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United Auto Workers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The United Auto Workers (UAW), officially the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest labor unions in North America, with more than 700,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico organized into approximately 950 union locals. In the 1960s, the UAW used its strategy of negotiating a contract with one major auto maker and applying it to the other to secure a number of new benefits for auto workers, including fully paid hospitalization and sick leave benefits at General Motors, profit sharing in American Motors. Infighting in the UAW: The 1946 Election and the Ascendancy of Walter Reuther (1994) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Auto_Workers   (963 words)

United Auto Workers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The United Auto Workers (UAW), officially the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest labor unions in North America, with more than 700,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico organized into approximately 950 union locals. In the 1960s, the UAW used its strategy of negotiating a contract with one major auto maker and applying it to the other to secure a number of new benefits for auto workers, including fully paid hospitalization and sick leave benefits at General Motors, profit sharing in American Motors. The UAW was founded in May 1935 in Detroit, Michigan under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) after years of agitation within the AFL for organizing unions within major industries. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Auto_Workers   (846 words)

United Farm Workers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta. This organization eventually became the United Farm Workers and launched a boycott of table grapes that, after five years of struggle, finally won a contract with the major grape growers in California. The NFWA and the AWOC, recognizing their common goals and methods, and realizing the strengths of coalition formation, jointly formed the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Farm_Workers   (701 words)

United Mine Workers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The United Mine Workers (UMW or UMWA) is a United States labor union that represents workers in mining. After passage of the National Recovery Act in 1933, organizers spread out throughout the United States to organize all coal miners. One of the groups in the forefront of the fight for collective bargaining in the early 20th century, the UMW was founded in Columbus, Ohio, on January 22, 1890, by the merger of two earlier groups, the Knights of Labor Trade Assembly No. 135 and the National Progressive Union of Miners and Mine Laborers. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Mine_Workers_of_America   (573 words)

United Mine Workers of America on Encyclopedia.com The Bank of New York Selected by The United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds for Master Custody Services. The UMW strengthened its position in 1894 and 1897 by successful strikes, and in 1898, under the leadership of John Mitchell, the fight for an 8-hour workday was won. The UMW was a leader in the formation (1935) of the Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO) and was expelled from the AFL in 1937. www.encyclopedia.com /html/u/untdm1i.asp   (824 words)

John Mitchell (United Mine Workers) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Mitchell (1870 - 1919) was a famous United States labor leader, and was president of the United Mine Workers from 1898 to 1908. When he was nineteen years old, he joined the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), formed earlier that year. John Mitchell is also the name of a United States Attorney General and Watergate conspirator. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Mitchell_(United_Mine_Workers)   (274 words)

Untitled Not only is the UAW involved in labor relations, it was a major factor in fighting Communist control in the United States and the world during World War II, involved in developing affirmative action programs concerning women and African American workers, and influenced national politics. Approximately 10% of the 47,000 workers in the Flint plants were members of the UAW at the beginning of this conflict, but this work stoppage brought in thousands of new recruits from all of the plants in the city (Zieger 46). US Steel signed an agreement with Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) as their bargaining agent. www.stfrancis.edu /ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/btopics/works/uaw.htm   (2252 words)

UAW Local 2865 - Educate, Agitate, Organize! UAW Local 2865 is the union representing over 12,000 Academic Student Employees - Tutors, Readers, and Teaching Assistants - at the nine teaching campuses of the University of California. Berkeley, California - The UAW and its Local 2865 and the University of California (UC) have reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a third collective bargaining agreement with a duration of one year. UAW Local 2865 continues to support the striking Academic Student Employees at NYU as their strike extends into the Spring semester. www.uaw2865.org   (285 words)

United Automobile Workers --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! In the United States a stable economy produced vehicle sales that, though down 1% from 1996, exceeded 15 million units for the fourth year in a row. A short-lived alliance with the Teamsters was dissolved in 1972, and the UAW rejoined the AFL-CIO in 1981. Reuther's friction with George Meany led the UAW to withdraw from the AFL-CIO in 1968. www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9381538?tocId=9381538   (1072 words)

United Automobile Workers of Canada United Automobile Workers of Canada Founded in 1937 as an affiliate of the UAW in the US, it won its first major victory in the famous OSHAWA STRIKE of 1937 and went on to become one of Canada's largest and most dynamic unions. In 1986, dismayed by the actions and attitude of its parent organization in Detroit, Mich, the Canadian UAW, under the spirited leadership of Bob White, seceded and created the Canadian Auto Workers Union of Canada. Its leaders since 1937, Charles H., George BURT, Dennis MCDERMOTT and Bob WHITE, have consistently been among the most influential in the country, while its achievements for Canadian workers - the RAND FORMULA, guaranteed annual wage, health and safety standards, legal and medical clinics - were monumental collective-bargaining breakthroughs. thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008223   (159 words)

