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 Th e UAW is an organization that is unapologetic in our demand for justice. Th at’s why we are joining with a coalition of people that are like-minded in the belief that there is a better way to live, work and fight the status quo of business as usual through nonviolent direct action. We fully support the 99% Spring and together, during the week of April 9-15, in small towns and big cities all across America, 100,000 people will come together for an unprecedented national movement-wide nonviolent direct action training. Read more >>>

DET NEWS: King: UAW marching in unity for civil rights
MARCH 7, 2012 AT 1:00 AM
BOB KING

For the first time in modern history, African-American and Latino civil rights leaders, labor, women's rights groups and other supporters of democracy are uniting to fight today's civil rights struggles against voter suppression and anti-immigrant laws.

 

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DET NEWS: Clinton: Bailout is Obama's triumph
March 2, 2012 at 1:00 am


At UAW meeting, former president blasts Romney stance
By David Shepardson
Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington— President Barack Obama's rescue of the U.S. auto industry is the crowning achievement of his first term — even topping landmark health care reform, former President Bill Clinton told UAW workers Thursday.

 

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WSJ: Court Rules Employers Must Post Union Rights
Updated March 3, 2012, 1:54 a.m. ET

By MELANIE TROTTMAN

A federal court upheld a National Labor Relations Board rule that requires employers to post notices informing workers of their right to join a union, but struck down two provisions in the rule that would have punished companies that don't comply.

 

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View President Barack Obama's speech before the Region 9 Delegates to the 2012 UAW National CAP Conference. Read more >>>

V-CAP is the UAW’s political action fund made up of voluntary contributions from UAW members, retirees and their families. The money is used to support pro-worker political candidates who have earned the endorsement of the UAW Community Action Program (CAP). 

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DETROIT NEWS: King calls on UAW to stage nationwide protests
February 11, 2012

United Auto Workers President Bob King used the anniversary of the Flint sit-down strike on Friday to call for "direct action" — including nonviolent civil disobedience — to take back America from the "right-wing Republicans" and "one-percenters" he says have hijacked this democracy. Click "Read More" to access the full Article.......
 

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NYT: Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It!

The following Article appeared in the New York Times on Saturday February 11, 2012. Higher taxes to pay for social programs or do without, an indepth review of the economic facts and receipt of social programs by the working middle class.  Click "Read More" for the full Article......

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UAW President Bob King states that new fuel emission standards will result in increased jobs within the auto industry. Read more >>>

What Is the GimmeFIVE Program?

It is an exciting new member mobilization program the UAW has developed to recruit and engage members to organize, build power and win justice for our union and community.

The program simply asks our members to re-commit to the union by devoting five hours of volunteer time in the following areas: organizing, mobilizing ans political action.  Each time you complete a task, you will be rewarded for your hard work with a new button.  The goal is to collect all five buttons.

The gimmefiveuaw.org website will help you connect with other registered members to find out about events and other ways to help you complete your hours for each category.

 

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Region 9 Director Scott Adams comments  on American consumerism. Read more >>>

Scott Adams was elected director of UAW Region 9 by delegates to the UAW’s 35th Constitutional Convention in Detroit on June 16, 2010.
Adams began his UAW career at Ford Motor Co.'s Buffalo (N.Y.) Stamping Plant in 1972. He became a proud member of UAW Local 897 and was elected district committeeman in 1984.

Adams later served the local as vice president, a member of the bargaining committee and two-terms as president and chair.
 

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