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We are over 100,000 active & retired UAW Members in the Western States organizing for a just & sustainable future for all.
AK,AZ,CA,HI,ID,NV,OR,UT,WA
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Huge news for unionization efforts at Tesla! Today, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld NLRB rulings that Tesla committed unfair labor practices by firing pro-union employee Richard Ortiz, & via tweets that constitute unlawful threats.
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"A federal appeals court on Friday affirmed a finding that Tesla illegally fired an employee involved in union organizing, and that the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, had illegally threatened workers’ stock options if they chose to unionize."
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UAW members are disappointed to see Governor Newsom veto an innovative bill to codify the fundamental right of every public worker to respect a picket line. 🧵
California missed a major opportunity to lead on labor rights. AB 504 would have leveled the playing field between workers and employers at a time when workers around the country are standing up to fight inequality. We’ll be back! Thank you for your support
@EGReyesCA
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Who is ready to
#StandUp
!? Four parts distribution centers in our Region will walk off the job at 12pm EST, 9am PST today. There is only one way we win this fight: together.
#StandUpUAW
#Region6StandUp
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"
@uaw2865
was selling "Eat The Rich" T-shirts for a $50 donation made to the UAW Region 6 Hardship Fund for the first 100 donors."
Thanks to this fundraiser, we raised more than $12,000 to support striking Big 3 workers!
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At the same time thousands rallied in Detroit, active & retired members across Region 6 took action with practice pickets, banner drops, & town halls. From coast to coast, we are one UAW, and together we will win! ✊
#StandUpUAW
#SolidarityForever
The UAW and supporters are out in full force at the Stand Up Strike Rally today!
This is our generation’s defining moment!
#StandUpUAW
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HUGE NEWS: After months & countless hours of worker-led organizing (including to pass a state law for bargaining rights) 1100 Educational Student Employees at Western Washington University just voted ✨98%✨ YES to form their union, w/75% of the unit voting. Congrats
@wawuunion
!
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Thank you
@RepJayapal
! "Over recent decades, CEOs at the Big 3 automakers have seen their salaries skyrocket, while workers in the auto manufacturing industry have actually seen their wages drop by more than 20% when adjusted for inflation."
Unions are good for workers and good for the economy. I’m proud to stand with all workers fighting for fair pay and better benefits. ✊🏽
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This morning,
@SenCortezMasto
joined the
@uaw2162
picket line in Reno to show support and meet with members. Thank you for the solidarity!✊
#StandUpUAW
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"Aya Konishi, a sociology PhD student and teaching assistant at UCLA, struggled to afford groceries last year on her monthly salary of $2600...Now that her union’s new contract has gone into effect, she makes $4000 a month."
@uaw2865
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See you on the line tomorrow in California and Oregon! ✊🫡
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Region 6 Director Mike Miller joined the picket lines at UW to deliver the message that striking workers have the full support of over 1 million active & retired UAW members across the country. One day longer, one day stronger!
@uaw4121
@uwrunited
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Don’t let the American Dream go extinct.
#UAW
Local 551 in Chicago, IL, is holding the line for economic justice.
#StandUpUAW
#SolidaritySeason
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As UAW pickets in MI made history with Pres. Biden's visit, union members across CA turned out in FORCE for a rally in solidarity w/striking autoworkers. Thank you
@IELaborCouncil
@Teamsters
@SierraClub
@WaterJusticeLA
@WGAWest
for the support✊ Everything we win, we win together
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Auto Workers 🤝 Academic Workers 🤝 Retirees
Today
@uaw2865davis
members and UAW retirees joined the
@uaw2162
picket line to bring striking workers tacos, pizza, and solidarity ✊
#StandUpUAW
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Let's repeal right to work (for less) in Arizona!
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UW Postdocs & Research Scientists/Engineers power the university’s research mission, but after months of negotiations, admin refuses to agree to fair contracts. So today, Postdocs, RSEs, & supporters are out in force on the picket lines shutting it down.
@UAW4121
@uwrunited
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Dealership canvasses are sweeping the West Coast! Delegations hit the lots in Los Angeles and Phoenix this weekend to connect with the community about Big 3 bargaining
#StandUpUAW
@PhxDSA
@AZWorksTogether
@dsa_losangeles
@ln4s
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WHO ARE WE? UAW!
Across states and across sectors, we are one UAW, and together we will win record Big 3 contracts.
