “This is a shameful, barely-veiled threat by Ford to cut jobs. Closing 65 plants over the last 20 years wasn’t enough for the Big Three, now they want to threaten us.
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"Trump claims to be attacking us in the name of protecting American autoworkers. So, tell us why, when Lordstown closed in 2019, when Trump was President, and our members were on strike for 40 days, he said nothing and did nothing.”. — @ShawnFainUAW.
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"He's one of us. He's a teacher. He knows what it's like to scrape to get by paycheck to paycheck. There's nobody better that @KamalaHarris could have picked as a running mate than @Tim_Walz." . — @ShawnFainUAW
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During the eight and a half minutes @GM CEO Mary Barra appeared on CNN this morning, she "earned" more money than any autoworker makes in a full work day. And that's how the Big Three wants to keep it. #StandUpUAW.
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"I saw our friend @ShawnFainUAW had a name for (Trump). He called him a scab. That's not name calling - its an observation and fact, just to be clear.". - @Tim_Walz.
Walz: He spent a decade stiffing service workers, from dishwashers, waiters and carpenters on his own properties to enrich himself. As president, he cut overtime benefits for millions of workers. And he opposed any effort to raise the minimum wage. That's all you need to know
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Striking to fight for a better life is a sacred right. We will NOT tolerate violence against our picket lines from the companies or the scabs they hire. Period. #StandUpUAW
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ICMYI: Shawn Fain and the UAW are driving Trump insane. he mentions them in almost every speech
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1/ 🚨SCAB ALERT: JD Vance just crossed the picket line in America’s longest-running strike. Our strikers have bravely held their picket lines against the Post-Gazette for over two years as management has relentlessly violated federal labor law.
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UAW Statement on JD Vance Refusing to Commit to Investments in Michigan Auto Plants. Donald Trump was the job-killer-in-chief while in the White House. His failed United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement—or Trump’s NAFTA as we prefer to call it—has led to the mass exodus of.
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UAW Statement on Reports of Layoffs of Non-Striking Workers. UAW President Shawn Fain released the following statement following reports of planned layoffs of non-striking workers at GM and Ford. #StandUpUAW
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🧵Statement from UAW President Shawn Fain on 2024 Presidential Election:."UAW members around the country clocked in today under the same threat they faced yesterday: unchecked corporate greed destroying our lives, our families, and our communities. It’s the threat of companies.
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“Our members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn a decent living, retire with dignity and establish fair work rules. We stay committed to bargaining until our members’ goals are achieved.” - UAW Vice President Chuck Browning
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"WE ARE THE UNION! MIGHTY MIGHTY UNION! ALL THE WORKERS UNION! ASS-KICKING UNION!" . #StandUpUAW #SolidaritySeason #Local900
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"In 2019, when @realDonaldTrump WAS the President of the United States, where was he then? Our workers at GM were on strike for two months out there on the picket lines. I didn't see him hold a rally, I didn't see him stand up at the picket line, and I sure as hell didn't hear.
Fain: I find the pathetic irony that the former president is going to have a rally for union members at a non-union business. His track record speaks for itself. In 2008 during the great recession, he blamed UAW members.
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It's time. From Toyota to Tesla, from California to South Carolina, America's autoworkers are ready to Stand Up and win their fair share of the auto industry's record profits. Join us.
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Cori Bush has always been there for working class people. And the UAW has her back. Missouri, vote Cori Bush for Congress on Tuesday, August 6th!.
Thank you, Congresswomen Cori Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for standing with members of #UAW Local 2250 in the fight for economic justice! #StandUpUAW.@repcori @repaoc
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Mary Barra did not show up to bargaining this week.
New strong statement from $GM CEO Mary Barra, echoing some remarks of here crosstown rival Farley: “We need the UAW leadership at the bargaining table with the clear intent of reaching an agreement now. For them to do otherwise is putting our collective future at stake.”
