Shawn Fain
@ShawnFainUAW
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15th President of the @UAW . Kokomo, Indiana born and raised. Economic justice now. Solidarity forever.
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The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out against injustice.
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I am proud that the UAW International Union is calling for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the CONTRA war, the
@UAW
has consistently stood for justice across the globe..
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We just won a just transition at General Motors.
Facing the threat of a strike at its most profitable plant, GM has agreed to put battery production under the master UAW contract.
This is what winning looks like.
#StandUpUAW
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Our union has been calling for a ceasefire for six months. This war is wrong, and this response against students and academic workers, many of them UAW members, is wrong.
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We call on the powers that be to release the students and employees who have been arrested, and if you can’t take the outcry, stop supporting this war.
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Wishing a Merry Christmas to all and looking forward to a New Year filled with more victories for organized labor as we continue to Stand Up for economic and social Justice for the working class and poor!!
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This is what happens when the working class uses their power to Stand Up, for their well deserved share of the economy that the working class creates and drives.
Workers have the power to move the economy or shut it down!
Jim Cramer has to admit it.
"I think that the UAW was underestimated the whole way... Fain just beat them everywhere. It was very much guerilla action. It was very smart... Fain was a great NFL coach who figured out all the weaknesses of the other team and just blew them away."
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Just another example in a long line of realities when the concentration of wealth is in the hands of the few, it only works for the few at the expense of everyone else.
One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California.
In 1994, the Resnicks secretly seized control of California’s public water supply.
Now they’ve built a business empire by selling it back to the rest of us.
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You're damn right.
Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done. The working class is going on offense, and winning.
GM and Stellantis up next.
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Unions are the vehicle to Working class solidarity, where workers will be able to take back their lives! When 26 billionaires have as much wealth as HALF OF HUMANITY, we have a crisis! All workers deserve a good living, not having to work 7 days a week,scraping to survive!
WATCH:
@ShawnFainUAW
on why he wants to organize non-union auto plants like Tesla: “The Elon Musks of the world—that's how billionaires get their money. They do it on the backs of the working class people.”
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We’re not gonna wait around forever.
If Ford can’t get that after four weeks on strike, these 8,700 workers shutting down their biggest plant will help them understand it.
#StandUpUAW
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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Proud to cast my vote for President
@JoeBiden
today, the first day of early in-person voting in the state of Michigan!
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The UAW stands in solidarity with the 75,000 members of our union family who are on strike at Kaiser. Whether you work in a hospital, or behind a desk, or on an assembly line, your fight is our fight.
#SolidaritySeason
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⏰ It's time for a deal that recognizes our members' sacrifices and contributions to the auto industry.
If the Big Three won't hear it from me, they'll hear it loud & clear from the 6,800 members of Local 1700 who just joined our Stand Up Strike at Stellantis's biggest plant.
This is what it's all about. We want our fair share. So, let's get to it. Let's stand up and let's win this thing." -
@ShawnFainUAW
#StandUpUAW
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The UAW stands with the
@NewtonTeachers
in Newton, Massachusetts who are Standing Up for a better life for their coworkers, their students, and their families.
It doesn’t matter what the law says: it is ALWAYS right to stand up for what’s right.
Stand Up for public education!
Teacher strikes are illegal in Massachusetts, but Newton teachers were out of options. So they walked out.
They’ve been on strike for a week and the union has been fined $375,000.
Today's fine could be $400,000, and next week that number could be in the millions.
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The IBEW let us use their union hall for our organizing committee. And I love this video with the IBEW flag behind me, as I got my start in the IBEW as an apprentice, 35 years ago!! Union Solidarity!!
Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, TN vote to unionize with the
@UAW
.
Workers at the Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa will hold their own union election next month.
@ShawnFainUAW
says the UAW is “going to carry on this fight to Mercedes.”
#ALPolitics
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Just another example of how the employer class abuses the working class in America, employers willfully violate labor law with little to no repercussions. Time for more stringent laws to protect workers rights!!
#StandUpUAW
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Mad respect for the members of SAG AFTRA for holding the line for their share of economic and social Justice!! Congratulations and always know the UAW Stands Up in Solidarity with our fellow union family!!
