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@uawregion6.bsky.social
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We are over 120,000 active & retired UAW Members in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawai'i, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, organizing for a just & sustainable future for all. uawregion6.org

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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Read our updated analysis on implementing the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative, completed in partnership with @uawregion6.bsky.social and @bluegreenalliance.bsky.social: climateandcommunity.org/research/a-n...
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A New Era of Manufacturing for Public Good: The Case for the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative
Lowering the cost of electrical equipment via this coordinated initiative could save California ratepayers up to $200 billion cumulatively by 2050.
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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Our new report with @uawregion6.bsky.social and @bluegreenalliance.bsky.social demonstrates the benefits of the California Green Manufacturing Initiative, pro-worker green industrial policy legislation to take on rising prices and bottlenecks in a critical industry for our future: the electric grid.
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Assemblymember Liz Ortega @asmlizortega.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Labor was in the Capitol yesterday! It was an honor to welcome Shawn Fain, President of the United Automobile Workers, and Mike Miller, Director of Region 6, to the Assembly Floor. Thank you for your leadership in fighting for the working class! @uaw.org @uawregion6.bsky.social
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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
@heatmap.news is reporting transformer delays are now up to 4 years, but our research with @uawregion6.bsky.social and @bluegreenalliance.bsky.social backing the CA Grid Manufacturing Initiative shows that delays and backlogs in the grid sector are not an inevitability. 🧵
Demand and unit costs for different types of transformers have greatly increased since 2019. 

Demand for generation step-up transformers increased 274% from 2019–2025 while unit costs increased 45%. Demand for power transformers increased 116% from 2019–2025 while unit costs increased 77%. Demand for distribution transformers increased 35–69% from 2019–2025 while unit costs increased 78–95%. An area chart showing the increasing annual savings to California ratepayers from 2026 through approximately 2052. An orange area representing industrial and commercial ratepayer savings is stacked on top of a blue area representing residential ratepayer savings. Darker colors show a low-range estimate of each category of savings and lighter colors show a high-range estimate. 

The chart shows that compared to a scenario in which electrical equipment costs continue to rise at their current rate, declining costs would lead to $20–$37 billion in cumulative savings by 2040 and $100–$200 billion by 2050, with annual savings growing from $583 million in 2030 to over $26 billion in 2050 at the high end.
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UAW @uaw.org · 20/02/2026
In a historic victory, Volkswagen workers have voted by 96 percent to ratify their first union contract. The deal locks in 20 percent wage increases, healthcare cost reductions, job security guarantees, an enforceable grievance procedure, and much more. 📰 uaw.org/volkswagen-w...
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Volkswagen Workers Make History, Ratify First Union Contract at Major Southern Auto Plant - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
In a historic victory, Volkswagen workers have voted by 96 percent to ratify their first union contract. The deal locks in 20 percent wage increases, healthcare cost reductions, job security guarantee...
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren @lofgren.house.gov · 18/02/2026
It was a pleasure to meet with members of @uawregion6.bsky.social last week to discuss the need for Congress to support scientists and workers. As an original co-sponsor of the PRO Act, I believe in the right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces.
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UAW @uaw.org · 05/02/2026
After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, the 3,200 workers at VW Chattanooga have won a tentative agreement that provides 20 percent across-the-board wage increases, affordable health care, real job security, and more. 🔗 uaw.org/uaw-reaches-...
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UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Marking Historic Breakthrough for Southern Autoworkers - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of Americ...
Autoworkers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant have won a historic tentative agreement with the company. After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, th...
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California Federation of Labor Unions @californialabor.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Enough is enough. Call your senators today and demand NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING for DHS and ICE without major changes!
Call and demand no additional funding for DHS and ICE.
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UAW @uaw.org · 28/01/2026
UAW members — Your voice matters! Update your contact information at myinfo.uaw.org to: 🗳️ Ensure you receive a ballot in the 2026 UAW International Officer Election 📢 Get the latest news and updates from the UAW
Graphic urging UAW members to update their contact info at myinfo.uaw.org to receive union news and voting ballots for 2026 elections.
