Welcome

to the UAW

Congratulations! You are now a proud member of the UAW.

Some of you have just gone through an organizing campaign. Others were hired into an already organized shop. Either way the union’s goals are the same: respect and dignity on the job, and economic and social justice for all.

The UAW is one of the largest, most effective and democratic unions in North America. We are proud of our record at the bargaining table. UAW contracts have set the standard for labor agreements in industry after industry, and in every sector of the economy.

Members work in a wide range of workplaces, from multinational corporations, small manufacturers and state and local governments to colleges and universities, hospitals and private, nonprofit organizations.

We make automobiles and their parts, tractors and bulldozers, airplanes and rocket engines, shopping carts and beer.

We teach university courses, care for preschoolers, nurse the sick, counsel troubled families, design vehicles and write for newspapers and magazines.

Since our founding in 1935, the UAW has also been a force for social and economic progress for all working people. Our union’s mission and vision has always been about more than financial gain, although negotiating good wages, safe working conditions and decent benefits are some of our most important achievements.

As time passes and social and economic realities change, the UAW has used innovative approaches to bargain contracts that live up to the standards our members deserve.

It is through our solidarity that the union has achieved so much.

And solidarity will always be our power as we continue fighting for workers’ rights.