#StandUpUAW
@UawLocaL230
@uawlocal492
@uaw2162
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Congresswoman (and US Senate candidate) Barbara Lee, long-time UAW friend and staunch progressive continued to display her support for striking UAW members today at the
@UawLocaL230
picket line.
#StandUpUAW
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“Postdocs and RSEs forced the University to meet their demands and won strong contracts which will make science and research at UW more inclusive and sustainable,” said Mike Miller, Director of UAW Region 6.
@uaw4121
@uwrunited
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The worker must have bread, but they must have jams, too!
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What do we want? Contract! When do we want it? Now!
¿Qué queremos? Contrato! ¿Cuando? Ahora!
@uawlocal230
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"You’re seeing the CEOs making 400 times more than the members are. This is just getting outrageous. But our members are ready, ready and willing. And all we’re waiting for is that phone call." - Jesse Ramirez,
@UawLocaL230
President
#StandUpUAW
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"We are putting you on notice: Corporate greed and shareholder profits must never again be put before safe, good-paying union jobs, clean air and water, and a liveable future." Read the full letter👇
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The transition to EVs shouldn't mean public tax $$$ goes to billionaire execs of EV companies with no strings attached. Instead, “The transition can be done in the best and fastest way possible with worker participation.” - Region 6 Director Mike Miller
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Thank you
@CalNurses
for the ongoing show of solidarity with striking autoworkers in California! ✊❤️
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What a way to kick off our newly re-formed Region 6! On Saturday, more than 300 members from across all sectors and areas of the Region came together to learn from each other, collaboratively set priorities, & commit to action steps for building power in the coming years.
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✊✊✊ Local 492 holding the line around the clock!
#StandUpUAW
Since moving to a 24/7 schedule, striking workers held the line for a sneaky truck departure from the Stellantis Portland PDC. No management on site does not mean there is not activity coming and going from these locations
#HoldTheLine
#StandUpUAW
#NoPayNoParts
#TurnThemAround
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Thank you
@RepPeteAguilar
for stopping by the
@uawlocal230
picket line this morning to share burritos and solidarity 🌯✊
#StandUpUAW
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Practice pickets are sweeping the West Coast! Members of
@UawLocaL230
are out on the practice picket line today in Ontario, CA, ready to do what it takes to win record contracts.
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Scenes from the Local 6645 picket line in Rancho Cucamonga, California. No contract, no peace!
#StandUpUAW
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Region 6 delegates are starting day 2 of the bargaining convention strong!
@UAW5810
delegate Sarah Arveson spoke to the power of solidarity at the picket line: “During our strike, we were immensely aided by Teamsters who respected our picket lines..." (1/4)
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The pickets are poppin in Reno! Thank you
@CWADistrict9
@CWAUnion
for suspending your conference to join the
@uaw2162
picket line, along with
@uaw2865
@UAW4123
@UAW5810
@NVAFLCIO
@northernnvlabor
. The workers united will never be divided ✊
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Across the country, graduate workers are organizing to rebalance power at their universities and win fair pay & benefits. Thanks to
@BernieSanders
for hosting this important discussion with
@uaw2865
@geo3550
@MITGradUnion
@uicgeo
UAW 2865 President Rafael Jaime spoke with
@BernieSanders
and other graduate workers about how unions like ours are shaping the labor movement.
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No amount of blustery weather can stop
@uawlocal492
! Today nearly 200 members and community supporters turned out to the picket line in support of striking workers. Big thank you to
@JwJpdx
@graham_oregon
and
@RepDaciaGrayber
for bringing powerful words of solidarity ✊🌧️
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Day 3 on strike and UW Postdocs & Research Scientists/Engineers are still going strong! The rain can’t dampen this solidarity ✊☔️
@UAW4121
@uwrunited
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"I believe we would be the first UAW local in the state of Alaska," says Skye Kushner, a Ph.D. student in geoscience at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. "We think it's an exciting moment."
@agwa_uaw
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The strike, Baker says, is “not something any of us want to do. But we are in the position where we have to.”
@UAW4121
@uwrunited
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"No longer will we accept that prestigious institutions must be powered by low wages and exploitative conditions...Now it’s clear that a better university, one that behaves in the interest of workers and the public, is well within our grasp."