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We stood up for General Motors when they needed us most. Now we need GM to stand with us and invest in the healthcare we deserve. Working in the plant takes a toll on our bodies, so quality healthcare and affordable prescriptions are an investment in us! #Solidarity #StandWithUs
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"It's not a CEO that's gonna save us. it's not a president that's gonna save us. It's not me, it's not you. It's us. It's a united working class!" — UAW President Shawn Fain .#StandUpUAW
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"The ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in this plant is 365 to 1, and they're telling workers to keep making these concessions?"— @SenSherrodBrown #StandUpUAW
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The UAW stands in solidarity with the 45,000 courageous port workers fighting for economic justice. Without their labor, nothing in this country moves.
BREAKING: 45,000 port workers from Maine to Texas are on strike for the first time since 1977. The members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked off the job after their contract expired. They're pushing for higher wages and to prevent job-killing automation.
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BREAKING: Culinary Union announces 95% have voted yes to authorize a Citywide Strike. Negotiations continue with @MGMResortsIntl), @CaesarsEnt, & @WynnLasVegas next week. Culinary Union is now authorized to call for a strike any day. #OneJobShouldBeEnough
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On Strike at the Big Three. Stand Up Strike. Support the strikers. Grab a support graphic for your timeline. #StandUpUAW #OnStrike #StandUpStrike
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"The only path forward to peace and social justice is a ceasefire.” — #UAW President Shawn Fain today in D.C. #StandUpUAW #1u
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In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers. The firing comes one day before contract negotiations were set to open with the.
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It's an old trick the billionaires play. Time and time again the wealthy try to distract and divide the masses—by race, gender, and nationality—so that they can walk away with all the loot. Knock out discrimination. Labor can do it! .#StandUpUAW
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Today UAW leaders and rank-and-file members, along with the National Labor Network for Ceasefire, joined the mass mobilization in Washington, DC to oppose Netanyahu’s visit, and to call for an end to all US military aid to this war. #StandUpUAW
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BREAKING: 6,800 Local 1700 autoworkers join the UAW's Stand Up Strike at Stellantis's largest plant, Sterling Heights Assembly! . #StandUpUAW
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🧵The Stand Up Strike will go down in history as an inflection point for our union, and for our movement.
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BREAKING: 4,000 UAW members at Mack Trucks have voted to REJECT a tentative agreement, and will STRIKE at 7 am on Monday. "I'm inspired to see UAW members at Mack holding out for a better deal, and ready to stand up and walk off the job to win it," said UAW President Shawn Fain.
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"What Barra really means is this: Her compensation as CEO is tied to General Motors’ profit margins. This means that Barra’s exorbitant salary is also a function of how low she can keep autoworkers’ wages. Barra’s salary has increased 34 percent over the last four years, while in.
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"United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain will speak Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.".
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BREAKING: 190 workers at ZF in Tuscaloosa, Alabama are now ON STRIKE for a fair contract. These members of UAW Local 2083 (@uawregion8) supply front axels to Mercedes, and have been fighting for a fair contract that ends tiers, raises wages, and provides decent healthcare.
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Local 862 is shutting it down at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant! Workers have now walked off the job and are joining the Stand Up Strike!. #StandUpUAW
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The votes are in, and the results are astounding: 97% of Big Three members voted YES to authorize a strike if the automakers don't give us a fair deal. Get strike ready:
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.@ShawnFainUAW announces the UAW will endorse @JoeBiden for President. "This November we can stand up and elect someone who stands with us and supports our cause, or we can elect someone who will divide us and fight us every step of the way. Thats what this choice is about."
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The Stand Up Strike just hit Ford's biggest plant. Here's how it went down, and why 8,700 members at Kentucky Truck Plant took action. #StandUpUAW
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The members are the highest authority in our union.
It's long past time for the news media to STOP CALLING union leaders "bosses" . Shawn Fain is not a union boss. He's doing what UAW members want. 97% of auto workers voted to authorize a strike. He's been UAW president for six months & won office in a democratic election.
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