Category Archive: UAW

• Columbia Student Organizations Tied to the UAW Alleged to Have Coordinated With Hamas

  Posted on Apr 10, 2025 by LaborPains.org Team

  A shocking lawsuit filed last month alleged that several student organizations at Columbia University had advance knowledge of the Hamas October 7 terrorist attack. Among the people and organizations being sued are Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), student and UAW member Mahmoud Khalil, and Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) – an organization closely tied to UAW Local […]

• Shawn Fain’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

  Posted on Jan 27, 2025 by LaborPains.org Team

  Last year, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union was riding a wave of positive press in the wake of its high-profile strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers… 12 months later, it seems the union and its president Shawn Fain have been thrown off their high horse. The union’s attempts to escape its corrupt past and […]

• The Failed UAW Contract With Stellantis

  Posted on Sep 18, 2024 by LaborPains.org Team

  It’s been about a year since the UAW went on strike against Detroit’s “Big Three” automakers. Are UAW members better off than they were before?  At Stellantis, the answer is a resounding “no.”  While the union’s new contract with Stellantis did raise wages, the company had to offset those increased labor costs by reducing hours […]

• New Details Emerge in the Misconduct Investigation Into Shawn Fain and the UAW

  Posted on Jul 19, 2024 by Admin

  Last month, the UAW’s court-appointed corruption monitor revealed that he was investigating UAW President Shawn Fain over allegations of misconduct, retaliation, and for “slow-rolling” documents needed for an investigation.  Now, a new federal court filing from shows that UAW Vice President Rich Boyer alleged that he was removed from overseeing the union’s Stellantis department after […]

• UAW Federal Corruption Monitor Launches Investigation Into Shawn Fain

  Posted on Jun 12, 2024 by LaborPains.org Team

  The recent corruption scandal at the UAW put two former union presidents and several other high-ranking officials behind bars. Now, an independent federal monitor serves as a corruption watchdog for the UAW. His latest report revealed some disturbing allegations against the UAW’s new “reform” president, Shawn Fain. In February, the UAW removed secretary-treasurer Margaret Mock […]

• Record UAW Contracts = Record UAW Layoffs

  Posted on Jun 06, 2024 by LaborPains.org Team

  In 2023, the UAW went on strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers – and brought home what it called a “record contract.”  Well the contract broke records alright, it seems to have caused a record number of layoffs.  Since the end of the strike in November 2023, over 20,000 UAW members at Big Three facilities […]

• NYT FULL-PAGE AD: Is Shawn Fain America’s Latest Election Denier?

  Posted on May 30, 2024 by LaborPains.org Team

  UAW President Shawn Fain loves to talk about “democracy” – until it doesn’t go his way.  In a recent secret ballot vote, workers rejected the UAW at the Mercedes-Benz Alabama plant. But the UAW is disputing the results of its double digit loss. Despite around 90% of eligible workers participating in the union election (for […]

• Bloated Budgets and Sagging Membership

  Posted on May 09, 2024 by LaborPains.org Team

  The United Auto Workers (UAW) hit two records last year – the lowest number of active members since the great recession and the highest amount of money spent on staff salaries in that same time period. A careful analysis of the UAW’s most recent financial filings with the Department of Labor reveals that the union […]