@uaw5810
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This week, Postdoc and Grad Worker members of UC-UAW at LBL discussed their research with members of European Parliament, highlighting how they develop many of the technologies that our UAW siblings in the auto sector are implementing in EVs 🧵
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After 9 days of striking, UW Postdocs & Research Scientists/Engineers have officially ratified strong new contracts with overwhelming support ✊
📢UW Postdocs & Research Scientists/Engineers A-4 have ratified new contracts! 💪🎉
Postdoc total Yes vote = 99% (386 out of 391).
RSE A-4s total Yes vote = 99% (942 out of 956) voting to ratify our first-ever contract!
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Today, Region 6 members in California participated in the
@CaliforniaLabor
Lobby Day & spoke with fellow workers from across the state about our picket line protection bill
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Huge news! The results are in, and Graduate Student Researchers at the Pardee Rand Graduate School voted by a margin of 2-1 to form their union,
@prgsorganizes
. No onto bargain a strong first contract ✊
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"Regardless, parts distribution center workers are prepared, should they be called into action. “Me and a lot of workers out there are ready for this strike,” said Rivera [of UAW Local 509]. “We are going to go out as long as it takes to get our demands taken seriously.”"
#MondayScoop
: Th automaker Stellantis is stockpiling parts at its shuttered Belvidere plant in Illinois. Lisa Xu
@l_l_xu
has the story. Share it widely!
Read:
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Eliana Buenrostro of
@uaw2865
"knows there’s strength in numbers. UC grad workers went on strike last fall & won 46% raises over 2 years. Now she’s proud that a portion of her dues are going to the strike fund that’s keeping striking auto workers afloat."
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Ford, GM, & Stellantis made a combined $21 billion in profits in just the first 6 months of this year, & a quarter-trillion $ in North American profits in the last decade -- all because of UAW members who make the companies run. It's time workers got a fair share.
CNBC's Jim Cramer raises alarm over United Auto Workers' President Shawn Fain: "I find him frightening."
He thinks Fain and the
@UAW
are going too far. "The notion that shareholders are fat cats... that's class warfare. And it's very shocking to hear class warfare."
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Solidarity is power & the right to respect picket lines is a 1st amendment right no employer should be able to take away. UAW members are proudly sponsoring AB 504 (Reyes) to enshrine that right into CA public sector law. Yesterday it passed committee - now on to appropriations!
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Members of Local 509's Ford unit in Rancho Cucamonga, CA are out in force at today's practice picket! Only 8 days left for the Big 3 to agree to the record contracts members deserve ⏰
@UAW
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Beyond excited to welcome
@agwa_uaw
to the UAW family! This historic and decisive win comes in the face of significant pushback from management & is a direct result of the tireless organizing of University of Alaska graduate workers. Now on to win a strong first contract! ✊
WE WON! Over 72% of graduate workers voted in favor of being represented by AGWA-UAW at the bargaining table. Our final tally was 314-11 (96% yes!!) out of 434 eligible voters.
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Tomorrow! With Big 3 contract expiration less than a week away, join UAW members from around Southern California for a rally to build power & solidarity to win record contracts ✊
@UawLocaL230
@uaw2865
@UAW5810
@UAW4123
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"a series of strikes in higher education has swept across the United States and other countries, amid a reckoning over low pay and poor working conditions."
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UC admin needs to stop targeting union members and start implementing the contracts they agreed to.
In case anyone still thought this was about "graffiti"—UC is clearly misusing their private police to target unions. Last night they searched a member’s home for: “Evidence of membership or affiliation with any university organization […] to include any reference to "UAW"
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ICYMI, last week Region 6 members joined
@greenpeaceusa
in San Diego to amplify the ongoing fight for a just transition in Big 3 auto negotiations. We're proud to join forces with climate justice orgs to build the collective power we need to win a liveable future for all ✊🌿
🚨🚨 BREAKING:
@UAW
members joined a global Greenpeace delegation on the ship Arctic Sunrise flanking banners that amplify the demands of 150k auto workers whose contract expires 9/14!
Big 3: Auto Workers deserve a just transition and a fair contract NOW!
RT in solidarity! ✊🌎
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Today
@gswocusc
Graduate Student Workers packed the bargaining room to make it clear - USC has been an inequitable and unsafe place for far too long, and GSWs are ready to fight for a contract that enshrines systemic changes.
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UW Postdocs & Research Scientists/Engineers are saying loud and clear - if we don’t get it, shut it down!
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What picket line is complete without a birthday celebration?
@uaw2162
knows how to get it done ✊🎂 Region 6 Director Mike Miller and Assistant Director Victor Quiroz also came out to Reno this weekend to meet with members and walk the picket.