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Fuse Washington @fusewashington.org · 22/01/2026
UAW 4121 president Natalie Wellen in support: at UW we've already seen impact of cuts reducing jobs, less support for students. "We want to see our state meet this moment with bold ideas to immediately safeguard education and health care, not further cuts"
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UAW @uaw.org · 21/01/2026
🧵 The UAW stands in solidarity with the people of Minnesota, including hundreds of UAW members, who are standing up and fighting back against the federal government’s abuses and attacks on the working class.
UAW Statement in Solidarity with the Fight for Justice in Minnesota
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Asm. Selena La Rue Hatch @selenafornevada.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Every single worker deserves living wages and a safe work environment, and I will continue to fight alongside my sisters and brothers at the @uawregion6.bsky.social for just that. Thank you again for putting your trust in me.
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UAW @uaw.org · 01/12/2025
“If you have an opportunity to stand up and you can do it with a greater degree of safety than a lot of your colleagues do or can, then you have an obligation to. Everyone has an obligation to do what they can.” @uawregion6.bsky.social | @uaw4811.bsky.social edsource.org/2025/uaw-481...
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From research to resistance, UC graduate students find purpose in union organizing
Graduate student workers joined UAW 4811 to advocate for better working conditions, including legal protections for international students, better pay and job security.
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
UAW 4121 members put in hundreds of hours of organizing to help elect Katie Wilson as Seattle’s next mayor. @uaw4121.bsky.social Pres. Natalie Wellen details why: "her campaign was built on people power, like a union campaign." Read more: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1... @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
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Viewpoint: Why Our Members Put in 650 Hours Canvassing for Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor | Labor Notes
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Building on the success of Prop 50, UAW members in California are uniting to pass a bold new bond measure to raise $23 billion for scientific research. Trump has cut research funding -on everything from cancer treatment to wildfire recovery- by billions. Join the campaign to fight back: 11/10 in SF!
Graphic with text: California Science and Health Research Bond Act Campaign Launch, November 10 at 12pm, San Francisco Mission Bay Commons Park. Researchers in California are uniting to pass a groundbreaking bond measure that would raise $23 billion in funding for scientific research in California. Join UAW members, scientists, and researchers to launch this critical campaign!
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
You heard President Fain: Let’s sprint through the tape. #thisisyourcity
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UAW @uaw.org · 04/11/2025
UAW members in Seattle: TODAY is your last chance to vote for @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social for Seattle Mayor. Return your ballot to a drop box by 8 pm! 🗳️
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I am so proud to be in the fight with the mighty @uaw.org. Thank you to @uaw4121.bsky.social, @uawregion6.bsky.social, and, in particular, the many, many rank and file members who have knocked doors and contributed to other aspects of our campaign for an affordable Seattle.
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Katie Wilson “has the exact kind of experience we need in a mayor — someone who understands coalition building, the needs of working people, and cares deeply about equity at work and fighting climate change.” www.dailyuw.com/article/why-... @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social @uaw4121.bsky.social
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Why I'm Voting for Katie Wilson Today
Editor's note: Here at The Daily, we encourage our readers to submit guest editorials and letters to be featured in our Opinion section. We welcome all voices to contribute positively to campus conver...
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Thank you SCORE and UAW 4121 for organizing today’s mega canvas. We have two days left to win an affordable Seattle — get your ballot in and join a canvas shift at the link in our bio! #thisisyourcity
A group of about 3 dozen participants in the score and UAW 412 mega canvas organizing event sit together for a photo on a one covered in fall leaves holding banners for their organizations and Katie Wilson for mayor
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 26/10/2025
Conflict between the climate and labor movements has weakened what otherwise could be a potent force against the fossil fuel industry. A new report from @uawregion6.bsky.social lays out a green industrial proposal to bridge that divide inequality.org/article/cali...
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California Can Lead a Just Climate Transition
A new report from the UAW calls for a green industrial policy in the Golden State.
