UAW President Shawn Fain explains why he supports Trump's tariffs
Shawn Fein supports auto industry tariffs but calls broad tariffs "reckless."
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UAW members aren't all assembling cars. More and more are unionized grad students
At its peak, the United Auto Workers union had 1.5 million members. Today, the "A" in UAW might as well include academia, as roughly 100,000 of the union's 383,000 members work in higher education.
UAW has a unique strike strategy. It keeps Detroit Big 3 automakers guessing
For the first time, the UAW is on strike against the Big 3 U.S. automakers at once. Workers at three plants have been called out so far, with more to follow Friday if there's no progress on a deal.
How Shawn Fain, an unlikely and outspoken president, led the UAW to strike
The former union electrician was an underdog in recent UAW leadership elections, but with a tough love approach to auto companies in negotiations, he narrowly won. Now he's taking the union on strike.
The UAW launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers
For the first time ever, the UAW launched a strike against all Big 3 automakers at once, starting with three locations in the Midwest.
Autoworker union not giving Biden an easy ride in 2024 as contract talks pick up speed
The new UAW president says his members are being left out as the industry transitions to electric vehicles so he's applying pressure on the auto companies and the White House to do more for workers.