As
@FlyingWithSara
says: “Using power builds power.”
By refusing a bad offer and going on strike, by holding together in solidarity for 118 days, SAG-AFTRA has used their enormous power to build even more.
Now everyone knows what it means to be
#SAGAFTRAStrong
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Here’s to hoping talks at Stellantis today are more productive than Ford yesterday.
#StandUpUAW
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@AmusingElon
Thanks, I never thought of that, poor employers. A quarter of a trillion dollars in profits over the last decade as workers wages went backwards! Time to Stand Up!
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Another Mountain moved by exercising the power of the membership!!! It’s the honor of a lifetime to represent our union and Stand Up with our membership for the working class, for our communities and a secure future!!!
#UAWStandUp
NEW: For the first time ever, U.S. auto workers have gotten a shuttered factory reopened.
Workers at the massive Belvidere Jeep plant were laid off or told to relocate in March.
Now the plant is not only reopening —
@UAW
won three times as many jobs and a $30/hour wage floor.
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The UAW Stands in Solidarity with
@pdxteachers
. It’s long overdue to Stand Up and stop the continued attack on public education and the amazing teachers who dedicate their lives to future generations!
Portland teachers on day 9 strike for clean, safe buildings, smaller class sizes, wages that allow educators to live in Portland, and mental health staff for students. I’m a product of Oregon public schools - this strike is personal! ✊ Go
@pdxteachers
#GreatPublicSchoolsforAll
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The
@UAW
Stands in Solidarity with our Portland Teacher family!! It’s time the working class stands up against the continued attack on our public education system and the amazing teachers who are the driving force behind behind the education of future generations!!
#StandUp
🪧 ✊ STRIKE ALERT: Day 10 for
@pdxteachers
. Join
@flyingwithsara
and
@ShawnFainUAW
in supporting their strike for safe, clean schools, smaller class sizes, the ability to make enough to live where they work, and mental health resources for students.
@UAW
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Battery plants, too. 😉
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@DaBuisneZ
Not sure where you’ve been living, that’s been going on as our members conditions and wages have went backwards over the last 20 years. It comes down to two words, “corporate greed”, time for the working class to Stand Up.
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This contract was a major victory for working families across this country, and if Ford is upset about that, that tells you a lot about the leadership of this company.
New: UAW President Shawn Fain slams Ford CEO's comments on 'manufacturing footprint'
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The fight for economic and social justice starts with working class people demanding more.
UAW family at Mack, we got your back.
Yesterday, 73% of UAW members at Mack Trucks voted to REJECT the company's latest offer.
This morning, 4,000 of them walked out ON STRIKE.
It's time to make things right at Mack.
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Perfect response!!!
A reporter just asked me, “How do we tackle inequality?” Repeal Taft-Hartley and make everyone eligible to join (and while we’re at it - make management interference a crime). Then let us do our thing.
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I had a great time today meeting with Volkswagen workers as they journey on the path to victory of winning justice on the job! Workers in America are fed up with being left behind and unions are the path to dignity on and off the job! Stand Up UAW VW!!!!
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The courageous workers at Mercedes are up next to win their fair share of the massive profits they create!!
WE GOT NEXT!!!
We Got Next! VW workers just won their union. Mercedes workers in Alabama vote for their union May 13-17!
#StandUpUAW
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Solidarity with our union family at Kaiser!!
There's no power like the power of the strike, and workers standing together for economic and social justice!
🚨 We have reached a TENTATIVE AGREEMENT with Kaiser that includes 21% wage increases for healthcare workers and strong outsourcing protections.
💪 We were able to come to this agreement because of our united strength and our willingness to fight for the safety of our patients.
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Our union is proud to have members like
@claireforqueens
running for office to fight for social and economic justice for working people.
I encourage our members in
@uawregion9a
to canvass for her and for the labor movement to support a labor champion for New York State!
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The deadline is less than 8 hours away, the Negotiator for UAW Daimler Trucks have been working hard for the last month to win a record contract that brings workers the dignity they’ve EARNED! Tic Toc!!
NEW: The
@UAW
is about to flex worker power in the South once again.