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
"The Trump administration's use of surveillance to track and intimidate UAW members is a direct assault on the First Amendment—and an attack on every working person in this country," said @uaw.org President Shawn Fain. www.eff.org/press/releas...
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Labor Unions, EFF Sue Trump Administration to Stop Ideological Surveillance of Free Speech Online
The complaint asks a federal court to stop this unconstitutional surveillance program, which has silenced and frightened both citizens and noncitizens, and hampered the ability of the unions to associ...
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Kent Wong, presente! UAW Region 6 members join the rest of the labor movement in mourning the passing of Kent Wong, whose passion for social & economic justice has directly impacted UAW members in California in countless ways. Read our full statement: www.uawregion6.org/public-state...
Kent Wong speaking at a rally at UCLA.
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UAW @uaw.org · 09/10/2025
🧵 The UAW mourns the passing of Kent Wong, who dedicated his life to defending and advocating for the rights of working people in the Los Angeles area and beyond.
Photo of labor and human rights activist Kent Wong speaking at a 1995 UAW recognition strike at UCLA.
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UAW @uaw.org · 03/10/2025
🧵 A coalition of labor unions, health care providers, schools, and religious organizations filed suit today to stop President Trump’s latest anti-immigration power grab: a sweeping executive action that slaps an unlawful new $100,000 price tag on every new H-1B application.
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Yesterday UAW members turned up at LA City Hall to demand that the city #KeepLAHoused. The rent is too damn high and LA must act now to make sure UAW members can continue to afford to live in LA. @uaw872.org @uaw4811.bsky.social @uaw2478.bsky.social
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
"That’s why everything we do — the strikes, the contracts, the organizing breakthroughs — it’s about one thing: building power. If we want to restore dignity and stability for working people, then we have to grow our movement."
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UAW @uaw.org · 23/09/2025
"A recent report from @uawregion6.bsky.social outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial policy and assert themselves in the 'abundance' debate." jacobin.com/2025/09/uaw-...
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The UAW Has a Vision for Green Industrial Policy in California
A recent report from UAW Region 6 outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial polic...
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"We think that one of the best ways to have the collective political will to [address climate change quickly] is to have a strategic industrial policy that creates good middle class manufacturing jobs in sectors...like batteries, building decarbonization, heat pumps" www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Meet the auto union boss taking a swing at renewable energy policy
Conventional thinking says UAW is a surprising sponsor for a renewable energy bill, but Mike Miller, the union’s region six director, doesn’t agree.
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
"The report presents a vision for how the state can...expand clean energy industries...[and] ensure that jobs created in this build-out become high-quality union careers. It’s precisely the kind of forward-thinking approach labor needs to take on industrial policy." jacobin.com/2025/09/uaw-...
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The UAW Has a Vision for Green Industrial Policy in California
A recent report from UAW Region 6 outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial polic...
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Workers at Lucid Motors in Arizona are organizing a union with the UAW. Check out their website at lucid.uaw.org
Text reading: We're raising our voices for a better Lucid
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UAW Local 4121 @uaw4121.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Whether it's during wildfires or pandemics, false information puts our communities at risk. Sydney’s research tracks how rumors spread so we can respond faster and save lives. ⚠️🕸️ What’s your research story? 👩‍💻💡Share in comments or DM our account to be featured! #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
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UAW Local 4121 @uaw4121.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Tracy studies DNA:RNA hybrid systems that could transform programmable medicine 🧬🔨 Cuts to training funding are limiting this work! What breakthroughs are you working on? DM or comment a pic and short quote to be highlighted! #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
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UAW Local 4121 @uaw4121.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Kelsey studies how sugars on blood cancer cells can help them grow and resist treatment 🧪🩸 Her work could lead to brand new cancer therapies, but funding cuts put this work on the line. What research are you working towards? Comment or DM us to be featured ✏️ #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
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UAW Local 4121 @uaw4121.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Trauma victims deserve better treatments than saltwater. 🙏❤️ Ethan's creating synthetic blood to save lives, but funding scarcities limit this research. What's one solution you're currently researching? 🥼 Comment or DM us a quote + photo to be featured. #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Trump’s reckless cuts to research funding threaten lifesaving work on cancer, chronic disease, disaster relief & more. UAW members are taking action around an ambitious plan: establish a CA research foundation w/$23 billion in funding to keep this critical work alive. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
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California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research
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Senator Jerry McNerney @senmcnerney.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Good news! The CA Legislature has approved my SB 787, which is designed to create more clean energy jobs in the state.
