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UAW members are leading the fight for economic and social justice in the workplace and beyond. Stand up UAW!

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Coming soon, to a workplace near you. May 1, 2028. #StandUp #MayDay #Solidarity
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WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? #StandUpUAW
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. @POTUS meets with striking UAW members. This is the first time a sitting US President has visited a picket line in modern history. #StandUpUAW
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STAND UP. #StandUpUAW
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Record profits mean record contracts. We have a tentative agreement at Ford. #StandUpUAW
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This man made $21 MILLION DOLLARS last year.
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"There's no way we can be sustainable as a company," says @Ford CEO Jim Farley if they paid what the UAW is demanding $F @Lebeaucarnews @UAW
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BREAKING: The 8,700 UAW members at Ford’s iconic and extremely profitable Kentucky Truck Plant have joined the Stand Up Strike after Ford refuses to make further movement in bargaining. Workers are walking off the job right now. STAND UP!
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Incredible. Right up to our contract deadline, Stellantis just can't help themselves, announcing they're executing ANOTHER $500 million on stock buybacks. If they've got money for Wall Street, they sure as hell have money for the workers who make this industry run. #StandUpUAW
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“I see power.” STAND UP. #StandUpUAW
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We invite unions around the country to align your contract expirations with our own so that together we can begin to flex our collective muscles.
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"Destitute people trying to cross the border to find a better life are not our enemy. They are not taking your jobs. When I see these people, I see my grandparents. Our job as leaders is to eradicate poverty everywhere, that is our challenge.”
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These hands build the cars. These hands make the profit. These hands will determine what happens next. #StandUpUAW
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"We don't stop our fight for justice at the workplace. We don't stop our fight for justice because it's not the right time. When and where there's a war, whether it's in Vietnam or Gaza, we call for peace." — #UAW President Shawn Fain #StandUpUAW
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"It's an old trick the billionaires play. Time and time again the wealthy divide the masses over single issues, and the rich walk away with all the loot." —  #UAW President Shawn Fain #StandUpUAW #Solidarity
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"There's no way we can be sustainable as a company," says @Ford CEO Jim Farley if they paid what the UAW is demanding $F @Lebeaucarnews @UAW
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UAW PRESIDENT SHAWN FAIN STATEMENT ON FORD’S ANNOUNCEMENT TO PAUSE CONSTRUCTION ON MARSHALL EV BATTERY PLANT: “This is a shameful, barely-veiled threat by Ford to cut jobs. Closing 65 plants over the last 20 years wasn’t enough for the Big Three, now they want to threaten us
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During the eight and a half minutes @GM CEO Mary Barra appeared on CNN this morning, she "earned" more money than any autoworker makes in a full work day. And that's how the Big Three wants to keep it. #StandUpUAW
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Striking to fight for a better life is a sacred right. We will NOT tolerate violence against our picket lines from the companies or the scabs they hire. Period. #StandUpUAW
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We have a tentative agreement at Stellantis. #StandUpUAW
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Thank you, @SenSanders , for standing with #UAW workers. #StandUpUAW
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We have a tentative agreement at GM. #StandUpUAW
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Volkswagen workers just made history! #StandUpUAW
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UAW Statement on Reports of Layoffs of Non-Striking Workers UAW President Shawn Fain released the following statement following reports of planned layoffs of non-striking workers at GM and Ford. #StandUpUAW
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“Our members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn a decent living, retire with dignity and establish fair work rules. We stay committed to bargaining until our members’ goals are achieved.” - UAW Vice President Chuck Browning
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"WE ARE THE UNION! MIGHTY MIGHTY UNION! ALL THE WORKERS UNION! ASS-KICKING UNION!" #StandUpUAW #SolidaritySeason #Local900
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"In 2019, when @realDonaldTrump WAS the President of the United States, where was he then? Our workers at GM were on strike for two months out there on the picket lines. I didn't see him hold a rally, I didn't see him stand up at the picket line, and I sure as hell didn't hear
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Fain: I find the pathetic irony that the former president is going to have a rally for union members at a non-union business. His track record speaks for itself. In 2008 during the great recession, he blamed UAW members.
