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	{{Infobox political party\|name=United Auto Workers\|logo=UAW logo.png\|founded=1935\|president=[[~~Ray Curry~~]]\|headquarters=Detroit, [[Michigan]], [[United States of America\|United States]]\|website=https://www.UAW.org}}		{{Infobox political party\|name=United Auto Workers\|logo=UAW logo.png\|founded=1935\|president=[[Shawn Fain]]\|headquarters=Detroit, [[Michigan]], [[United States of America\|United States]]\|website=https://www.UAW.org}}

	The '''United Auto Workers''' ('''UAW''') is a trade union in the United States and [[Canada]]. [[Socialism\|Socialist]] [[Will Lehman]] is currently running for president of the union.		The '''United Auto Workers''' ('''UAW''') is a [[trade union]] in the United States and [[Canada]]. [[Socialism\|Socialist]] [[Will Lehman]] is currently running for president of the union.<ref name=":0" />

	== 38th Convention ==		== History ==
	At the UAW 38th Constitutional Convention, delegates voted to revoke a pay change from earlier in the convention that increased strike pay from $400 to $500 per week. The vote was held hours after the convention was scheduled to end and many delegates had already left the convention.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Shannon Jones\|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]\|title=On last day of convention, UAW delegates rescind strike pay increase\|date=2022-07-29\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/29/conv-j29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729052723/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/29/conv-j29.html\|archive-date=2022-07-29\|retrieved=2022-07-29}}</ref>
			=== Great Depression ===
			The UAW won its first contract with [[General Motors\|GM]] in a 1937–38 sit-down [[Strike action\|strike]] in Flint, [[Michigan]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Neal Sweeney\|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]\|title=How UAW auto workers took on the Big 3 and won\|date=2023-11-05\|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/how-uaw-auto-workers-took-on-the-big-3-and-won/\|retrieved=2023-11-11}}</ref>

			=== 38th Convention ===
			At the UAW 38th Constitutional Convention in July 2022, delegates voted to revoke a pay change from earlier in the convention that increased strike pay from $400 to $500 per week. The vote was held hours after the convention was scheduled to end and many delegates had already left the convention.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|author=Shannon Jones\|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]\|title=On last day of convention, UAW delegates rescind strike pay increase\|date=2022-07-29\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/29/conv-j29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729052723/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/29/conv-j29.html\|archive-date=2022-07-29\|retrieved=2022-07-29}}</ref>

			=== 2023 strike ===
			In July 2023, UAW workers began negotiations with [[Ford Motor Company\|Ford]], General Motors, and [[Stellantis]] (the Big 3). The lead negotiator for Stellantis spent much of his time before the September 15 strike deadline posting vacation photos from his second mansion in Acapulco, [[Mexican United States\|Mexico]].

			The UAW began its strike with at three factories in Michigan, [[State of Missouri\|Missouri]], and [[State of Ohio\|Ohio]] that produce trucks and SUVs for all three companies. The union targeted these strategic facilities because a strike of all [[Proletariat\|workers]] would quickly deplete the union's strike pay. In its second week, the strike spread 38 parts distribution centers.

			After a week of the strike, Ford surrendered and agreed reinstate cost-of-living adjustments for [[Wage\|wages]]. Ford had previously sworn never to reinstate it after abolishing it in the [[Great Recession]]. After three weeks, GM agreed to bring three non-unionized facilities under the contract. The Big 3 accepted a new contract that would raise starting wages by 70% and top wages by 33%. They will shorten the time for new employees to earn top wages from eight to three years. The new contract will expire on April 30, 2028.<ref name=":1" />

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Trade unions]]		[[Category:Trade unions]]

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{{Infobox political party|name=United Auto Workers|logo=UAW logo.png|founded=1935|president=[[Ray Curry]]|headquarters=Detroit, [[Michigan]], [[United States of America|United States]]|website=https://www.UAW.org}}

The '''United Auto Workers''' ('''UAW''') is a trade union in the United States and [[Canada]]. [[Socialism|Socialist]] [[Will Lehman]] is currently running for president of the union.

== 38th Convention ==
At the UAW 38th Constitutional Convention, delegates voted to revoke a pay change from earlier in the convention that increased strike pay from $400 to $500 per week. The vote was held hours after the convention was scheduled to end and many delegates had already left the convention.<ref>{{News citation|author=Shannon Jones|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=On last day of convention, UAW delegates rescind strike pay increase|date=2022-07-29|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/29/conv-j29.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729052723/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/29/conv-j29.html|archive-date=2022-07-29|retrieved=2022-07-29}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Trade unions]]

United Auto Workers - Revision history

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