Knowra United Auto Workers United Auto Workers The United Auto Workers (UAW) is a North American labor union representing workers in automobile manufacturing and related industries. It has shaped wages, benefits, working conditions, and labor relations through collective bargaining and organizing.
Collective bargaining : Negotiation between employers and worker representatives over employment terms and conditions. The UAW negotiates contracts that set members’ wages, benefits, and workplace rules.
Flint sit-down strike : A 1936–1937 occupation of General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, by striking workers. The strike secured GM recognition of the UAW and established its bargaining power.
Shawn Fain : An American labor leader elected president of the United Auto Workers in 2023. Fain led the union during its 2023 strike against the Detroit Three automakers.
2023 United Auto Workers strike : A six-week UAW strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis in 2023. The strike won contract gains and brought simultaneous action against all three automakers.
Teamsters : A North American labor union whose members include truck drivers, warehouse workers, and other occupations. The Teamsters’ occupational breadth contrasts with the UAW’s historic concentration in auto manufacturing.
Trade union : An organization that represents workers in negotiations and collective action with employers. The UAW is a trade union with a North American industrial base.
Congress of Industrial Organizations : A federation formed in 1935 to organize workers across entire industries, including mass-production industries. The UAW emerged within the CIO’s campaign to organize automobile workers.
Douglas Fraser : An American labor leader who served as UAW president from 1977 to 1983. Fraser guided the union through industrial restructuring and growing pressure on auto jobs.
Automotive industry in the United States : The network of firms and workers that design, manufacture, and sell motor vehicles in the United States. UAW contracts have influenced employment standards across this industry.
United Steelworkers : A North American union representing workers in steel, mining, manufacturing, and other industries. The Steelworkers offer a parallel industrial-union model outside automobile production.
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