United Auto Workers

The Women Who Fought Tooth and Nail for the Flint Sit-Down Strikes

by Edward McClelland

Genora Johnson and the women of Flint, Michigan were the backbone of the sit-down strike campaigns that secured union recognition at General Motors. 

The Saddest Union Story

by Harold Myerson

The recent announcement of a settlement between federal prosecutors and leaders of the United Auto Workers union presents a dire contrast to the heyday of the union, when the leadership of Walter Reuther made the union the only influential social democratic institution in American history and anchored the midcentury middle class. 

A history of key United Auto Workers strikes against GM

General Motors and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract deal Wednesday.