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The clock is ticking, WSU admin! Time to stop breaking the law and agree to a fair first contract ⏰
Over the last week we held a Strike Authorization Vote and it has concluded with a total of 1,161 votes cast & 1,076 (93%) of those voting YES! It is clear that ASEs at WSU are united in our determination to stop WSU’s unlawful & unproductive behavior at the bargaining table.
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Last weekend, Region 6 Director Mike Miller joined
@BAYAN_USA
for a meeting with Elmer “Ka Bong” Labog, chairman of
@kilusangmayouno
, to discuss state violence against labor leaders in the Philippines & the working conditions of Filipino workers in the US. Solidarity Forever!
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Apply today for Our Labor, Our Movement – the new UAW Region 6 organizer training program! Participants in the 3 month, full-time program will receive training and hands-on experience on an organizing campaign in CA or WA. Apps due March 31. More info at:
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Next month! Join fellow UAW members from across Region 6 locals & campaigns for a 2-day conference on issues of race, gender, & immigrant justice. We’ll reflect on lessons & wins from past fights, & collectively strategize for the future. More info & RSVP:
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UAW members in Region 6! Join fellow members from across the region to discuss all we have accomplished this year, and to collectively make plans for organizing and building power in the coming years. For more info & to register, contact your Local Union.
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"The unions built the middle class, they built this country, and they deserve to be treated that way,” Senator Jacky Rosen said.
Thank you
@SenJackyRosen
for joining the
@uaw2162
picket line in solidarity with striking workers!
#StandUpUAW
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Exciting progress for our bill in California! When more workers are empowered to respect picket lines, our strikes and solidarity are all the more powerful.
AB 504, a bill co-sponsored by UAW and Teamsters that would protect workers’ rights to respect picket lines has made it out of PERS Committee today! Today, members of UAW 5810 and
@uaw2865
joined union members from across California in Sacramento to speak in favor of the bill!
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✊✊✊
Less than a week later, we have a historic Tentative Agreement on Union Security. Together, Grad Student Workers made
@USC
reverse their right-wing position and concede.
An agency shop will ensure that GSWs have the resources to enforce our contract and build a strong union 💪
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Worker power is turning up in Washington State! Today at UW, 100s of RSEs, Postdocs, & supporters rallied to demand admin stop breaking the law and agree to fair contracts. And at WSU, 100s of ASEs joined bargaining to demand real protections against discrimination & harassment✊
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Yesterday, active & retired UAW members joined w/community members
@DoloresHuerta
@CecilyMyartCruz
& more to celebrate the legacy of Paul Schrade - former Region 6 Director who dedicated his life to building our union as a fighting, member-led engine of social & economic justice.
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Three huge votes in Region 6 are closing today! Grad Student Workers at USC are on day 2 of their union election, and UW Postdocs & Research Scientists are both closing out Strike Authorization Votes. Follow to stay posted 👉
@gswocusc
@uaw4121
@uwrunited
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“This a great victory for workers who have the courage to stand up and organize in a system that is currently stacked heavily in favor of employers like Tesla who have no qualms about violating the law,” said UAW Region 6 Director, Mike Miller.
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Solidarity with
@spocuaw
in the 2nd week of their strike! Join Region 6 members at 11am Friday for an online fundraiser in support of their strike fund ✊ RSVP:
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Celebrity sighting at the
@uawlocal230
picket line! Scabby the Rat is helping members hold the line against management intimidation 🐀✊
#StandUpUAW
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This weekend, members of UAW Local 492 hit the streets for a practice picket after a strike prep membership meeting. Big thank you to Graham Trainor, President of
@OregonAFLCIO
, for joining & speaking in solidarity!
#JustPracticing
for a
#JustContract
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Amazing news! Despite delay after delay from University of Alaska administration,
@agwa_uaw
graduate workers and community supporters won't be stopped✊
Major Victory: The ALRA ruled on the summary judgment requested by university Admin and confirmed that most of our unit is appropriate under law and can be certified (following a majority vote). This includes all graduate RAs/TAs and staff members. (1/3)
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We're in the midst of a critical opportunity to build a powerful, fighting labor movement -- including by growing more & more worker-led organizing campaigns to win unionization drives across sectors.
Right now is the most exciting moment to join the labor movement in decades.