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It's time. From Toyota to Tesla, from California to South Carolina, America's autoworkers are ready to Stand Up and win their fair share of the auto industry's record profits. Join us.
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Mary Barra did not show up to bargaining this week.
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New strong statement from $GM CEO Mary Barra, echoing some remarks of here crosstown rival Farley: “We need the UAW leadership at the bargaining table with the clear intent of reaching an agreement now. For them to do otherwise is putting our collective future at stake.”
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Friday, September 22nd. Noon. The working class won't wait. #StandUpUAW
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We stood up for General Motors when they needed us most. Now we need GM to stand with us and invest in the healthcare we deserve. Working in the plant takes a toll on our bodies, so quality healthcare and affordable prescriptions are an investment in us! #Solidarity #StandWithUs
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"The ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in this plant is 365 to 1, and they're telling workers to keep making these concessions?"— @SenSherrodBrown #StandUpUAW
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You love to see it
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BREAKING: Culinary Union announces 95% have voted yes to authorize a Citywide Strike. Negotiations continue with @MGMResortsIntl ), @CaesarsEnt , & @WynnLasVegas next week. Culinary Union is now authorized to call for a strike any day. #OneJobShouldBeEnough
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On Strike at the Big Three. Stand Up Strike. Support the strikers. Grab a support graphic for your timeline. #StandUpUAW #OnStrike #StandUpStrike
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"The only path forward to peace and social justice is a ceasefire.” — #UAW President Shawn Fain today in D.C. #StandUpUAW #1u
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BREAKING: 6,800 Local 1700 autoworkers join the UAW's Stand Up Strike at Stellantis's largest plant, Sterling Heights Assembly! #StandUpUAW
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🧵The Stand Up Strike will go down in history as an inflection point for our union, and for our movement.
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BREAKING: 4,000 UAW members at Mack Trucks have voted to REJECT a tentative agreement, and will STRIKE at 7 am on Monday. "I'm inspired to see UAW members at Mack holding out for a better deal, and ready to stand up and walk off the job to win it," said UAW President Shawn Fain.
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"What Barra really means is this: Her compensation as CEO is tied to General Motors’ profit margins. This means that Barra’s exorbitant salary is also a function of how low she can keep autoworkers’ wages. Barra’s salary has increased 34 percent over the last four years, while in
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We’re not the problem. Corporate Greed is the problem! #StandUpUAW
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Local 862 is shutting it down at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant! Workers have now walked off the job and are joining the Stand Up Strike! #StandUpUAW
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BREAKING: 190 workers at ZF in Tuscaloosa, Alabama are now ON STRIKE for a fair contract. These members of UAW Local 2083 ( @uawregion8 ) supply front axels to Mercedes, and have been fighting for a fair contract that ends tiers, raises wages, and provides decent healthcare.
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UAW locals waiting to go on strike. #StandUpUAW
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The votes are in, and the results are astounding: 97% of Big Three members voted YES to authorize a strike if the automakers don't give us a fair deal. Get strike ready:
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. @ShawnFainUAW announces the UAW will endorse @JoeBiden for President. "This November we can stand up and elect someone who stands with us and supports our cause, or we can elect someone who will divide us and fight us every step of the way. Thats what this choice is about."
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The UAW Stand Up Strike begins at all three of the Big Three. #StandUp
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UAW President Shawn Fain Update 12/11/23
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The Stand Up Strike just hit Ford's biggest plant. Here's how it went down, and why 8,700 members at Kentucky Truck Plant took action. #StandUpUAW
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Local 276 has shut down GM's largest plant, Arlington Assembly! #StandUpUAW
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The members are the highest authority in our union.
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It's long past time for the news media to STOP CALLING union leaders "bosses" Shawn Fain is not a union boss. He's doing what UAW members want. 97% of auto workers voted to authorize a strike. He's been UAW president for six months & won office in a democratic election.
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Get unionized! #SolidaritySeason
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Elon Musk picked a fight with Nordic workers. We’re gonna make him lose. Help us get the message out: Dear @elonmusk - Get unionized or get out!
