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2026 UAW Family Scholarship

Apply Now for the 2026 Family Scholarship at Black Lake

Since 1970, thousands of UAW members and their families have participated in the Walter and May Reuther UAW Family Education Center Sch...

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UAW Local 2121

Take Action: Protect Legal Precedent on Workers' Rights & Tribal Sovereignty

UAW is asking our members to take two minutes and contact your Congressional representative to oppose H.R...

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Claire Valdez, joined by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, UAW President Shawn Fain, and Region 9A Director Brandon Mancilla

UAW & NY Assembly Member Claire Valdez Launches Run for Congress with Pres. Fain & Mayor Mamdani

Today, UAW President Shawn Fain and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Assembly Member Claire Valdez to launch her UAW-endorsed campaign for Congres...

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Video Contest: Four $5000 cash prizes for videos about the future you want!

Care about jobs and the future of your community? Angry about sweatshops and the exploitation of children? Resolute that looking for the union label is as important today as it was 40 years ago? Think our country does best when we invest in ourselves?

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: We are Not Staying Still!

The labor movement isn’t content to merely survive in an era when anti-union lawmakers control both chambers of Congress – we’re moving forward, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told delegates at the 2018 UAW Community Action Program (CAP) Conference in Washington, D.C.

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NAACP President Derrick Johnson tells delegates "Stay laser-focused so the right does not divide progressive allies"

First, NAACP President Derrick Johnson explained that there definitely is a connection between civil rights and labor. As a matter of fact, they are natural allies. And two, just as with other progressive coalitions and allies, we must stay sharply focused on the next five years to turn the tide on the attacks from the right.

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Rep. Jayapal: We have to value all immigrants

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who represents most of Seattle and adjoining areas, came to America from India all on her own at 16 years old to attend college at Georgetown University because her parents wanted her to have a good education and opportunities. The first Indian-American in the U.S. House of Representatives, says the term “chain migration” is a derogatory term used to scapegoat immigrants.

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Sen. Debbie Stabenow: “Corporate investors get millions. American workers get Twinkies.”

Republicans talk a good game. In fact, Sen. Debbie Stabenow said that she thought President Trump might have borrowed her speeches on the campaign trail in 2016 as he wooed workers who wanted something different out of Washington.

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