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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The folks at @uawregion6.bsky.social have a suite of policy proposals that would support US automakers by creating a domestic battery supply chain in California. static1.squarespace.com/static/660d8...
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UAW 4811 @uaw4811.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We’re live at UCLA’s Rolfe Courtyard for the Science Fair for Canceled Research, where researchers are showing the impact of Trump’s $600M cuts that suspended 800+ projects. From Alzheimer’s to HIV, lifesaving science is on the line—follow along as we call to #FundScience.
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UAW @uaw.org · 08/09/2025
"Workers are not the problem. Exploitative corporations are. The UAW will always stand with all workers—immigrant and native-born alike—against unsafe corporations and militarized attacks on our workplaces." Read the full statement: uaw.org/uaw-issues-s...
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UAW Issues Statement Condemning Dangerous Working Conditions and Immigration Raid at Hyundai - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
The UAW condemns Hyundai’s disgraceful record on worker safety. For years, Hyundai—including its joint ventures and the suppliers that work in its plants—cut corners on industry-standard safety precau...
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UAW Local 4121 @uaw4121.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
By studying data from earlier HIV trials, Elena is improving treatments with insights into how the virus evolves ⚡🦠⚡ This work depends on reliable research funding!! What's your research story? Share in the comments or DM us to be featured. #UAWWorkersUnited #OurResearchMatters
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UAW @uaw.org · 04/09/2025
Research and public service professionals across the University of California voted by 83% on Tuesday to form a new union (RPSP-UAW) that will represent 7,200 workers. @rpsp-uaw.bsky.social | @uawregion6.bsky.social dailybruin.com/2025/09/02/r...
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Research and public service professionals vote to form new UC union - Daily Bruin
This post was updated Sept. 3 at 10:33 a.m. Research and public service professionals across the UC voted Tuesday to form a new union that will represent 7,200 workers.
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UAW 4811 @uaw4811.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Here’s why Kaia, a UCLA ASE, joined the CAT. The fight for a fair contract takes all of us–join the Contract Action Team today.
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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Really important measure to get CA on the road to clean energy supply chain and manufacturing jobs, across all regions. Let's get it passed to turn ambution to action.
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
UAW members in CA are fighting for SB 787 (@senmcnerney.bsky.social) to advance a future where clean energy and good jobs go hand in hand. California can lead the nation in building a green economy that works for everyone. @buffywicks.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social
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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A new report on Green Industrial Policy in California from @uawregion6.bsky.social is full of policy proposals that would support US automakers by creating a domestic battery supply chain. #battchat static1.squarespace.com/static/660d8...
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CHIPS Communites United @chipscommunities.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Check out the new report from @uawregion6.bsky.social ⚡Organize, Industrialize, #Decarbonize! A #ProWorker, #GreenIndustrialPolicy for #California ⚡ lays out a strategic vision to create tens of thousands of green, #unionjobs and lower the cost of #cleanenergy. www.uawregion6.org/s/Reg6_white...
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UAW Region 6 @uawregion6.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This week marks UAW's 90th anniversary! Check out the August Region 6 newsletter to learn how today's members are building on a legacy of bold worker action for social & economic justice -- and organizing to win a future that works for working people. @uaw.org www.uawregion6.org/newsletter/l...
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Learning from the Past, Building a Movement for the Future — UAW Region 6
Dear UAW sibling, This week marks the 90th anniversary of the UAW, commemorating nine decades of UAW members fighting to advance economic and social justice – in the workplace, in local communities, ...
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