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Huge news for organizing & climate justice! We've signed an agreement w/battery manufacturer SPARKZ, establishing a national labor-management agreement & statement of neutrality. This initiates a strong UAW foothold in battery manufacturing, starting in CA
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Getting ready for auto bargaining! Yesterday, Region 6 Director Mike Miller & Assistant Director Victor Quiroz walked the plant floors at Ford, GM, & Stellantis and discussed issues, demands, and plans to win them with members of
@UawLocaL230
, Local 509, and Local 6645.
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The Region 6 Sun Valley Retiree Council is in solidarity with Big 3 workers on strike!
#StandUpUAW
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Thank you
@CaliforniaLabor
! ✊ "The entire California Labor Movement is unified in standing with UAW autoworkers in their fight for a fair contract" -
@LorenaSGonzalez
Today, the
@CaliforniaLabor
Federation issued statewide strike sanction to
@UAW
in its contract negotiations with the Big 3 automakers. In the event of a strike, their picket lines will be honored by our 1,200 affiliated unions repping over 2.2 million union members.
#StandUpUAW
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"For a long time graduate student workers have felt like USC holds all of the power and gets to set all of the terms about what the work here looks like ... [now] we have a much bigger stake in our working and our learning environments”
@gswocusc
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Please sign & share the letter of solidarity with international scholars on strike at UW:
This AM, striking RSEs & Postdocs circled the entrance to Suzzallo Library, requesting conversations w/
@UW
Board members to discuss our demands & express DISMAY at misleading language Admin distributed Wed. singling out vulnerable members of our community, researchers on visas
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"Had it not been for the efforts of this coalition, UW students and employees might not be benefitting from the free U-Pass as they do today." UW unions
@UAW4121
@SEIU925
@wfsec28
w/grps like
@SeattleTRU
have long been at the lead of climate justice at UW✊
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Rain or rain,
@UAWLocal492
is holding the line in Oregon! PNW pickets give a new meaning to
#UnionDrip
💦
#StandUpUAW
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Thanks to mass participation and a credible strike threat, last night
@gswocusc
pushed USC admin to make major concessions on wages & non-discrimination, and won a tentative agreement on their first contract ✊
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One step closer to winning collective bargaining rights for Academic Student Employees at Washington’s regional universities! ✊
Yesterday our bill, SB 5238, passed another vote in the Washington Legislature! We are so excited about this bill, and that the majority of state representatives see why academic workers deserve to be able to form unions and advocate for their themselves and their coworkers!
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Calling all UAW members! Please join the first-ever UAW-wide Town Hall on May 31 at 3pm PT via Zoom. The Town Hall will focus on how we can collectively build a powerful approach to upcoming Big 3 bargaining. Open to all active & retired UAW members. Registration link below👇
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Great dealership canvass in Reno yesterday connecting with the community about Big 3 bargaining! Big thanks to
@GoIUPAT
for coming out in solidarity with
@uaw2162
✊
#StandUpUAW
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Then versus now! Members of UAW Region 6 are on Day 2 of our Region 6 Summer School- members from across the Western States are busy in classes, workshops, and more focusing on organizing a stronger, member-led Union!
#uawregion6
Summer's here, who's ready for the pool, campfire songs, and...taking classes?
Brochure for
@UAW
Summer School, circa late 1950s. Hosted by
@uawregion6
, the week-long camp in Hot Springs gave members and staff the opportunity to take classes on unionism. From the
@ReutherLibrary
.
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At tonight’s Big 3 strategy meeting, members from Big 3 units across the region came together for ongoing coordination on bargaining - including strike authorization turnout, strike readiness plans, mobilizing solidarity actions, & more. (1/3)
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Sign on now! Record Profits = Record Contracts ✊
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It’s been a hot union summer in Region 6! We've got:
✅ major organizing wins
✅ decisive strike victories
✅ mass action against retaliation
✅ Big 3 bargaining
✅ the new R6 organizer training program
✅ & more!
Check out the newsletter for more:
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"We love our research and we don’t want to go on strike, but if UW leaves us no choice, then we have to stand up for ourselves because, like every worker in the state of Washington, we deserve a living wage."
"UW has an opportunity to avert a strike by agreeing to pay us a living wage: it’s the right thing to do, and we won’t settle for less."
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Yesterday, Region 6 delegates facilitated a fireside chat at the 2023
@UAWWomen
Conference. Nearly 100 members from across the UAW shared experiences as women in bargaining, & collaborated on strategies for building the power & solidarity to win on key gender equity demands…
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