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Was it the pandemic? Was it new disasters from climate change? Was it the fact that employers are still begging for more workers? Whatever it was, workers were ready to throw down this year. In the face of inflation and short-staffing we demanded more money in our paychecks, and more time for our lives outside of work. We organized; we even exercised our strike muscles. And
GM, the other half of the Ultium Cells joint venture, stood aside during the UAW vote and even publicly supported employees joining a union.
The first direct election of top union officers is reshaping the UAW’s 14-member executive board, with activists winning six seats outright.
The progressive Members United slate may win every seat they ran for and force the union president into a runoff.
See election results here. What is the mood at United Auto Workers headquarters today? Day drinking? Shopping for retirement condos? Dunning staff for money to try desperately to win the run-off? Shredding documents? Reformers in the United Auto Workers are jubilant as they seem set to make a historic change in the top leadership of their union, ending 70 years of one-party