Texas Farm Workers Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Texas Farm Workers Union (TFWU) was established by Antonio Orendain in August 1975, nearly ten years after he began organizing farm workers for the United Farm Workers in the Rio Grande valley of South Texas. the TFWU faced opposition from the growers and never gained the support of the United Farm Workers Union and the AFL-CIO. The union focused attention in Texas on the plight of farmworkers in a state more or less abandoned and ignored by the United Farm Workers Union based in California which claimed to speak for all farm workers, yet failed to work to organize them outside of California with any sustained effort or resource commitment. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_Farm_Workers_Union   (496 words)

Fight in the Fields - UNITED FARMWORKERS UNION PBS The United Farmworkers Union AFL-CIO (UFW) has a special place in the history of farm labor organizing. Cesar and the UFW concentrated on educating the public on the dangers of pesticides, both to consumers and farmworkers. In 1941 the United States and Mexican government started the bracero program, which brought thousands of Mexican nationals north to work in the fields in the U.S. Often, braceros were used to undercut domestic wages and break strikes, making it almost impossible to organize. www.pbs.org /itvs/fightfields/cesarchavez1.html   (1865 words)

Sons of Zapata 2 Now all farm workers were united in one strong union, and the movement was gaining strength throughout the nation. The workers decided to make a pilgrimage march, as had been done in California, to dramatize the state and nations the conditions and wages and suffering that farm workers must endure, and to rally support for the cause among other farm workers and sympathizers. Thousands of workers began organizing and joining Unions throughout the State, and the whole labor movement was the beneficiary of this new spirit. www.farmworkers.org /sonsofz2.html   (769 words)

United Farm Workers leave AFL-CIO - Boston.com The United Farm Workers union has left the AFL-CIO and will join a group of breakaway unions known as the Change to Win Coalition, in a move the UFW hopes will boost recruiting efforts, officials said Thursday. The UFW, with about 27,000 members, joins the Service Employees International Union, the Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers, UNITE HERE and the Carpenters in forming the dissident Change To Win Coalition. The farm workers union was founded by Cesar Chavez, an agricultural worker. www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2006/01/12/united_farm_workers_leave_afl_cio   (358 words)

United Farm Workers Thirty years ago the United Farm Workers changed the face of American agriculture with a nationwide grape boycott that significantly improved the lives of California's farm workers. The strawberry campaign is following the two-pronged approach employed successfully by Cesar Chavez: organizing workers in the fields while winning public support for them in the cities. The UFW wants to avoid calling for a boycott on strawberries, but whether it does or not, it will need public support to create a climate where workers can feel safe from grower backlash if they vote to unionize. www.be-in.com /10/bios/ufw.html   (328 words)

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA -- October 8, 2003 At the hearing, the United Mine Workers (UMW) appeared as Intervenor, and the individual complainants were represented by private counsel. Daryl H. Dewberry, Esq., United Mine Workers of America, Birmingham, Alabama, and Judith Rivlin, Esq., (on brief), United Mine Workers of America, Fairfax, Virginia, for the Intervenor. Seventeen other Drummond bargaining unit employees, three unrepresented miners and four members of management were also terminated based on their allegedly having stolen or received stolen company property, possessed or sold drugs, or consumed alcoholic beverages on company property. www.fmshrc.gov /decisions/alj/se2002134.html   (6511 words)

Coal Mines & Coal Miners, Chapter 11 Therefore we have formed the United Mine Workers of America for the purpose of the more readily securing the object sought, by educating all mine workers in America to realize the necessity of unity of action and purpose, in demanding and securing, by lawful means, the just fruits of our toil. The principles and objects of the United Mine Workers of America are expressed in the preamble to their constitution, adopted in Indianapolis on January 25, 1890. The United Mine Workers is a voice from the past, a colossus on clay feet, ready to pass into history. www.workerseducation.org /crutch/pamphlets/coal/coal_11.html   (3321 words)

United Mine Workers of America The shortened forms United Mine Workers and United Mine Workers union are acceptable in all references. Use mine workers or miners, lowercase, in generic references to workers in the industry. UMW and Mine Workers are acceptable on second reference. www.stthomas.edu /jour/apstyle/United_Mine_Workers_of_.html   (39 words)

United Mine Workers v. Pennington United States, supra; see Local 24 of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, etc., v. Phillips filed an answer and a cross claim against UMW, alleging in both that the trustees, the UMW and certain large coal operators had conspired to restrain and to monopolize interstate commerce in violation of ss 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, as amended, 26 Stat. The UMW urges that since such an agreement concerned wage standards, it is exempt from the antitrust laws. www.casp.net /penning1.html   (2536 words)

testimony.cfm?id=1482&wit_id=4245 The UAW also is pleased that the Specter-Leahy bill establishes a transparent mechanism for defendant companies and insurers to contribute to the national asbestos compensation fund, thereby spreading the costs of compensating victims across a broad section of the business and insurance community. In addition, rising claims against major auto manufacturers threaten to expose them to significant liabilities in the future, posing a major threat to their long-term economic health and the jobs and benefits of hundreds of thousands of active and retired UAW members. The UAW is especially pleased that the Specter-Leahy bill does not permit any offset of awards (subrogation) against worker compensation or health care payments received by asbestos victims. judiciary.senate.gov /testimony.cfm?id=1482&wit_id=4245   (1543 words)

