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The United Automobile Workers or UAW is large labor organization that represents workers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The organization represents about 640,000 active members and more than 500,000 retired members. The UAW was established in 1935.Official Website: Who We Are
Fast Facts:
- Headquarters: Detroit, Michigan
- Established: May 1935
- Also known as: UAW
- President Ron Gettelfinger
- U.S. Members: Over 500,000
- Over 800 local unionsOfficial Website: Who We Are
- Contracts with over 200 companies
- 2008 Contributions: Over $2.1 million as of March 2008
- Governed by a 17-member board of six officersOfficial Website: International Executive Board
- Officers are elected to four-year termsOfficial Website: International Executive Board
- Phone: 1-800-243-8829
- President Gettlefinger and the leaders of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler testified before Congress in November 2008, requesting $25 billion in loans for the auto industryThe New York Times: Union Chief Tries to Focus Auto Bailout on Jobs (November 20, 2008)
- During the Congressional hearing the UAW was criticized for its wage structureDetroit Free Press: Gettelfinger: Without a Deal, an Automaker's Demise Imminent (November 20, 2008)
Key Dates
- 1935: Established in Detroit Michigan
- 1936: First organized strike at a General Motors plant in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1946: Walter Reuthe reelected President
- 1965: UAW help pass Voting Rights Act
- 1973: Oil embargo caused a ripple effect resulting in factory worker layoffs
- 1979: Members top 1.5 million
- 1985: Canadian Auto Workers Union forms
- 2004: UAW starts to represent academic student employees
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United Automobile Workers Timeline
- May, 1935: Established under the auspices The American Federation of Labor
- 1936: Orchestrated the Flint sit-down strike
- 1941: Henry Ford agreed to a collective bargaining agreement with the UAW
- 1946: Walter Reuther wins the presidency of the UAW
- 1970: Reuther dies in a plane crash
- 1985: UAW's Canadian division separated from the UAW
- 2007: UAW declares a nation wide strike for unionized GM workers
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