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Thank you @POTUS for making history and standing with striking UAW workers. #StandUpUAW
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"UAW stands for 'You Are Welcome.'"
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BREAKING: Hyundai is raising factory worker pay 25% by 2028. By winning at the Big 3, @UAW caused a domino effect that has forced non-union companies like Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai to deliver raises as well. As Shawn Fain put it, "UAW stands for 'You Are Welcome.'"
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As workers were on the picket lines Monday night, GM decided to terminate insurance coverage for thousands of UAW members and their families. The UAW activated the strike fund to help fill the gap and ensure that no one loses their care.
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"Trump did not go to Michigan to support striking workers at all. He did what cheap rich guys do every day: He told people who work for a living to be afraid of losing what little they have instead of trying to get what they deserve." #StandUpUAW
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UAW PRESIDENT SHAWN FAIN'S RESPONSE TO COMMENTS MADE TODAY BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY EXECUTIVE CHAIR, BILL FORD “Bill Ford knows exactly how to settle this strike. Instead of threatening to close the Rouge, he should call up Jim Farley, tell him to stop playing games and get a deal
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Day 3: Stand Up Strike Holding the line in Toledo, Ohio. #StandUpUAW
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DAY 1. STAND UP. #StandUpUAW
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. @POTUS has arrived and is addressing striking UAW members.
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When the top 1% of Americans own more than the entire bottom 92%; when half of US citizens live paycheck to paycheck; when CEO pay skyrockets by 1,300% since 1979 while worker wages only increase by 18%, the working class has no other choice but to fight back. #StandUpUAW
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Volkswagen workers just moved a mountain. Mercedes workers got next. #StandUpUAW
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Members of UAW #1248 walking out on strike in Center Line, Michigan. #StandUpUAW
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Welcome to Montgomery, Alabama. The city where Rosa Parks sat down. And where thousands of Hyundai workers are ready to Stand Up. #StandUpUAW #StandUpHyundai
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As workers were on the picket lines Monday night, GM decided to terminate insurance coverage for thousands of UAW members and their families. The UAW activated the strike fund to help fill the gap and ensure that no one loses their care.
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The #UAW stand up strike expands at noon today. #StandUpUAW
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"EVERYWHERE WE GO! PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW! WHO WE ARE! SO WE TELL THEM!" #StandUpUAW #SolidaritySeason
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We want a general strike. We want everyone walking out!” — #UAW President Shawn Fain #StandUpUAW
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"We’re here to tell you that we are the majority. Mercedes workers are ready to stand up. This is our decision. It’s our life. It’s our community. These are our families. It's up to us." #StandUpMercedes
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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib receives a standing ovation when speaking to the #UAW CAP Conference about ceasefire and solidarity with Palestine. # StandUpUAW
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The United Auto Workers is committing $40 million through 2026 in new organizing funds to support non-union autoworkers and battery workers who are organizing across the country, and particularly in the South.
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"A four-day workweek might not be as unreasonable an ask as it would have been even five years ago. A new survey of more than 1,000 US workers found that nearly nine out of 10 US employees are interested in the idea."
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Over 1,000 UAW members walked off the job at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan this week. Solidarity! Read more about the strike: #StrikeOnBCBC #UAW
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"As the Vietnam War intensified, UAW President Reuther broke with the AFL-CIO and many prominent Democrats to oppose the US involvement in the conflict. At the height of the war, Reuther argued, as one of the most prominent labor leader in the country, 'We must mobilize for peace
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If we are going to truly take on the billionaire class and rebuild the economy so that it starts to work for the benefit of the many and not the few, then it’s important that we not only strike, but that we strike together.
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For centuries, the Southern economy has been a rigged game—a scheme designed to enrich a select few at the expense of the many. At Daimler Truck, Volkswagen and Mercedes, we’re building a new economic model in the South.
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Our hometowns are under attack. #StandUpUAW
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"After members of the UAW walked off the job at midnight, Twitter stripped the union of its account verification without notice. Its blue check was restored shortly after the story began circulating widely."
