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b'The United Auto Workers\' contract negotiations at the Big 3 automakers \\u2013 Ford, GM, and Stellantis \\u2013 just began. Their current labor contracts expire in mid-September, and the new UAW leadership has been crystal clear: they\'re not afraid to take 150,000 of its members out on strike if their demands aren\'t met. This would be less than two months after the potential strike of 340,000 Teamsters at UPS. In this bonus episode, we discuss the renewed militancy of the UAW, and the reform movement, Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), which shocked the labor world for taking control of the union leadership earlier this year.There is no labor movement resurgence without the resurgence of labor in manufacturing, but the UAW has also been a leader in the upsurge of higher education organizing over the past five years. To discuss all this, we spoke with two newly elected UAW officers: Brandon Mancilla, Director of UAW Region 9A, and Dan Vicente, Director of UAW Region 9.

*Hosted by \\u2060Teddy Ostrow\\u2060

Edited by Teddy Ostrow

Produced by NYGP & Ruby Walsh, in partnership with \\u2060In These Times\\u2060 & \\u2060The Real News\\u2060

Music by \\u2060Casey Gallagher\\u2060

Cover art by \\u2060Devlin Claro Resetar\\u2060

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***Show Notes

• Chris Brooks, "\\u2060How the UAW Went from a Militant, Trailblazing Union to a Corrupt, Dealmaking One\\u2060," In These Times, March 5, 2020.
• Luis Feliz Leon, "\\u2060\'There\\u2019s a Real Fight Coming\': Newly Elected UAW Reformer Daniel Vicente on What\'s Next,\\u2060" In These Times, March 8, 2023.
• Alex N. Press, "\\u2060Can the UAW Rise Again?\\u2060" Jacobin, March 31, 2023.
• Becca Roskill, "\\u2060The End of Business Unionism at the UAW \\u2014 and Beyond?\\u2060" The Nation, April 7, 2023.
• Teddy Ostrow, "\\u2060Workers Are Transforming America\'s Most Powerful Unions into Fighting Machines. Yours Could be Next\\u2060," The Real News, June 26, 2023.
• UAW Video: "\\u2060Fighting for COLA\\u2060"
• UAW Video: UAW Unionwide \\u2060Town Hall\\u2060 on the Big Three Automakers
• UAW Video: "\\u2060Our Defining Moment\\u2060," Calls out Big Three Race to the Bottom in EV Transition.
• UAW Video: "\\u2060\\xbc Trillion\\u2060"