Congratulations! And welcome to our neighbor UAW Region 9!

Alabama auto workers organizing with the UAW told us what they thought of the Labor Notes conference:
youtu.be/pgggoAjHOmc

We are ecstatic to WELCOME 4500 Graduate Workers at the University of Penn (GET-UP) who have overwhelmingly won their election by 95% to join the UAW in Region 9. #StandUpUAW #UAW

In another blowout election, 3,700 workers at the University of Pennsylvania just voted to join the UAW!

After workers win their union at Mercedes in a couple of weeks, our union will have grown by 13,000+ members in a month!

'As UAW 4811 members move towards a strike authorization vote, know that you have the full support of your Region 6 siblings across the West Coast, and your UAW siblings across the continent'

-Region 6 Director Mike Miller

Read the full statement👇

On TVLR last weekend, Alabama auto workers reacted to the huge win by workers in Chattanooga at Volkwsagen, voting overwhelmingly to to join the UAW:

youtu.be/qy8SX7a4VsU

Last night, students and workers protesting peacefully at UCLA for justice in Palestine were physically attacked by a group of 100+ counter protesters. UC’s failure to protect students and workers is an abdication of its responsibility. UAW 4811 members are mobilizing in response

'Troy is a small town, and the facts are that Toyota workers there are the family, friends, and neighbors of the business owners and entrepreneurs. Together, they are Troy. When one does better, they all do better.'

labortribune.com/opinion-unions…

'If you can't take the outcry, stop supporting this war'

I can't express how much it means that this man is willing to speak out like this right now.

First there were the UAW sit-down strikes of 1930’s, followed by last year’s historic stand-up strikes at the Big 3 automakers that led to record contracts.

And now, it’s our turn to write our chapter of UAW history with Sit-In 4121 to maximize our power as we take on UW.

'Workers have strategically and in solidarity decided to become a part of this movement as workers, not just as students. That’s a profound shift in consciousness within the UAW, but also within the labor movement as a whole.'
- Brandon Mancilla jacobin.com/2024/05/uaw-is…

OUR president, Shawn Fain

The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out against injustice.

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.

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.

The UAW is standing in solidarity with Palestine — including publicly supporting pro-Palestine campus protests. We spoke with UAW Region 9A director Brandon Mancilla about the UAW’s antiwar position and why “unions have no business investing in genocide.” jacobin.com/2024/04/uaw-is…

Coming soon, to a workplace near you. May 1, 2028.
UAW.org/May1
#StandUp #MayDay #Solidarity

SCOOP: Mercedes has hired union-busting firm RNP Labor to hold captive-audience meetings. They are coercing workers who haven't been visibly pro-union to attend. Workers say union-busters ask in the meetings for a show of hands of who is voting yes or no. labornotes.org/2024/04/relay-…

'With 3,040 total UW Academic Student Employee (UAW Local 4121) members voting, 3,013 (99.11%) voted a resounding “yes” to authorize their bargaining team to call for a strike if circumstances justify.'

thestand.org/2024/04/99-of-…

Over 80+ Teamsters came together for the New York/New Jersey Teamster Rank-and-File Education Conference this weekend.

Thank you to everyone who attended and to our special guest speakers organizing at Amazon, Starbucks, and UAW Region 9A.