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Blog | 23 Aug, 2024

Changes to the Unemployment Process

The Union Hall will be open for unemployment assistance during the following times:...

Blog | 25 Aug, 2023

Active Membership Benefits if There is a Strike

If we go out on strike and Stellantis / HR enters a strike transaction code, then this is how your Company provided active benefits will be impacted...

Blog | 29 Mar, 2023

April Union Meeting Date Change

NOTICEApril's Regular Membership Meeting will be on April 15th, and not on the orginally scheduled second Saturday of April 8th.  The date was mo...

Blog 29 Jun, 2020

Update on Reforms

Brothers and Sisters, When I accepted the office of the presidency, I pledged to keep you updated on all of our reforms and progress on restoring our member’s trust in leadership. As you know, we have instituted a comprehensive reforms agenda and top-to-bottom review of our operations and financial house.

Blog 25 Jun, 2020

Janus vs AFSCME

On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to organized labor in the now famous Janus v. AFSCM case

Blog 25 Jun, 2020

BlackPress USA - OP-ED: 8 minutes and 46 seconds

MAY WE NEVER WITNESS THIS AGAIN By Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW Over the past weeks across the nation, united demonstrations have made the message clear: People have had enough of the ongoing struggle for equality and equity, of the battle against systemic injustice, and the fear of being a person of color in America.

Blog 24 Jun, 2020

The Spring 2020 Edition of Solidarity Magazine is now online!

The Spring 2020 edition of Solidarity magazine is now online! The latest edition of Solidarity magazine salutes our own heroes who are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in a variety of ways, from courageously going back to the plants to make PPE and ventilators to volunteering in the community and much more.

Blog 24 Jun, 2020

Detroit News - Opinion: Unions support workers during crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has sent our world into a public health and economic tailspin. As of May, the national unemployment rate was at 13.3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Michigan, it is a staggering 21.2% — worse than the Great Recession. The Washington Post reports that more than 100,000 businesses have closed permanently.

Blog 23 Jun, 2020

Walk to Freedom

On June 23, 1963, over 125,000 people marched down Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan in the 'Walk to Freedom.' The march was the largest civil rights demonstration at the time highlighting the injustices African Americans faced across the country.