7,300 workers at Daimler Truck & Thomas Built are ready to walk out and shut down 7 plants at midnight.
The company made $5.8 billion last year, while workers’ wages aren’t even keeping up with inflation.
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Thank you Kim Kelly
@GrimKim
for your militancy for Humanity!! When workers join together for the common good of all, we can move mountains!!!
My new column for
@TeenVogue
is all about general strikes—and explains why
@ShawnFainUAW
’s plan for May 2028 is such a big deal.
With careful planning, we can turn a pipe dream into an achievable, world-shaking reality—but we gotta start organizing *now*
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Thanks to Dropkick Murphys for your support for the working class!! When we Stand Up United, the working class will win economic and social Justice for all!!
#StandUpUAW
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I stand UNITED with our AFA Family at United!! Working Class Solidarity for our share of the profits our work creates!!
The Working Class is what drives and FLIES the economy!!
The UAW will always stand in Solidarity to support our AFA family!!
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Thank you
@AFTunion
and
@rweingarten
for showing up for autoworkers across the country today!!
We've got your back. Thanks for having ours. That's what solidarity is all about.
In dozens of cities across the country,
@AFTUnion
members in their AFT blue shirts were on the
@UAW
lines to show their support. Here’s a thread of just a few of them.
#StandUpUAW
#SolidaritySeason
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@ToddM3074
we sure as hell haven’t recovered during the greatest decade in the history of these companies! A quarter of a trillion dollars in profit over the last decade while workers wages went backwards.
Time to Stand Up
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Very proud of our members and leadership at Local 933 Allison Transmission, willing to Stand Up, for their fair share of the fruits of their labor! Together we will win!!!
Allison Transmission workers at
#UAW
Local 933 just showed us the power of being willing to go on strike. They've won a historic tentative agreement with life-changing wage increases and more.
Now, they're speaking out on what this agreement would mean for them.
#StandUpUAW
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On April 2nd, I was honored to open bargaining with the leadership and Bargaining committee for the UAW Daimler Truck group. We also held a huge rally where I met hundreds of fired up workers who are ready to a Stand Up for their fair share of the profits their work creates!!
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We all deserve dignity on and off the job. We all deserve a future for our families and our communities. We all deserve our fair share of the economy that we, as working people, create and run. To our union family on strike at Kaiser, the UAW has your back.
#SolidaritySeason
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Maybe Ford doesn’t need to move factories to find the cheapest labor on earth, maybe it needs to recommit to American workers and find a CEO who’s interested in the future of this country’s auto industry.
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Excited to see John Morse Stand Up and run for Congress. Working class people need congressional leaders like John with a labor background who understand and identify with our issues! Find out more and Donate at
This morning, at
@BWI_Airport
observation park
@Morse4Maryland
announced he’s running Congress in MD-3. He’s the only labor candidate and we’re ready to take his advocacy to the center of policy and lawmaking. I’ve rarely met anyone as dedicated to working people.
#RunJohnRun
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We’re moving forward raising the standards across the industry from the Big Three to the non-union companies. We encourage Ford to stay focused on building the best auto industry in the world, and not on an endless race to the bottom.
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I’m Proud that UAW Region 8 has endorsed John Morse for Congress, running in Maryland’s 3rd District! I’m confident John will be a great representative who will always Stand Up for the working class. I encourage you to Stand Up and support John Morse in the upcoming election!
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@ToddM3074
Not sure where you got your numbers but your off on every account.
The workers did share ALL of the losses, we sacrificed damn near everything to keep these mismanaged companies afloat during the Great Recession!!
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@FlyingWithSara
@CWAUnion
@DeltaAFA
@MachinistsUnion
@Teamsters
@afa_cwa
@AFLCIOGeorgia
The UAW stands in solidarity with brother Cummings, the CWA, AFA, and the workers at Delta who deserve better, organize with AFA under the great leadership of President Sara Nelson and recognize the benefits of union membership!! No better way to fly than with AFA!!
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@StevenM01185696
@UAW
Consumer price gouging and corporate greed are responsible for that, not workers getting their fair share for the fruits of their labor.
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