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DETROIT – UAW President Bob King issued this statement regarding President Obama’s announcement on his support for marriage equality:

“The UAW applauds President Obama’s remarks on same-sex marriage, and we regard it as a historic and courageous leap toward equality for all Americans.

We oppose all discrimination and believe there is a definite connection between civil, human and workers’ rights. This belief continues to define us today.

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On May 2, 2012, the Union of Adjunct Faculty/UAW Local 1596, joined by students, labor leaders, full-time faculty, Occupy Boston and grass roots organizations, rallied to demand a fair contract for UMass Lowell Adjunct Faculty.

 

Local 2179 members in New York City marched on May 1, known as May Day, to demand a fair contract from their employer, The Strand Bookstore. To read the full CNN article about the march, CLICK HERE!

 

Save our rights, our jobs and our communities There is still time to signing up for the 99% Spring training, gear up to take action and be ready to hit the streets for nonviolent direct actions. Tens of thousands of us have gathered in homes, union halls, places of worship, and on campuses all across the country. The response from every day citizens and grassroots activists from all walks of life to join the 99% Spring movement has been tremendous. Read more >>>

Despite being in the middle of extremely tense negotiations, members of Local 470 took time out from bargaining to contine a four year tradition of sacrificing their locks for childhood cancer research.

 

Members of UAW Local 2110 overwhelmingly approved a new contract on Thursday, avoiding a strike after weeks of negotiations with Columbia administrators. To read this article, CLICK HERE.

 

 West Hartford, Conn. – UAW Local 376 members at Colt Manufacturing have overwhelmingly ratified a new two-year agreement that will give them wage increases and protect them against jobs being subcontracted out.

 

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 Th e UAW is an organization that is unapologetic in our demand for justice. Th at’s why we are joining with a coalition of people that are like-minded in the belief that there is a better way to live, work and fight the status quo of business as usual through nonviolent direct action. We fully support the 99% Spring and together, during the week of April 9-15, in small towns and big cities all across America, 100,000 people will come together for an unprecedented national movement-wide nonviolent direct action training. Read more >>>

In the Fall, 2009, an overwhelming majority of UMass Amherst Postdoctoral Researchers signed cards to support forming a Postdoc Union, so we could work collectively to improve our pay, benefits and working conditions.

We are proud to announce that after nearly two years of challenging negotiations, we have reached an agreement with the University, which we believe will not only make the postdoc experience more fair and rewarding for those of us at UMass Amherst, but will help to set a standard for what postdocs at other universities can achieve.

The highlights of this historic first contract are below.

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