The UAW and Unifor appeared to be aligned during the last round of contract bargaining with Ford Motor Co., General Motors and Stellantis, but their positions on tariffs now put them at odds.

UAW President Shawn Fain sees auto tariffs pushed by President Trump as a way to address the "free trade disaster." Some Trump administration actions that have targeted individuals and worker ...

"Inferior compensation at Electric Boat is leading to worker shortages and production delays," UAW said. In January, General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic flagged continued pressure on the marine ...

The UAW says stronger protectionist measures are ... are still trying to recover from inflation and COVID who are on the bubble and don't have the resources to weather this up-and-down, uncertain ...

The Trump administration’s move to gut the agency tasked with ensuring workplace safety is facing intensifying pushback, including from the nation’s largest auto union and a conservative ...

Shawn Fain, the president of the United Automobile Workers, assailed a new executive order signed this week by President Trump as an attack on federal workers. He compared it to the 1981 air ...

In 2024, workers saw their living standards devastated by inflation, and thousands of UAW members lost their jobs at the Detroit Three auto companies and other employers like Deere and CNH as a ...

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said he supports President Trump’s tariffs on autos, calling them a “tool,” but noted that the union’s other stances don’t “go out the ...

The tariffs will mark “the beginning of the end of a thirty-plus year ‘free trade’ disaster,” UAW said in reaction to the tariffs. “This is a long-overdue shift away from a harmful ...

Trump's 25% auto tariff shook markets, hitting stocks and sparking fears of a global trade war. UAW backed the move, while Tesla and foreign automakers warned of higher costs and job risks.

As recently as 2017 the UAW had more than 430,000 members. Its low-water mark in recent years was 2009, when it recorded 355,191 members. A union spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a ...