International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
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| Type: | Labor union |
| Year founded: | 1935 |
| Website: | Official website |
The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is a national labor union that represents laborers in a number of economic sectors, including automobile manufacturing, healthcare, and higher education. The union is also known by its shortened name, United Auto Workers.
Mission
As of November 2017, the website for UAW listed the following information about its organizational mission:[1]
| “ | The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy.
UAW-represented workplaces range from multinational corporations, small manufacturers and state and local governments to colleges and universities, hospitals and private non-profit organizations.[2] |
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History
The UAW was founded in 1935 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) signed the Wagner Act, which allowed workers to form labor unions. The organization was chartered by the American Federation of Labor, and in 1936. Over the organization's first two decades, they worked to negotiate details of labor conditions with major automobile manufacturers in Detroit. In 1936, the UAW organized protests in Flint, Michigan. The protests led to the first contract between General Motors and the UAW in 1937. A series of further protests at Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors led to contracts between the union and manufacturers, with the UAW reaching pension agreements with Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler in 1950.[3]
According to The Atlantic, the UAW reached its peak membership in 1979 and saw steady decline in membership numbers in the next decades.[4] As of November 2017, the UAW's website said the union had more than 400,000 active and 580,000 retired members in 600 local unions.[1]
Work
Collective bargaining
The most high-profile activity that UAW engages in is the negotiating of labor contracts with manufacturing employers. The organization claims that its negotiations are intended to secure benefits for workers while also maintaining profitability for the company. As of November 2017, the organization's website listed the following results of its collective bargaining activity since 1935:[1]
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Leadership
As of October 2017, the website for UAW listed the following individuals as members of the organization's leadership:[5]
- Dennis Williams, President
- Gary Casteel, Treasurer and secretary
- Jimmy Settles, Vice president
- Cindy Estrada, Vice president
- Norwood Jewell, Vice president
Recent news
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 UAW, "Who We Are," archived November 7, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The New York Times, "U.A.W. and the Auto Industry," October 8, 2015
- ↑ The Atlantic, "What One Union Learned From the Recession," September 7, 2015
- ↑ UAW, "Executive board," accessed October 31, 2017
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