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GM Workers across the country are on strike and are standing up for: ✓ Fair Wages ✓ Affordable Quality Health Care ✓ Our Share of Profits ✓ Job Security ✓ A Defined Path to Permanent Seniority for Temps Are you walking the picket line? Share your photos here!
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UAW members just walked off the job, shutting down Ford’s iconic and extremely profitable Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. “We have been crystal clear, and we have waited long enough, but Ford has not gotten the message,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. #StandUpUAW
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Holding the line for economic justice at #UAW Local 2250 in Wentzville, MO. #StandUpUAW @UAW2250
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“The UAW wasn’t founded by asking for permission. The founders of this union didn’t wait for the law. They didn’t worry about the law. They wanted their dignity and they wanted their fair share, and they did what the hell they had to do to get it." — UAW President Shawn Fain
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Just as in the 1930s, we’re living in a time of stunning inequality throughout our society. We’re living in a time where our industry is undergoing massive transformations. And we’re living in a time where the labor movement is redefining itself. #StandUpUAW #Local12
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Double trouble (for the billionaire class)! #UAW President Shawn Fain and AFA-CWA (the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA) President Sara Nelson embody solidarity across unions, and across sectors! #StandUpUAW #PayUsOrChaos @afacwa @flyingwithsara @shawnfainuaw
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The daughter of one of the 1937 Flint GM sit-down strikers walked the picket line in solidarity with workers at GM CCA in Swartz Creek, MI, today. 86 years after the sit down strike, UAW members are standing up! #StandUpUAW
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Thank you @teamsters ⚡️
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All #Teamsters know that the picket line is sacred. We never cross! #WGAstrong #SagAftraStrong #StandUpUAW #BCBSOnStrike ... #1u
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@UAW Workers have walked out of the plant.
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“This is about working-class people all over this country, all over this world. This is all of our fight! The days of the billionaire class & the corporate class running away with all the profits, while we’re all left behind scraping to get by paycheck by paycheck, those days
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BREAKING: Auto tech workers at Infiniti in Massapequa, NY, are now ON STRIKE for a fair contract. The members of UAW Local 259 @UAWRegion9A face an employer who has refused to bargain and has retaliated against them for union activity. The union filed 4 ULPs. #StandUpUAW
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🌈 Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🌟💖✨ Today, we celebrate the strength and beauty of our trans siblings and community. Let's continue to uplift and support one another in creating a more inclusive and loving world for all. #TransDayOfVisibility #StandUpUAW
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BREAKING: Another 1,100 UAW members at General Dynamics in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania have voted by 97% to authorize a strike. Their contracts expire on October 22nd. #StandUpUAW
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"I witnessed inflation the last four years. It wasn't caused by workers. It was caused by two words -- corporate greed. It was consumer price gouging. We've got to get focused on the reality here." - @ShawnFainUAW
@MorePerfectUS
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In Bernie Sanders' hearing today on the 32-hour workweek @UAW President Shawn Fain explains how many workers are forced to work 12 hour shifts, seven days a week. And how having to work like that breaks your body down.
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Solidarité
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"In addition to formally scrapping the “Right-to-Work” law on Tuesday,  Michigan also restored prevailing-wage protections... and restored organizing rights for graduate student research assistants at the state’s public colleges and universities."
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“We can beat anybody. It’s gonna come down to the people that work for him (Musk) deciding if they want their fair share... or if they want him to fly himself to outer space at their expense. I believe it’s doable.”
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The Stand Up Strike expands today. #StandUpUAW
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UAW President Shawn Fain's Statement on Stellantis Belvidere Assembly #StandUpUAW
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Volkswagen workers have made history. And they’re just getting started. #StandUpUAW
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A big thank you to the Dropkick Murphys, who have been standing with us since the beginning of our Stand Up Strike! #StandUpUAW
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It’s a good day on the picket line when the #DropkickMurphys joins the @uaw in #Toledo . #StandUpUAW
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The brand may be foreign, but the labor is American. And American workers don't just roll over and take what we're given. Mercedes workers in Alabama are ready to Stand Up.      And the whole working class is ready to stand with them. #StandUpUAW #1u #UAW
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