UAW International Union

05/22/2026

"Raising the federal minimum wage to two-thirds of the national median wage would lift pay for nearly 40 million workers." — Economic Policy Institute

Key takeaways: The federal minimum wage is at its lowest real value in 77 years. Frozen at $7.25 since 2009, the federal minimum wage has lost 30% of its purchasing power during this 17-year freeze. Setting the federal minimum wage at two-thirds of the national median wage would raise pay for 39.6 m...

05/22/2026

"We aren’t all the same, but we are, in this sense, all on the same team. The team of the people."
-- Hamilton Nolan

05/22/2026

BREAKING: Allison Off-Highway workers in Lafayette, Indiana, with UAW Local 2317 have voted 89% to authorize a strike if necessary. Solidarity!

05/22/2026

05/22/2026

ICYMI: Earlier this week, during a MI CAP Forum at Local 600, UAW members from across the state asked candidates running for Governor all the hard questions.*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klIuNoxa4oI&t=794s

*Since this event was Livestreamed, Independent candidate Mike Duggan dropped out of the race.

05/22/2026

"UAW President Shawn Fain and other leaders in the union he heads say big changes are needed in the deal governing trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico to fix the damage from current and past agreements."

The UAW says trade deals have hurt workers in the United States and Mexico and says the U.S. should walk away from the USMCA if changes aren't made.

05/21/2026

We have people who live in their vehicles; workers who live paycheck to paycheck. The company treats us like s**t. That's why we're ready to strike on May 31 if we have to!

Tick tock, American Axle ⏰

05/21/2026

The problem is corporate greed. The answer is solidarity.

05/21/2026

🚨UAW LOCAL 2093 MEMBERS AT AMERICAN AXLE FILE FEDERAL UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CHARGES🚨

UAW Local 2093 members at American Axle (also known as Dauch Corporation) in Three Rivers, Michigan, filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) federal charges against the company for illegally threatening and intimidating union members organizing for a fair contract ahead of the expiration on May 31. Nearly 1,000 workers voted 98% in favor of authorizing a strike earlier this month.

“Calling the police on your own dedicated workforce for holding union flyers isn't just a violation of federal labor law – it’s a desperate attempt to bully workers into submission,” said UAW Region 1-D Director Steve Dawes. “But that’s not going to work with UAW Local 2093 members. These workers are going to stay strong for a record contract.”

The federal labor charges follow an April 13 incident at the plant entrance, where management called local police to remove and es**rt off-duty employees who were distributing UAW literature, buttons and stickers. Management further threatened workers with termination and trespassing charges – actions that are in direct violation of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which explicitly protects a worker's right to organize.

"We are well-aware of our federally protected right to organize, speak out, and stand together, and we are going to exercise those rights all the way through,” said UAW Local 2093 Chairperson at American Axle, Josh Jagger. “We will not be intimidated by corporate bullies when we are the ones who spent years building this company back up.”

In 2008, workers at American Axle took major sacrifices to save the facility from closure during the Great Recession. Many long-time workers who were making as much as $29 an hour in 2008 saw their wages slashed to $14.50. Today, eighteen years later, workers are still yet to make up all that lost ground, with wages at American Axle currently topping out at $22 an hour after a five-year progression, with inflation-adjusted wages cut in half from their pre-2008 levels.

Meanwhile, in the last decade, as a Tier 1 parts supplier to General Motors, American Axle has generated $8.4 billion in profits. Over that time, the company’s CEO has been paid $111 million, with the top five executives receiving nearly $231 million in compensation – while UAW members working at the Three Rivers plant struggle to afford basic needs, with some even forced to sleep in their cars.

05/21/2026

A message of solidarity from the UAW GM Department to the members of UAW Local 2093 at American Axle. Solidarity!

05/21/2026

BREAKING: UAW Local 699 members at Nexteer in Saginaw, Michigan, have voted 86% YES to authorize a strike. Tick tock, Nexteer ⏰