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Politics and Movements: US

‘A great day’: workers at second southern auto industry plant join UAW

by Julia Conley September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

“Battery workers are seizing their power!” said the United Auto Workers.

Union leaders explain why they’re demanding an end to US aid to Israel

by Maximillian Alvarez and Mel Buer August 29, 2024November 1, 2024

A manager wearing a T-shirt supporting the new CEO waited in the plant cafeteria for results from the vote count. The company's winning move was to fire its U.S. CEO and replace him with a vice president who promised to care about the “team members.” Photo: Luis Feliz Leon

Politics and Movements: US

Alabama Mercedes workers lose first union election, vow to fight on

by Luis Feliz Leon May 21, 2024May 20, 2024

UAW members attend a rally in support of the labor union strike at the UAW Local 551 hall on the South Side on October 7, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

‘We’re gonna win’: Alabama Mercedes workers begin UAW vote

by Jessica Corbett May 14, 2024May 14, 2024

Kelcey Smith displays UAW buttons in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 10, 2024. Photo by Kevin Wurm for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Tennessee Volkswagen workers vote union

by Luis Feliz Leon April 22, 2024April 22, 2024

United States Representative Cori Bush hold a press conference with a group of activists, State legislators and actors on the third day of the five-day hunger strike in front of the White House in Washington DC, United States on November 29, 2023. Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: International

UAW endorses cease-fire, the largest US union to call for an immediate end to the violence

by Mindy Isser December 4, 2023January 18, 2024

A UAW picket sign is pictured outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the early morning hours on October 12, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty Images

I worked for Ford for 30 years. This is a new day for the UAW

by Maximillian Alvarez October 30, 2023November 8, 2023

Politics and Movements: US

UAW and Ford announce tentative deal

by Ari Bloomekatz October 26, 2023October 30, 2023

Workers picket outside of the Ford Assembly plant as the UAW strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers continues on October 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

With concessions already won, the UAW strike escalates

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

Split screen image with Diany Rodriguez (left), a rank-and-file SAG-AFTRA member, and Marcelina Pedraza (right), an electrician at Ford Chicago Assembly Plant and member of UAW Local 551, speaking on TRNN's Worker Solidarity Livestream on Oct. 18, 2023. Screenshot/TRNN.

Economy and Inequality

‘We’re all workers’: Striking UAW and SAG-AFTRA members won’t be pitted against each other

by Maximillian Alvarez October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

‘This is history’: UAW workers from the picket lines

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh September 29, 2023March 13, 2024

US President Joe Biden (R) is welcomed by United Auto Workers (UAW) President, Shawn Fain (2nd L) and US Representative Debbie Dingell (L) on arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, on September 26, 2023. Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

Joe Biden’s trip to Michigan shows why you push Democrats, not capitulate to them

by Luke Savage September 28, 2023September 28, 2023