Future of the Union www.futureoftheunion.com » United Auto Workers A Southwest Virginia chapter of the United Auto Workers union is investigating allegations of misappropriation of funds. The United Auto Workers, but none of the Big Three automakers, were chosen yesterday to be on a committee of creditors in Dana Corp.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Posted in United Auto Workers, Delphi Corporation, General Motors Corporation futureoftheunion.com /?cat=2   (931 words)

United Auto Workers' Illinois United Auto Workers' Illinois is a career patron of Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) and Senate President Emil Jones (D). UAW supports the Corporate Accountability Bill, which requires employers applying for tax incentives and state loans or grants to include specific job creation goals and timelines in their proposals. UAW members are predominately in manufacturing, but some are in the service sector. www.ilcampaign.org /oldsite/careerpatrons/patrons/uaw.html   (127 words)

GM's hard line staggers United Auto Workers officials The central issue that arises from the struggle of auto workers against the corporate onslaught on jobs and working conditions is the building of a new organization of working class struggle--a political party based on a socialist program and a strategy for the unification of the struggles of the working class internationally. As for the talk of better relations with the Canadian Auto Workers union, the very existence of a separate and rival auto union in Canada is the result of the nationalist policies of the Solidarity House bureaucracy, which led to the 1985 split-off of the Canadians from the UAW. While the striking workers can attest to a host of health and safety violations and a growing backlog of unresolved grievances, they know that the central issue is precisely the company's policy of slashing jobs, demanding ever-greater productivity and shifting production from traditional auto centers like Flint to take advantage of cheaper labor elsewhere. www.wsws.org /workers/1998/jun1998/gm-j30.shtml   (2931 words)

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America These facilities are primarily manufacturing locations in the automobile, metalworking, and transportation equipment industries and some service sector locations, such as public works departments and health care facilities. UAW and University of Michigan will work together to further develop the worker-based evaluation component and continue to assure the ongoing high quality of training in existing and new programs by monitoring trainee perceptions of quality, appropriateness and usefulness and by conducting assessments of new curricula. UAW will expand utilization of worker trainers, known as Local Union Discussion Leaders (LUDLs), to deliver emergency response training programs at target worksites and union leadership development functions, and further expand the role of the LUDLs in the areas of curriculum development and revision, program evaluation and train-the-trainer planning. www.niehs.nih.gov /wetp/summary/uaw.htm   (1043 words)

US federal probe into United Auto Workers extortion scheme United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 594 officials are under federal criminal investigation for bribery and extortion stemming from the 87-day strike at General Motor's Pontiac, Michigan Truck and Coach plant in 1997. Several UAW workers at the Pontiac complex said they were told by federal agents that the investigation into Local 594 was merely the “tip of the iceberg” in a much larger probe of the international union. These workers are victims of a union-busting operation involving Vance International, a private security firm notorious for its role in strikebreaking operations around the country. www.wsws.org /articles/2000/aug2000/uaw-a10.shtml   (1374 words)

Marines driven out of UAW lot - 03/13/05 The dispute arises as the UAW, using laid-off workers for labor, is building a $300,000 home for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. UAW International has said it will no longer allow members of the 1st Battalion 24th Marines to park at Solidarity House if they are driving foreign cars or displaying pro-President Bush bumper stickers. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger opposed President Bush, accusing him of ignoring calls for labor law reform and failing to combat unfair business practices in China -- a growing threat to U.S. manufacturers. www.detnews.com /2005/autosinsider/0503/13/C01-115531.htm   (544 words)

ULLICO_Union Labor Life Sued By UAW To Release Thompson Report The UAW will file a lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in Detroit against ULLICO (Union Labor Life Insurance Company), seeking the release of the report by former Illinois Governor James R. In December 2002, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger and Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Bunn sent ULLICO a written request for a copy of the Thompson report. The UAW strongly believes that ULLICO should release the Thompson report to all ULLICO directors and shareholders," said Gettelfinger. www.laborers.org /UAW_Ullico_Sues_1-30-03.htm   (492 words)

Commission for Labor Cooperation Workers can seek any union to represent them; they are not limited to a union in their company or industry (Canada’s largest private sector union, the Canadian Auto Workers, bargains for workers in many industries unrelated to automobiles). Of all Mexican workers, 60 percent are employed in firms of 15 or fewer employees. Workers inform the union representative about conditions in the workplace, and the union representative informs workers about how the union operates. www.naalc.org /english/nalmcp_7.shtml   (2163 words)

The Militant - 6/24/96 -- UAW Faces Battle From Auto Giants According to Fortune, GM "would like to get rid of Delphi...Its products are pricey, reflecting the high wages and fringe benefits - $44 an hour on average - paid to members of the United Automobile Workers. Workers in Texas were refused compensation, no decision has been made yet in Ohio and Indiana, and so far workers at GM's Janesville plant in Wisconsin have been denied aid. According to a resolution at the National Bargaining Convention, the picture in the auto parts industry is one of "deunionization on a massive scale." About 20 percent of the workers are union members in a sector that has added 100,000 jobs over the last decade. www.themilitant.com /1996/6025/6025_24.html   (1234 words)

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